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Offered by Department of History:

History-Social Science Major

Social Science 7-12 Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

NSS BAE 5706

  1. Social Science Field Endorsement Core Requirements (3 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
    • Take all the following:
  2. Social Science Field Endorsement History Requirements (0 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
    • Take 3 to 6 hours from:
    • Take 0-3 hours from:
      • HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
      • HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
  3. 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
  4. 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:
      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:
        • Take 5 hours total:
      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:
      4. Psychology Emphasis (12 hours required)
        EP 3054
        • Take 1 course:
        • 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
  5. 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
      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
      5. Sociology

30 Jan 2006

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