Offered by Department of History

History-Social Science Major

History 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts in Education

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 52
  • 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 = 34
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 15 including:
      • Take all of the following:
        • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
        • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
      • Take 6 hours total:
        • 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
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • Work closely with advisor. Courses from this section may fulfill requirements in section C below.
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • 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) = 21
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 98
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 22
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in History 7-12 Teaching Subject 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. History Subject Endorsement Core Requirements (3 hours required in addition to General Studies listed above)
   • Take all of the following:
     • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
     • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
     • SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours
   • Take 6 hours total:
     • 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
2. History Subject Endorsement Advanced Courses (18 hours required)
   • Take 18 hours from Advanced History Courses; at least 9 hours of the advanced history hours must be 400 level courses.
     1. History Subject 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, Advanced European History OR Advanced Non-Western History.
     2. Advanced US History
        • Take 9 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 9 hours from:
          1. Advanced Non-Western History Courses
             • Take 3 to 9 hours from:
               • HIST 407, History of Sea Power - 3 hours
               • HIST 408, War and Society - 3 hours
               • HIST 416, History of Christianity - 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 475, Internship in History - 1-9 hours
               • HIST 486, Imperial Russia - 3 hours
               • HIST 495, Topical Studies - 3 hours
               • HIST 499, Independent Study - 1-4 hours
          2. Advanced European History Courses
             • Take 0 to 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 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 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. History Subject Endorsement Supporting Courses (6 hours required)
   
   • (May count towards General Studies requirements. Work closely with advisor.)
   • Take 6 hours total:
     • Take 3 to 6 hours from (may count as General Studies):
       • GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
       • GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours
     • Take 0 to 3 hours from:
       • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
       • SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours