History as a Second Teaching Field Minor
SSH PEAK
This minor is designed for students intending to pursue a teaching license. Students may qualify for licensure if they complete all of the following: a major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Elementary Precertification or an approved content area major, the History as a Second Teaching Field minor, and the fifth-year student teaching experience. Students interested in becoming licensed educators should contact the Education Department about all requirements related to certification, including admission to the Teacher Education program.
Minor Requirements
Twenty semester credit hours, to include a minimum of 6 semester credit hours of U.S. history survey and a minimum of 6 semester credit hours of world history survey. Remaining coursework must be in history. May include 3 hours in American government.
American Government
| POE-110 | United States Political Economy | 3 credits |
U.S. History Survey (6 credits)
Complete two courses from the list below.
| HIS-204 | History of the Modern U.S. | 3 credits |
| HIS-301 | Vast Early America | 3 credits |
-HIS-302*
| History of U.S. Foreign Policy (no longer offered) | 3 credits |
| HIS-305 | The Presence of the Past: Intro to Public Hist | 3 credits |
-HIS-306*
| The American South Since 1865 (no longer offered) | 3 credits |
| HIS-307 | The American West | 3 credits |
| HIS-371 | The United States of Conspiracies | 3 credits |
*HIS-302 and HIS-306 are no longer offered. Please see advisor for appropriate substitutions.
World History Survey (6 credits)
Complete two world history surveys, which may include HIS-100 .
| HIS-100 | Civ: Origins of the Modern World | 3 credits |
World History Survey Electives
Select courses from the following list to complete the world history survey requirement (a total of 6 credits, which may include HIS-100 above).
Asia
| HIS-210 | History of Modern East Asia | 3 credits |
| HIS-340 | Pre-Modern Chinese History | 3 credits |
| HIS-345 | Modern China | 3 credits |
| HIS-359 | Pre-Modern Japan | 3 credits |
| HIS-384 | Modern Japan | 3 credits |
Latin America
| HIS-230 | History of Modern Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-380 | Colonial Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-382 | Revolutionary Mexico | 3 credits |
| HIS-385 | Conquest and Encounters | 3 credits |
| HIS-386 | Religions in Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-387 | Cuba | 3 credits |
Mediterranean
History Electives (6 credits)
Complete two additional HIS courses (6 credits) not counted above.
HIS-
| Elective HIS coursework, any level | 6 credits |