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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)
    AT LEAST ONE HISTORY COURSE MUST BE WI
    • Take all of the following:
    • Take 6 hours total:
      • 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
  2. 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 429, Religion 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 416, History of Christianity - 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
  3. 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
      2. Geography Emphasis (12 hours required)
        EP 3052
      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
  4. 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
      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-PSCI 499
      4. Psychology
      5. Sociology

8 Apr 2008

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