History 6-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement, Bachelor of Arts in Education
This degree prepares students to be credentialed to teach History in grades 6-12, with the possibility of adding a second endorsement or a minor degree.
Offered by Department of History
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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General Education | ||
Foundational Requirements (LOPERs 1-4) | 12 | |
Including: | ||
LOPER 2: Writing Skills | ||
Introduction to Academic Writing | ||
LOPER 3: Oral Communication Skills | ||
Fundamentals of Speech Communication | ||
Broad Knowledge Requirements (LOPERs 5-8) | 9 | |
Including: | ||
LOPER 6: Humanities | ||
American History I 1 | ||
or HIST 251 | American History II | |
LOPER 7: Social Science | ||
Introduction to American Politics | ||
Dispositional Requirements (LOPERs 9-10) 2 | 6 | |
Including: | ||
LOPER 9: Civic Competency & Engagement | ||
Introduction to American Politics | ||
LOPER 10: Respect for Human Diversity | ||
World History to 1600 3 | ||
or HIST 231 | World History since 1600 | |
Wellness (LOPER 11) Optional | 0 | |
Program-Specified Requirements | 6 | |
Special Topics in Academic Writing and Research | ||
Teaching in a Democratic Society | ||
Professional Sequence | ||
Complete all required courses 4 | 25 | |
Including: | ||
Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms | ||
Field Experience in Secondary Classroom | ||
Endorsement | ||
Complete all required courses | 36 | |
Unrestricted Electives | ||
Needed to reach 120 credit hour minimum | 26 | |
Total Credit Hours | 120 |
Endorsement
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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History Subject Endorsement Core Requirements | ||
HIST 299 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
HIST 496 | Senior Seminar in History: Variable Topics | 3 |
SOSC 370 | Social Studies Teaching Methods | 3 |
Lower-division US History courses | 3 | |
Choose one of the following: | ||
American History I | ||
American History II | ||
Lower-division World History courses | 3 | |
Choose one of the following: | ||
Western Civilization I | ||
Western Civilization II | ||
Non-Western World History | ||
Introduction to Latin America | ||
World History to 1600 | ||
World History since 1600 | ||
History Subject Endorsement Advanced Courses | ||
Advanced US History | 6 | |
Choose two of the following: | ||
History of Global Public Health | ||
History of Health & Medical Law | ||
Immigration History | ||
American Military History | ||
World War I | ||
World War II | ||
History and Film | ||
Women in America | ||
Religion in America | ||
Colonial America 1492-1750 | ||
Revolutionary America, 1750-1800 | ||
The Early Republic, 1800-1850 | ||
The Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
Regional Field Study | ||
History of the Pacific Rim | ||
American Constitutional History I | ||
American Constitutional History II | ||
American Thought and Culture, 1620-1865 | ||
American Thought and Culture, 1865-1990 | ||
North American Borderlands, 1500-1850 | ||
The American West, 1850-Present | ||
The Gilded Age 1870-1898 | ||
The United States: 1898-1945 | ||
The United States Since 1945 | ||
Topical Studies | ||
Independent Study | ||
America Interpreted 5 | ||
or HIST 848 | Readings in American History | |
Advanced Nebraska History | 3 | |
Choose one of the following: | ||
Indigenous History in the Great Plains | ||
Nebraska and the Great Plains History | ||
Advanced European, Latin American, Asian, and African History. Select 9 hours total | 9 | |
Take at least 3 credit hours in Advanced European History and 3 credit hours in Advanced Latin American, Asian, or African History | ||
Advanced European History | ||
Select 3 to 6 credit hours of the following: | ||
World War I | ||
World War II | ||
English History | ||
English History | ||
War and Society | ||
The High Middle Ages 1050-1350 | ||
Saints and Sinners | ||
Society and Gender in the Middle Ages | ||
Women in Europe | ||
Nazi Germany | ||
Comparative Studies in Ethnic Conflict | ||
Regional Field Study | ||
British Empire | ||
European Expansion and Exploration | ||
Renaissance and Reformation | ||
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Europe | ||
French Revolution and Napoleon | ||
Imperial Russia | ||
Nineteenth Century Europe | ||
Fascism and Communism in Twentieth Century Europe | ||
Twentieth Century Europe | ||
Soviet Russia | ||
Modern Eastern Europe | ||
Topical Studies | ||
Independent Study | ||
Advanced Latin American, Asian, or African History | ||
Select 3 to 6 credit hours of the following: | ||
World War I | ||
World War II | ||
History of Sea Power | ||
History of Christianity | ||
Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America | ||
Modern Latin America | ||
Variable Topics in Latin American History | ||
Comparative Colonialism: Asia and Africa | ||
Colonial India | ||
Modern India | ||
Regional Field Study | ||
British Empire | ||
European Expansion and Exploration | ||
History of the Pacific Rim | ||
Imperial Russia | ||
Topical Studies | ||
Independent Study | ||
Readings in World History 5 | ||
History Subject Endorsement Supporting Courses | ||
Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
World Regional Geography | ||
Human Geography | ||
Total Credit Hours | 36 |
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A student that selects HIST 250 for General Education should take HIST 251 for the Lower-division US History requirement. A student that selects HIST 251 for General Education should take HIST 250 for the Lower-division US History requirement.
