Offered by Department of History

Social Science Minor-Elementary Education

Minimum hours required for minor = 24

1. Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • American History - 3 hours
     • Geography - 3 hours
     • Non-U.S. History - 3 hours
     • Political Science - 3 hours
     • (except GEOG 188GS, GEOG 388GS, HIST 188GS, PSCI 188GS, PSCI 388GS)
2. Electives (12 hours required)
   • Take 12 hours from ECON, GEOG, HIST, PSCI, PSY, SOC.
   • (except ECON 188GS, ECON 388GS, GEOG 188GS, GEOG 388GS, HIST 188GS, PSCI 188GS, PSCI 388GS, PSY 188GS, PSY 388GS, SOC 188GS)
   • Recommended for those planning to teach in the fourth through eighth grades:
     • HIST 405, The Plains Indians - 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