Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History, Teacher Licensure, B.A.


History  
615-898-2631
Aliou Ly, program coordinator
Aliou.Ly@mtsu.edu
 

Students majoring in History must fulfill all the requirements for the B.A. degree (see Academic Policies and Procedures ), to include a foreign language and a specific minor listed for the B.A. History majors are to see their departmental advisors at least once per semester.

NOTE: Prerequisites in foreign language may result in more than 122 hours.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

History, Teacher Licensure, B.A., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 39 hours*
Foreign Language 6 hours
Secondary Education Minor 30 hours
Minor 15-18 hours
TOTAL 120-134 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (39 hours)


Choose one course from the following (3 hours):


Choose one course from the following (3 hours):


Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)


  • Students must successfully complete 2010 and 2020 or any courses numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language.

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)


Minor (15-18 hours)


Curriculum: History, Teacher Licensure, B.A.


Freshman


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 28 Hours


Junior


Subtotal: 36 Hours


Subtotal: 27 Hours


NOTE:


*The minimum number of hours for graduation is 120; however, the number of hours required for this program may exceed this depending on the minor chosen and the number of hours awarded through AP or FL placement exam.