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Designated courses with the appropriate content may be approved to satisfy one of the Broad Knowledge requirements plus LOPER 9 or Broad Knowledge plus LOPER 10. Courses may be approved to satisfy LOPER 9 or LOPER 10 alone. (Courses satisfying LOPER 9 or LOPER 10 alone must be 3 credit hours.) Students applying this option will need to take additional hours in other categories to meet the required General Education hours.
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A student that selects HIST 230 for LOPER 6 should take HIST 210, HIST 211, HIST 212, HIST 215, or HIST 231 for the Lower-division World History requirement. A student that selects HIST 231 for LOPER 6 should take HIST 210, HIST 211, HIST 212, HIST 215, or HIST 230 for the Lower-division World History requirement.
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Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
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Students accepted into the Accelerated 4+1 MA in History or MA in Public History may take up to 9 hours of specified graduate level course work (HIST 801, HIST 848, HIST 849).
This document represents a sample 4-year plan for degree completion with this major. Actual course selection and sequence may vary and should be discussed individually with your academic advisor. Advisors can also help you plan other experiences to enrich your undergraduate education such as internships, education abroad, undergraduate research, learning communities, and service learning and community-based learning.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 1 | ||
LOPER 1: First-year Seminar | 3 | |
ENG 101 | Introduction to Academic Writing | 3 |
TE 100 | Teaching in a Democratic Society | 3 |
PSCI 110 | Introduction to American Politics | 3 |
HIST 230 | World History to 1600 | 3 |
or HIST 231 | World History since 1600 | |
Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 2 | ||
HIST 250 | American History I | 3 |
or HIST 251 | American History II | |
SPCH 100 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
LOPER 4: Mathematics, Statistics and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | |
LOPER 5: Visual or Performing Arts | 3 | |
ENG 102 | Special Topics in Academic Writing and Research | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 3 | ||
HIST 299 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
Lower Division US History | 3 | |
LOPER 8: Natural Science | 3 | |
GEOG 104 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
or GEOG 106 | Human Geography | |
TE 204 | Growth & Development/Introduction to Exceptionalities | 4 |
Total Credit Hours | 16 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 4 | ||
History 200-290: World | 3 | |
History 300-495: Advanced US | 3 | |
History 300-495: Advanced US | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
Unrestricted Elective | 1 | |
TE 206 | Instructional Technology and the Preservice Teacher | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 16 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 5 | ||
HIST 405 | Indigenous History in the Great Plains | 3 |
or HIST 479 | Nebraska and the Great Plains History | |
History 300-495: Advanced non-US/Europe | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
Unrestricted Elective | 1 | |
TE 306 | Reading and Inclusion in K-12 Classrooms | 2 |
Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 6 | ||
History 300-495: Advanced non-US/World | 3 | |
History 300-495: Advanced non-US/Europe or World | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
TE 319 | Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms | 2 |
TE 320 | Field Experience in Secondary Classroom | 2 |
Total Credit Hours | 16 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 7 | ||
HIST 496 | Senior Seminar in History: Variable Topics | 3 |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
Supplemental Endorsement Course or Minor Course or Unrestricted Elective | 3 | |
SOSC 370 | Social Studies Teaching Methods | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Semester 8 | ||
TE 400 | Student Teaching | 12 |
Total Credit Hours | 12 |
Note: Except for the TE sequence of classes, lower-division courses 100-299 can be taken in any order, preferably in Years 1 & 2; Advanced upper-division courses 300-499 can be taken in any order, preferably in Years 3 & 4.