History, Teacher Licensure, B.S.

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

Students majoring in History must fulfill all the requirements for the B.S. degree (see Academic Policies and Procedures). Students must meet additional teacher licensure requirements and the Secondary Education Minor requirements. History majors are to see their departmental advisors at least once per semester.

Academic Map

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

History Teacher Licensure, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	39 hours*
Secondary Education Minor	30 hours
Electives	10-22 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may vary.

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:

6 credit hours from HIST 2010 , HIST 2020 , HIST 2030 , HIST 2040 , or HIST 2050 (HCL)
6 credit hours from HIST 1010 , HIST 1015 , HIST 1020 , HIST 1110 , HIST 1115 , HIST 1120 , and HIST 1120 (CCE)

Major Requirements (39 hours)

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

See Secondary Education Minor for further information.

Electives (10-22 hours)

Curriculum: History

Freshman

Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
Electives 3 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Choose 3 hours from:
HIST 1010 - Survey Western Civilization I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 1015 - Themes in Western Civilization 3 credit hours OR
HIST 1020 - Survey Western Civilization II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 1110 - Survey World Civilization I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 1115 - Themes in World Civilization 3 credit hours OR
HIST 1120 - Survey World Civilization II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Sophomore

HIST 1110 - Survey World Civilization I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 1120 - Survey World Civilization II 3 credit hours
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning (HIST prefix) 3 credit hours
Electives 12 credit hours
Choose 3 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

HIST 3010 - The Historian’s Craft 3 credit hours OR
HIST 3011 - Teaching Historical Thinking 3 credit hours
YOED 3000 - Classroom Management 3 credit hours
YOED 3300 - Problem-Based Instructional Strategies 3 credit hours
Global history 6 credit hours
European history 6 credit hours
U.S. history 6 credit hours
Electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Senior

YOED 4030 - Residency I: Grades 7-12 9 credit hours
YOED 4400 - Residency II 12 credit hours
Elective 1 credit hour
HIST 4985 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours