History, Secondary Education Major Combined B.A.& M. Ed.

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses In Major (42 credits)

@Foreign Language Requirement (0-12 Credits)

•        Foreign Language 101
•        Foreign Language 102
•        Foreign Language 201
•        Foreign Language 202

Required Major: Secondary Education

Required (33 credits, courses with an asterisk carry both graduate and undergraduate credit).

• EDC 115 Exploring Education
• EDC 404 Introduction to Teaching and Assessment
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 461 Fieldwork seminar I: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• EDC 415 Teaching Students with Exceptional Learning Needs
• EDC 416 Assessment Methods
• EDC 462 Fieldwork seminar II: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• *EDC  772  Methods of Teaching History I
• *EDC  760  Adolescent Literature in the Disciplines
• *EDC  762  Technology Methods
• *EDC  773  Methods of Teaching History II
• *EDS  860  Sheltering Content for ELLs
• *EDC  763  Classroom Management & Community Building

Additional Information and Notes

             ♦   Programmatic Assessments are required for all students pursuing educational licensure in a

                  specified sequence. Results will be factored into gateway reviews for progression that occurs

                  each term beginning Spring term of the Junior year.

             @ Students who have a concentration in Applied History may be eligible to use Professional Skills in

                  place of the Foreign Language ere requirement.

                 Total credits for graduation: 120 

                   The additional credits listed above are required for graduate degree.