Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in History (Two Fields Teacher Certification in History, Grades Seven through Twelve)
Minimum required: 129 semester credit hours
Admission Requirement
- 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 not allowed for History major credit. Those History courses are for general education core curriculum credit only.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature, three hours of math/science/logic/computer science courses, six hours of 2000-level modern language courses and a minor.
- 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 (not including ENG 1310, ENG 1320).
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
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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/.
- This major is designed to prepare students for secondary teacher certification in History and a second teaching field. Students must complete all requirements associated with an approved second teaching field.
- This major requires 33 History hours including the following History courses:
Course List Code Title Hours HIST 1310 History of the United States to 1877 3 HIST 1320 History of the United States, 1877 to Date 3 HIST 2311 History of World Civilizations to the Early Modern Period 3 HIST 2312 History of World Civilizations from the Early Modern Era to the Present 3 HIST 3372 Texas History 3 HIST 4399 Senior Seminar 3 Advanced History electives 3 15 Total Hours 33 - In addition to the major, minor, and second field requirements, students must also complete 21 hours of professional sequence courses under the College of Education. All coursework must be completed prior to EDST 4681.
- To satisfy graduation requirements for teacher certification, students must have at least a 2.75 Overall GPA. A GPA of at least 2.50 in all assigned courses in the professional sequence with no grade below a “C”.
- In choosing advanced History electives, students are required to complete one course from Group A (World History), one course from Group B (European History), one course from Group C (U.S. History), and three courses from any Group as long as no more than three courses are taken from any one group. (See Group lists below).
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For transfer students, 21 semester credit hours in History (for the teacher certification track) 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 1302HIST 2311 History of World Civilizations to the Early Modern Period 3 TCCN: HIST 2321HIST 2312 History of World Civilizations from the Early Modern Era to the Present 3 TCCN: HIST 2322HIST ELNA 3 TCCN: HIST 2301CI 4332 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Secondary Classrooms 3 TCCN: EDUC 1301CI 3325 Adolescent Growth and Development for Educators 3 TCCN: EDUC 2301Total Hours 21
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010)1 | 3 | ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010)1 | 3 | ||
| US 1100 | 1 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 | ||
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070) | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 | ||
| Modern Language 1410 | 4 | PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040)1 | 3 | ||
| Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070) | 3 | ||
| 14 | 16 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | ||
| COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091)2 | 3 | BA ENG Literature | 3 | ||
| ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 | ||
| Modern Language 2310 | 3 | HIST 2311 | 3 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | ||
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | Second Teaching Field | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | ||
| ART 2313, DAN 2313, MU 2313, or TH 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050) | 3 | BA Computer Science, Logic, Mathematics or science | 3-4 | ||
| Second Teaching Field | 3 | CI 4332 | 3 | ||
| HIST 2312 | 3 | HIST Advanced Group Electives3 | 6 | ||
| HIST 3372 | 3 | Second Teaching Field | 3 | ||
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours | Third Semester | Hours |
| HIST Advanced Group Electives3 | 6 | HIST 4399 | 3 | EDST 4681 | 6 |
| Second Teaching Field | 9 | HIST Advanced Group Elective3 | 3 | ||
| CI 3325 | 3 | CI 4370 | 3 | ||
| CI 4343 | 3 | ||||
| RDG 3323 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | 15 | 6 | |||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||
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Must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher.
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Must be completed with a grade of “B” or higher. If the grade is lower than a “B”, then an interview will need to be scheduled with the Office of Educator Preparation (OEP)
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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 B. Course allowable for credit in more than one group. Such courses may not be taken to satisfy more than one group.
