History, History 6-12 Teacher Licensure Concentration, 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 world language and a specific minor listed for the B.A. 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, History 6-12 Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	39 hours*
World Language Requirement	12 hours
Secondary Education Minor	30 hours
Electives	4-13 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 increase.

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 , and HIST 2050 (HCL)
6 credit hours from HIST 1010 , HIST 1015 , HIST 1020 , HIST 1110 , HIST 1115 , and HIST 1120 (CCE)
3 credit hours from world language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)

Major Requirements (39 hours)

World Language Requirement (12 hours)

Students meet this requirement by successfully completing the 2020-level or a higher course in a single world language. Students may take 1010, 1020, 2010, and 2020 in sequence, or they may use the MTSU Language Placement Test to start at the appropriate level. See Bachelor of Arts Degree for additional details.

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

See Secondary Education Minor for further information.

Electives (4-13 hours)

Curriculum: History, History 6-12 Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.A.

Freshman

Written Communication 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
World Language 6 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 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: 31 Hours

Sophomore

HIST 1110 - Survey World Civilization I 3 credit hours (CCE) OR
HIST 1120 - Survey World Civilization II 3 credit hours (CCE)
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
World Language 6 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Choose 6 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: 31 Hours

Junior

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 electives 6 credit hours
European history electives 6 credit hours
U.S. history electives 6 credit hours
Electives 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Senior

Choose 3 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2015 - Themes in Early United States History 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2025 - Themes in Modern United States History 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2035 - Themes in Tennessee History 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2045 - Themes in African American History 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2065 - Themes in Global History 3 credit hours
HIST 4985 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
YOED 4030 - Residency I: Grades 7-12 9 credit hours
YOED 4400 - Residency II 12 credit hours

History, History 6-12 Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.A.

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (41 hours)

Major Requirements (39 hours)

Choose one course from the following (3 hours):

Choose one course from the following (3 hours):

Choose two courses from the following (6 hours):

Choose one course from the following (3 hours):

World Language Requirement (12 hours)

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

Electives (4-13 hours)

Curriculum: History, History 6-12 Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.A.

Freshman

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Senior

Subtotal: 27 Hours