Offered by Department of History

History-Social Science Major

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

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 46
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 28
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 9 including:
      • Take all of the following:
        • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
        • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • Take:
        • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
      • Take 1 course from:
        • GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
        • GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7 including:
      • 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)
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• Professional Sequence = 25 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) = 48
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 119
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 1
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Social Science 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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. Social Science Field Endorsement Core Requirements (9 hours required)
   • Take 6 hours total:
     • Take 3 to 6 hours from:
       • HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
       • HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
     • Take 0-3 hours from:
       • HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
       • HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
   • Take:
     • SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours
2. Social Science Field Endorsement Advanced Courses (12 hours required)
   • 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 315, American Military History - 3 hours
          • 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 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 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 Distribution Requirements (27 hours required)
   • Take a minimum of 6 hours in each social science area (including General Studies courses). Nine total hours required in Geography and Political Science:
     1. Economics (6 hours required)
        
        • Take:
          • ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
        • Take 3 hours from:
          • ECON 300-ECON 499 (except ECON 388GS)
     2. Geography (3 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
        
        • Take 3 hours from:
          • GEOG 300-GEOG 499 (except GEOG 388GS)
     3. Political Science (6 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
        
        • Take 1 course from:
          • PSCI 140GS, Democracies around the World - 3 hours
          • PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
          • PSCI 170GS, Democracy as a Political Idea - 3 hours
        • Take 3 hours from:
          • PSCI 200-PSCI 468 (except PSCI 388GS)
     4. Psychology (6 hours required)
        
        • Take 1 course:
          • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
        • Take 3 hours from:
          • PSY 300-PSY 499 (except PSY 388GS)
     5. Sociology/Anthropology (6 hours required)
        
        • Take 1 course from:
          • SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
          • SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
        • Take 3 hours from:
          • SOC 300-SOC 499