Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in History (Secondary Education; Teacher Certification in History, Grades Seven through Twelve, with Double Major in B.A. Education)
Minimum Hours: 120 Semester Credit Hours
Admission Requirements
- All students pursuing teacher certification must apply and be accepted to the Office of Educator Preparation.
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses. The History courses HIST 2327, HIST 2328, HIST 2381, and HIST 2382 are for general education core curriculum credit only and are not allowed for the major in History.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three additional hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses, and a minor. For this program, the additional literature course may be satisfied by selecting a sophomore literature course for the 040 component of the core curriculum and the second major in Education fulfills the minor requirement.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation, which can be completed by courses in the major, minor, or general education core curriculum.
- This major requires 33 semester credit hours of History courses.
- To satisfy graduation requirements for teacher certification, students must have at least a 2.75 Overall GPA and a GPA of at least 2.50 in all assigned courses in the professional sequence of the Education major with no grade below a “C”.
- This degree program is designed to prepare students for secondary teacher certification in History and requires that students pursue a double major by declaring and completing requirements for both the major in History and the major in Education. The following courses are required for the major in Education:
Course List Code Title Hours Education Foundations CI 2310 Education for Change 3 CI 3325 Adolescents and Society 3 CI 4332 Secondary Teaching: Curriculum and Technology 3 Teaching and Learning CI 3340 Teaching for Linguistic Diversity 3 CI 4343 Instructional Strategies for the Secondary Teacher 3 CI 4370 Building Relationships in the Secondary Classroom 3 CI 4372 Teaching in Communities 3 RDG 3323 Teaching Literacies in the Content Areas 3 SPED 4344 Educating Students with Mild Disabilities 3 Clinical Practice Total Hours 27 - The Texas Education Agency (TEA) requires multiple background checks for progression through the Educator Preparation Program. Based on information recorded in your criminal history, you may be ineligible for issuance of a teaching certificate upon completion of the Educator Preparation Program. If you have a criminal history, you may obtain a Preliminary Criminal History Evaluation from TEA. For more information, go to: https://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Investigations/Preliminary_Criminal_History_Evaluation-FAQs/.
- For transfer students, 6 semester credit hours in Curriculum and Instruction and Special Education may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the Associate of Arts in Teaching Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Education at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list.
Course List Code Title Hours CI 2310 Education for Change (CI ELNA) 3 TCCN: EDUC 1301 SPED 4344 Educating Students with Mild Disabilities (CI ELNA) 3 TCCN: EDUC 2301 - For transfer students, 21 semester credit hours in History may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the History Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in History at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list.
Course List Code Title Hours HIST 1310 History of the United States to 1877 3 TCCN: HIST 1301HIST 1320 History of the United States, 1877 to Date 3 TCCN: HIST 1302Choose 2 of the following courses: 6 Western Civilization to 1715 TCCN: HIST 2311History of World Civilization to the 17th Century TCCN: HIST 2321History of World Civilization from the 17th Century TCCN: HIST 2322Western Civilization, 1715 to Date TCCN: HIST 2312HIST ELNATCCN: HIST 2301HIST ELNATCCN: HIST 2327HIST ELNATCCN: HIST 2328HIST ELNATCCN: HIST 2381Total Hours 12
Course Requirements
Freshman | |||
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First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010) | 3 | ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010) | 3 |
Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 |
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070) | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070) | 3 |
Modern Language 1410 | 4 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 |
US 1100 | 1 | ||
17 | 16 | ||
Sophomore | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 040) | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
American History Component Code 060 | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) | 3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 |
COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091) | 3 | HIST 2311 | 3 |
Modern Language 2310 | 3 | CI 2310 | 3 |
15 | 15 | ||
Junior | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
BA Computer Science, Logic, Mathematics, or Science | 3 | HIST Group A - World History | 3 |
HIST 2312 | 3 | HIST Group B - European History | 3 |
HIST 3372 | 3 | HIST Group C - U.S. History | 3 |
HIST Group C - U.S. History1 | 3 | Field-Based Block I: | 9 |
Education Core: | 6 | ||
18 | 18 | ||
Senior | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
HIST Group A or B1 | 3 | Student Teaching: | 6 |
HIST 4399 | 3 | ||
Field-Based Block II: | 9 | ||
15 | 6 | ||
Total Hours: 120 |
HIST Advanced Group Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP A - WORLD HISTORY | ||
HIST 3319 | History of Brazil | 3 |
HIST 3320 | History of Mexico | 3 |
HIST 3322 | Colonial History of Latin America to 1828 | 3 |
HIST 3324 | Latin America from Independence to Present | 3 |
HIST 3325G | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History | 3 |
HIST 3326 | The Southern Cone of Latin America | 3 |
HIST 3327 | History of Mexico to 1848 | 3 |
HIST 3329 | Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821 | 3 |
HIST 3368F | History of U.S. Foreign Policy-Making in the Muslim World | 3 |
HIST 3368N | History of U.S. Foreign Policy in Indochina | 3 |
HIST 3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations | 3 |
HIST 4318G | Western Eurpore and the Development of Modern Africa | 3 |
HIST 4318S | Britain and the World | 3 |
HIST 4325 | Islamic History to 1798 | 3 |
HIST 4326 | The Modern Middle East | 3 |
HIST 4327 | The Problem of Palestine | 3 |
HIST 4328 | History of India | 3 |
HIST 4333 | The History of Russia and Eurasia to 1917 | 3 |
HIST 4343 | Modern China, 1600-Present | 3 |
HIST 4344 | Modern Japan, 1600-Present | 3 |
HIST 4346 | Modern Korea | 3 |
HIST 4347 | Hong Kong in the Modern World | 3 |
HIST 4348 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nonviolence | 3 |
HIST 4350A | Slavery and Emancipation in the Americas | 3 |
HIST 4350B | Origins of the Modern Global Economic System | 3 |
HIST 4350D | Empire and Identity in Central Asia | 3 |
HIST 4350E | Gender in Latin American History | 3 |
HIST 4350F | Postwar Japan | 3 |
HIST 4350J | History and Culture of Modern India | 3 |
HIST 4350K | Gender & Militarization in the Arab World | 3 |
HIST 4350L | History of Southeast Asia | 3 |
HIST 4350O | History of Indochina | 3 |
HIST 4350P | European Colonial | 3 |
HIST 4350R | Workers and Work in the Arab World | 3 |
HIST 4350S | Piracy Through the Ages | 3 |
HIST 4350V | History of Pakistan | 3 |
HIST 4350W | The Great War | 3 |
HIST 4368 | War and Society | 3 |
HIST 4369 | Introduction to Ethnohistory | 3 |
HIST 4373 | Economic and Social History of the Americas | 3 |
HIST 4388 | Problems in History | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP B - EUROPEAN HISTORY | ||
HIST 3310 | History of Europe, 1815-1919 | 3 |
HIST 3311 | History of Europe Since 1919 | 3 |
HIST 3312 | Renaissance and Reformation | 3 |
HIST 3313 | Europe During the Old Regime, 1600-1760 | 3 |
HIST 3314 | Revolutionary Europe, 1760-1815 | 3 |
HIST 3315 | History of England to 1603 | 3 |
HIST 3316 | History of England Since 1603 | 3 |
HIST 3368B | Law and Society in Early America | 3 |
HIST 4303 | Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean World, 1600 B.C. to 30 B.C. | 3 |
HIST 4304 | Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. | 3 |
HIST 4307 | Medieval European History, 300-1400 | 3 |
HIST 4317 | Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1689 | 3 |