HIST Advanced Group Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| GROUP A - WORLD HISTORY | ||
| HIST 3303 | Documentary Film: History and Practice 1 | 3 |
| 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 3328 | Militarism in Latin America | 3 |
| HIST 3336 | Britain and the World 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3337 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy Making in the Middle East 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3368U | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3338 | History of Religion in India | 3 |
| HIST 3384 | History and Culture of Modern India | 3 |
| HIST 3385 | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 4318G | ||
| HIST 4324 | A Global History of Pandemics 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4326 | The History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 4328 | History of India | 3 |
| HIST 4327 | History of Palestine, 1800–Present | 3 |
| HIST 4331 | Piracy Through the Ages 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4332 | European Colonialism 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4333 | Russian Empire and its Peoples: Histories of Eurasia before 1917 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4343 | Modern China, 1600 to the Present 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4342 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 4344 | Modern Japan, 1600-Present | 3 |
| HIST 4346 | Modern Korea | 3 |
| HIST 4347 | History of Hong Kong | 3 |
| HIST 4348 | Gandhi and the History of Nonviolent Resistance | 3 |
| HIST 4349 | History of Drugs | 3 |
| HIST 4350A | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4350D | 3 | |
| HIST 4350E | 3 | |
| HIST 4350T | 3 | |
| HIST 4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4387 | The Historian's Craft: Methods and Research 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4388 | Independent Study 1 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP B - EUROPEAN HISTORY | ||
| HIST 3301 | Podcasting European History | 3 |
| HIST 3302 | Youth Culture and Archives | 3 |
| HIST 3303 | Documentary Film: History and Practice 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3310 | History of Europe, 1815-1919 | 3 |
| HIST 3311 | History of Europe Since 1919 | 3 |
| HIST 3312 | Renaissance and Reformation | 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 3329 | The Spanish Borderlands of North America, 1513-1821 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3332 | Rebels and Power in Renaissance Spain, 1492-1700 | 3 |
| HIST 3333 | Dictatorships and Democracy in Modern Spain, 1808 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 3335 | Spain of the Three Religions: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Premodern Iberia | 3 |
| HIST 3336 | Britain and the World 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3339 | Scottish History from the Wars of Independence to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 3374A | 3 | |
| HIST 4304 | Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. | 3 |
| HIST 4307 | The Medieval Mediterranean, 500-1500 | 3 |
| HIST 4308 | The Crusades: Islamic and Christian Rulers of the Mediterranean | 3 |
| HIST 4316 | Roman and Medieval Britain | 3 |
| HIST 4317 | Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1689 | 3 |
| HIST 4320 | The History of Christianity, 300–1500 | 3 |
| HIST 4324 | A Global History of Pandemics 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4331 | Piracy Through the Ages 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4332 | European Colonialism 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4333 | Russian Empire and its Peoples: Histories of Eurasia before 1917 | 3 |
| HIST 4334 | The Soviet Union and After: Histories of Eurasia Since 1917 | 3 |
| HIST 4336 | Germany from 1815 to Present | 3 |
| HIST 4337 | Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 4341 | The History of Modern Britain | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4387 | The Historian's Craft: Methods and Research 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4388 | Independent Study 1 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP C - U.S. HISTORY | ||
| HIST 3303 | Documentary Film: History and Practice 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3317 | U.S. Women's History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 3329 | The Spanish Borderlands of North America, 1513-1821 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3340 | History of the United States, 1877-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 3341 | History of the United States, 1914-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 3342 | Cultural and Intellectual History of the United States, 1607-1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3343 | Cultural and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 3346 | U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST 3349 | The Constitution of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 3352 | The History of the West in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 3353 | The U.S. - Mexico Border and Borderlands | 3 |
| HIST 3359 | African American History, 1619-Present | 3 |
| HIST 3363 | Colonial North America to 1763 | 3 |
| HIST 3365 | U.S. Early Republic, 1788-1828 | 3 |
| HIST 3366 | Introduction to Public History | 3 |
| HIST 3368B | 3 | |
| HIST 3368K | 3 | |
| HIST 3368L | 3 | |
| HIST 3368S | 3 | |
| HIST 3368U | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 3368X | 3 | |
| HIST 3369Y | 3 | |
| HIST 3371A | 3 | |
| HIST 3371B | 3 | |
| HIST 3371C | 3 | |
| HIST 3373D | 3 | |
| HIST 3372 | Texas History | 3 |
| HIST 3373C | 3 | |
| HIST 3375E | 3 | |
| HIST 3376 | American Religious History | 3 |
| HIST 3377 | History of Country Music | 3 |
| HIST 3378 | History of the Blues | 3 |
| HIST 3379 | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
| HIST 3380 | The Desegregation of the South from 1930-1970 | 3 |
| HIST 3381 | The History of Democracy and Education in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIST 3382 | Immigration and US History | 3 |
| HIST 4324 | A Global History of Pandemics 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4352 | Black Women and Protest in U.S. History | 3 |
| HIST 4354 | The History of Labor and Working-Class Life in the U.S. | 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 4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4364 | Military History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 4365 | Age of Revolution in North America, 1763-1789 | 3 |
| HIST 4367 | Freedom and Slavery in the United States before the Civil War, 1812-1861 | 3 |
| HIST 4368 | War and Society 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4371 | American Indian History | 3 |
| HIST 4372 | Latina/o/x Histories | 3 |
| HIST 4373 | 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4374A | 3 | |
| HIST 4375A | 3 | |
| HIST 4375B | 3 | |
| HIST 4376 | The History of Texas Music | 3 |
| HIST 4377 | Protest, Reform, and Social Change in U.S. History | 3 |
| HIST 4379 | Internship in Public History | 3 |
| HIST 4387 | The Historian's Craft: Methods and Research 1 | 3 |
| HIST 4388 | Independent Study 1 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
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| GROUP D - HISTORY CAPSTONE | ||
| HIST 4399 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
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HIST 4388 is an independent study and may be applied to Group A, B, or C depending on content.
