University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of History:

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

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by Teacher Education:

ENG 101GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours

ENG 102GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours

PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours

Take one from the following:

HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours

HIST 215GS, Intro Latin America - 3 hours

Take one from the following:

HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours

HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours

Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours

Take any GS course from:

Social Perspective,

Geographical Perspective or

Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours

Professional Sequence = 30

Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.

Endorsement (in addition to General Studies) = 45

Minimum total hours required coursework = 120

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 0

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

Take all of the following (may count as General Studies):

HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours

HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours

SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours

SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours

B. Social Science Field Endorsement History Requirements

Take 6 hours total (may count as General Studies):

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

C. Social Science Field Endorsement Advanced Courses

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 -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 306, Explorations in History - 3 hours

HIST 315, American Military History - 3 hours

HIST 405, The Plains Indians - 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 469, American Diplomatic History to 1898 - 3 hours

HIST 470, Twentieth Century American Diplomacy - 3 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 478, American Thought and Culture, 1865-1990 - 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, Special Topics in History - 3 hours

HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

3. Advanced Non-US History

Take 6 hours from:

HIST 302, Ancient Near East and Greece - 3 hours

HIST 303, History of Rome - 3 hours

HIST 304, Decline & Fall of Rome - 3 hours

HIST 306, Explorations in History - 3 hours

HIST 316, A History of Africa - 3 hours

HIST 317, A History of the Islamic World to 1914 - 3 hours

HIST 336, Modern Eastern Europe - 3 hours

HIST 339, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America - 3 hours

HIST 340, Modern Latin America - 3 hours

HIST 350, History of Modern East Asia - 3 hours

HIST 358, Medieval History - 3 hours

HIST 360, Renaissance and Reformation - 3 hours

HIST 375, English History - 3 hours

HIST 376, English History - 3 hours

HIST 402, Age of Alexander the Great - 3 hours

HIST 404, The Age of Christ and the Caesars - 3 hours

HIST 418, A History of the Islamic World and the Arab Israeli Conflicts 1914 to Present - 3 hours

HIST 419, History of Jews in Modern Times - 3 hours

HIST 420, Women in Europe - 3 hours

HIST 450, Variable Topics in Latin American History - 3 hours

HIST 456, Regional Field Study - 1-4 hours

HIST 457, British Empire - 3 hours

HIST 462, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe - 3 hours

HIST 463, French Revolution and Napoleon - 3 hours

HIST 472, History of Modern Germany - 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 495, Special Topics in History - 3 hours

HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours

D. Social Science Field Endorsement Emphasis Areas

Take ONE of the following options:

1. Economics Emphasis 12 hours required

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

Take 7 hours from:

GEOG 105GS, Physical Geography: with lab - 4 hours

Take 1 course from the following:

GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours

GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours

Take 5 hours total:

One course from: GEOG 340-349

One course from: GEOG 100-499

3. Political Emphasis 12 hours required

Take 3 courses:

PSCI 100GS, Basic Concepts of Political Science - 3 hours

PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours

PSCI 361, State and Local Government - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:

PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Politics - 3 hours

PSCI 370, American Foreign Policy - 3 hours

4. Psychology Emphasis 12 hours required

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 403, Motivation - 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

Take 2 courses from:

SOC 224GS, Social Problems - 3 hours

SOC 440, Sociology of Education - 3 hours

Take 6 hours from: SOC 300-499

E. Social Science Field Endorsement Emphasis Area

Take 21 hours total from the 4 remaining Social Science areas listed above (exclude emphasis area)

Take 3 hours from each of the 4 areas left and 9 hours from ANY of 4 areas

1. Economics

Take 3 to 9 hours from:

ECON 270GS

ECON 271GS

ECON 300-499

2. Geography

Take 3 to 9 hours from:

GEOG 104GS

GEOG 105GS

GEOG 106GS

GEOG 100-499

3. Political Science

Take 3 to 9 hours from:

PSCI 100GS-499

4. Psychology

Take 3 to 9 hours from:

PSY 203GS-499

5. Sociology

Take 3 to 9 hours from:

SOC 200GS-499