History-Social Science Major
Social Science 7-12 Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
NSS BAE 5706
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- + General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 49
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours (Prereq:
ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing - 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 of 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 0-3 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 including:
- Take one from:
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The
Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12 including:
- Take one from:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics,
Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Take one course:
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- Take one from:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
- Take one from:
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics -
3 hours
- PSCI 140GS,
Introduction to Comparative Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International
Relations - 3 hours
- PSCI 170GS,
Introduction to Political Thought - 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 Secondary Classroom - 2
hours
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education
programs.
- Endorsement (in addition to General Studies) = 41-42
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 120-121
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 4-5
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Social Science 7-12 Teaching Field
Endorsement = 125
- 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. Social Science Field Endorsement Core Requirements (3 hours required in addition
to General Studies listed above) - Take all the following:
- SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3
hours
- HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
- HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
B. Social Science Field Endorsement History Requirements (0 hours required in
addition to General Studies listed above) - Take 3 to 6 hours from:
- HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- Take 0-3 hours from:
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3
hours
C. Social Science Field Endorsement Advanced Courses (12 hours required in addition
to General Studies listed above) - Take 12 hours from Advanced History Courses. At least 6 hours of the advanced history
hours must be 400 level courses.
1. Social Science Field 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, OR
Advanced Non-U.S. History.
2. Advanced US History- Take 6 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 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- Take 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, Saints and Sinners - 3 hours
- HIST 412, Society and Gender in the Middle Ages - 3 hours
- HIST 420, Women in Europe - 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 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 475, Internship in History - 1-9 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. Social Science Field Endorsement Emphasis Areas (8-9 hours required in addition to
hours taken in General Studies) - Take ONE of the following options:
1. Economics Emphasis (12 hours required)
EP 3051- Take:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics,
Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Take 6 hours from:
- ECON 300-499
2. Geography Emphasis (12 hours required)
EP 3052- Take 7 hours total:
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The
Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
- Take 5 hours total:
- One course from: GEOG 340-349
or GEOG 440-441
- One additional course from: GEOG 300-499
3. Political Emphasis (12 hours required)
EP 3053- Take 2 courses from:
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics -
3 hours
- PSCI 140GS,
Introduction to Comparative Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International
Relations - 3 hours
- PSCI 170GS,
Introduction to Political Thought - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 361, State and Local Government - 3 hours
- PSCI 370, American Foreign Policy - 3 hours
- Take 1 additional course from:
- PSCI 300-PSCI 499
4. Psychology Emphasis (12 hours required)
EP 3054- Take 1 course:
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- Take 9 hours from:
- PSY 310, Learning and Conditioning - 3 hours
- PSY 312, Sensation and Perception - 3 hours
- PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 370, History and Systems of Psychology - 3
hours
- PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours
- PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours
- PSY 450, Psychometrics - 3 hours
- PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 455, Adolescent Psychology - 3 hours
5. Sociology Emphasis (12 hours required)
EP 3055- Take 2 courses from:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 250, Anthropology - 3 hours
- Take 6 hours from:
- SOC 300-499
E. Social Science Field Endorsement Distribution Requirements (18 hours required in
addition to hours taken in General Studies) - Take 18 hours (in addition to General Studies required by endorsement) from social
sciences other than History or the Emphasis Area. The 18 hours must be distributed as
follows:
- 3 hours from each discipline beyond General Studies requirements. (6 total hours in each
discipline)
- 6 elective hours from any discipline(s) at the 300-400 level.
1. Economics - Take 2 courses:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics,
Macroeconomics - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Take 0-6 hours from ECON 300-499
2. Geography - Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
- Take 0-6 hours from:
- GEOG 300-499
3. Political Science - Take 2 courses from:
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics -
3 hours
- PSCI 140GS,
Introduction to Comparative Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International
Relations - 3 hours
- PSCI 170GS,
Introduction to Political Thought - 3 hours
- Take 0-6 hours from:
- PSCI 300-499
4. Psychology - Take 3 hours from:
- PSY 230GS-499
- Take 0-6 hours from:
- PSY 300-499
5. Sociology - Take 2 courses from:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
- Take 0-6 hours from:
- SOC 300-499
08 Mar 2006
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