UNK Home Page UNK Tools

Offered by Department of History:

History-Social Science Major

History 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

NSS BAE 5705

Minimum General Studies = 45
+ General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 49
English Language minimum = 9 including:
ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)
ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101GS* or ACT English score of 30 or above)
SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
Humanities minimum = 12 including: (Maximum of 6 hours in this section will count toward the 45 hours General Studies requirement.)
Take all the following:
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
Take 6 hours total:
Take 3 to 6 hours from:
HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
Take 0 to 3 hours from:
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
Work closely with advisor. Courses from this section may fulfill requirements in section D., below.
Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any GS course from:
Social Perspective,
Geographical Perspective or
Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 3
PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
Professional Sequence = 30 including:
TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
TE 320, Field Experience in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
TE 321, Reading and Inclusion in Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
Endorsement (in addition to General Studies) = 21
Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30
Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 130
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BAE in History 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 130
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A. History Subject Endorsement Core Requirements (3 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours

B. History Subject Endorsement (0 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
Take 6 hours total:
Take 3 to 6 hours from:
HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
Take 0 to 3 hours from:
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours

C. History Subject Endorsement Advanced Courses (18 hours required)
Take 18 hours from Advanced History Courses; at least 9 hours of the advanced history hours must be 400 level courses.

1. History Subject Endorsement Option -Senior Seminar
At the junior or senior level take:
HIST 496, Senior Seminar in History: Variable Topics - 3 hours
Course topic reduces the hours required accordingly in Advanced US History, Advanced European History OR Advanced Non-Western History.

2. Advanced US History
Take 9 hours from:
HIST 405, The Plains Indians - 3 hours
HIST 406, History and Film - 3 hours
HIST 421, Women in America - 3 hours
HIST 431, Colonial America, 1492-1750 - 3 hours
HIST 432, Revolutionary America, 1750-1800 - 3 hours
HIST 433, The National Period, 1800-1850 - 3 hours
HIST 445, The Civil War and Reconstruction - 3 hours
HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
HIST 471, History of the Pacific Rim - 3 hours
HIST 473, American Constitutional History I - 3 hours
HIST 474, American Constitutional History II - 3 hours
HIST 475, Internship in History - 1-9 hours
HIST 477, American Thought and Culture, 1620-1865 - 3 hours
HIST 478, American Thought and Culture, 1865-1990 - 3 hours
HIST 479, Nebraska and the Great Plains History - 3 hours
HIST 481, North American Frontiers, 1500-1850 - 3 hours
HIST 482, The American West, 1850-present - 3 hours
HIST 483, The Gilded Age, 1870-1898 - 3 hours
HIST 484, The United States, 1898-1941 - 3 hours
HIST 485, The United States Since 1941 - 3 hours
HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

3. Advanced Non-US History. Complete 9 hours

A. Advanced Non-Western History Courses
Take 3 to 9 hours from:
HIST 407, History of Sea Power - 3 hours
HIST 408, War and Society - 3 hours
HIST 439, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 441, Modern Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 450, Variable Topics in Latin American History - 3 hours
HIST 451, Comparative Colonialism: Asia and Africa - 3 hours
HIST 452, Colonial India - 3 hours
HIST 453, Modern India - 3 hours
HIST 455, Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict - 3 hours
HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours
HIST 475, Internship in History - 1-9 hours
HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

B. Advanced European History Courses
Take 0 to 6 hours from:
HIST 375, English History - 3 hours
HIST 376, English History - 3 hours
HIST 407, History of Sea Power - 3 hours
HIST 408, War and Society - 3 hours
HIST 409, The High Middle Ages, 1050-1350 - 3 hours
HIST 411, Society and Culture in the Middle Ages - 3 hours
HIST 420, Women in Europe - 3 hours
HIST 455, Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict - 3 hours
HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours
HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours
HIST 459, European Expansion and Exploration - 3 hours
HIST 461, Renaissance and Reformation - 3 hours
HIST 462, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 463, French Revolution and Napoleon - 3 hours
HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
HIST 488, Nineteenth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 489, Fascism and Communism in Twentieth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 490, Twentieth Century Europe - 3 hours
HIST 492, Soviet Russia - 3 hours
HIST 493, Modern Eastern Europe - 3 hours
HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

D. History Subject Endorsement Supporting Courses (6 hours required. May count towards General Studies requirements. Work closely with advisor.)
Take 6 hours total:
Take 3 to 6 hours from (may count as General Studies):
GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours
Take 0 to 3 hours from:
SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours

11 May 2006
ugradcatalog@unk.edu