HIST 4318A | Daily Life in the Roman Empire | 3 |
HIST 4318G | Western Eurpore and the Development of Modern Africa | 3 |
HIST 4318O | History of Modern Spain | 3 |
HIST 4318P | France and the Modern World | 3 |
HIST 4318Q | History of Early Modern Spain | 3 |
HIST 4318R | Ancient and Medieval Spain | 3 |
HIST 4318S | Britain and the World | 3 |
HIST 4318T | Roman and Medieval Britain | 3 |
HIST 4318U | Topics in Industrial Britain | 3 |
HIST 4320 | Origins of Christianity | 3 |
HIST 4333 | The History of Russia and Eurasia to 1917 | 3 |
HIST 4334 | The History of Russia and Eurasia from 1917 to Present | 3 |
HIST 4336 | Germany from 1815 to Present | 3 |
HIST 4337 | Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945 | 3 |
HIST 4350P | European Colonial | 3 |
HIST 4350S | Piracy Through the Ages | 3 |
HIST 4350W | The Great War | 3 |
HIST 4368 | War and Society | 3 |
HIST 4388 | Problems in History | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP C - U.S. HISTORY | ||
HIST 3329 | Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821 | 3 |
HIST 3340 | History of the United States, 1877-1914 | 3 |
HIST 3341 | History of the United States, 1914-1945 | 3 |
HIST 3342 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States, 1607-1865 | 3 |
HIST 3343 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1865 | 3 |
HIST 3346 | The Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
HIST 3349 | The Constitution of the United States | 3 |
HIST 3352 | Western America | 3 |
HIST 3353 | Southwestern History | 3 |
HIST 3357 | History of U.S. Foreign Relations | 3 |
HIST 3359 | African American History | 3 |
HIST 3363 | Colonial North America to 1763 | 3 |
HIST 3365 | US Early Republic, 1788-1828 | 3 |
HIST 3368A | Introduction to Public History | 3 |
HIST 3368B | Law and Society in Early America | 3 |
HIST 3368E | United States Westward Expansionism, 1776-1861 | 3 |
HIST 3368F | History of U.S. Foreign Policy-Making in the Muslim World | 3 |
HIST 3368H | LBJ's America | 3 |
HIST 3368J | The Space Race | 3 |
HIST 3368K | Topics in American Cultural History | 3 |
HIST 3368L | History of Mexican American Music in the Southwest | 3 |
HIST 3368M | Popular Music and Social Movements in 20th Century America | 3 |
HIST 3368N | History of U.S. Foreign Policy in Indochina | 3 |
HIST 3368O | U.S. Foreign Relations from Revolution to Reconstruction | 3 |
HIST 3368P | The U.S. and Britain in the Sixties | 3 |
HIST 3368R | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
HIST 3368S | History of Music and Race in the American South | 3 |
HIST 3368T | American Songbook | 3 |
HIST 3368U | U.S. - Cuban Relations | 3 |
HIST 3368X | Organization of the Modern American State | 3 |
HIST 3371A | Conflict and Creativity in U.S. Urban and Suburban History | 3 |
HIST 3372 | Texas History: A Survey | 3 |
HIST 3373A | U.S. Women's History to 1877 | 3 |
HIST 3373B | U.S. Women's History since 1877 | 3 |
HIST 3373C | The History of Rural Women | 3 |
HIST 3375A | Topics in Working Class History | 3 |
HIST 3377 | History of Country Music | 3 |
HIST 3378 | History of the Blues | 3 |
HIST 3380 | The Desegregation of the South from 1944-1970 | 3 |
HIST 3381 | Democracy and Education | 3 |
HIST 4350W | The Great War | 3 |
HIST 4360 | History of the United States, 1945 to 1968 | 3 |
HIST 4361 | History of the United States, 1968 to the Present | 3 |
HIST 4364 | Military History of the United States | 3 |
HIST 4365 | Age of Revolution in North America, 1763-1789 | 3 |
HIST 4367 | US Antebellum Era, 1812-1861 | 3 |
HIST 4368 | War and Society | 3 |
HIST 4369 | Introduction to Ethnohistory | 3 |
HIST 4371 | Introduction to American Indian History | 3 |
HIST 4372 | Mexican American History | 3 |
HIST 4373 | Economic and Social History of the Americas | 3 |
HIST 4375A | Critical Issues in Texas History | 3 |
HIST 4375B | African-American Experience in Texas | 3 |
HIST 4376 | The History of Texas Music | 3 |
HIST 4388 | Problems in History | 3 |
1 | Students will be required to choose 15 hours from the list of History Advanced Group Electives. Students are required to take one course from Group A - World History, one course from Group B - European History, two courses from Group C - U.S. History and one course from either Group A or Group B. |