History, Secondary Education Major Combined BA & 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 & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & 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 & 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
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 461 Fieldwork seminar I: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• EDC 415 Effective UDL Classroom Practices
• EDC 416 Introduction to Assessment
• 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 th 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