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 of HIST courses 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.
    • PSCI 110, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Take any Economic 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 Secondary Classroom - 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.

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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.
        Take 9 hours from:
         
        
        1. 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
        2. 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, Saints and Sinners - 3 hours
             • HIST 412, Society and Gender 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
4. 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