History, B.A. (Secondary Teacher Certification)

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This degree requires 124 credit hours, including 43 hours of Core coursework.

Degree Requirements

All candidates must meet the following:

Fulfill all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree, as outlined in the Bachelor’s Degree Requirements section of this catalog.
Complete Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or later.
Satisfy Bachelor of Arts degree requirements:
- Lower Division: 3 semester hours of speech and fulfillment of the computer literacy/proficiency requirement (see note below).
- Foreign Language: 6 semester hours at the sophomore level in one foreign language.
  - Students with an approved foreign language test score from the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences may substitute 6 elective hours.
Complete all required courses for the degree plan (outlined below).

Note: Students who are core complete but did not take speech and computer literacy/proficiency as part of their core curriculum will be required to complete these courses to meet degree requirements.

Core Curriculum Requirement

(43 total core hours)

Core 010 Communication - 6 s.h.
Core 020 Mathematics - 3 s.h.
Core 030 Life and Physical Science - 6 s.h. (1 Lab Required)
Core 040 Language, Philosophy and Culture - 3 s.h.
Core 050 Creative Arts - 3 s.h.
Core 060 American History - 6 s.h.
Core 070 Government/Political Science - 6 s.h.
Core 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 s.h.
Core 090 Component Area Option: Speech - 3 s.h.
Core 090 Component Area Option: Computer Literacy - 3 s.h.

Humanities Requirements - 18 Semester Hours

Freshman Level Foreign Language: 6 semester hours in the same foreign language (Freshman I & II)
Sophomore Level Foreign Language: 6 semester hours in the same foreign language (Sophomore I & II)
HUMA/PHIL/ENGL/SPAN/GEOG: 6 semester hours lower- or upper-division courses*

*May not use courses that satisfy core curriculum or BA general program requirements.

Program Requirements - 30 semester hours

HIST 1301 U.S. History I (May be satisfied in Core)
HIST 1302 U.S. History II (May be satisfied in Core)
HIST 2321 World History I
HIST 2322 World History II
HIST 3301 Thinking Like a Historian
6 semester hours upper division United States history coursework
6 semester hours upper division non-United States history coursework
6 semester hours lower or upper division history coursework
HIST 4350 Historical Research (Prerequisite: HIST 3301 Thinking Like a Historian )

Professional Development Lower Division Prerequisites - 6 Semester Hours

HIST 2310 Texas History (May be satisfied in HIST UD/LD program requirements)
GEOG 1300 Principles of Geography or GEOG 1303 (May be satisfied in Humanities requirements)

Professional Development/Education - 27 semester hours

LD/UD Free Electives

Students are required to take enough lower or upper division electives to meet the overall degree requirement.

Total Required Hours - 124 Semester Hours

Optional ESL or SPED Certification Requirements

Additional ESL Certification - 12 Semester Hours

Students pursuing an additional ESL Certification will complete the following courses in place of free electives.

Additional Special Education Certification - 12 Semester Hours

Students pursuing an additional Special Education Certification will complete the following courses in place of free electives.