Dec 05, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of History


History Education BA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing   HIST 104 - World History since 1400  (Breadth Requirement Group B) 
HIST 103 - World History to 1400  (Multicultural Requirement) POSC 150 - Introduction to American Politics  (Breadth Requirement Group C)
Mathematics Requirement*  HIST 100 or 200 level Elective*
Foreign Language Requirement (1/3) Foreign Language Requirement (2/3)
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I   Related Coursework (Group A Breadth)
Credits: 14 Credits: 16
Second Year
HIST 100 or 200 level Elective* HIST 268 - History Methods Seminar  
HIST 316 - Civic Engagement in America    HIST 300-Level Elective*
GEOG 120 - World Regional Geography   HIST 329 - Teaching History via Economics  
Foreign Language Requirement (3/3) EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents  
Breadth Requirement (Group D) GEOG Elective w/ Lab (Group D)
Credits: 16 Credits: 16
Third Year
HIST 315 - History for Teachers    EDUC 413 - Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology  
HIST 300-Level Elective*  Related Coursework (Group A or B Breadth) 
EDUC 419 - Diversity in Secondary Education   HIST 100 or 200 level Elective*
PSYC 100 - General Psychology   HIST 300-Level Elective (Second Writing Requirement)*
Breadth Requirement (Group A) Breadth Requirement (Group D)
Elective  
Credits: 18 Credits: 16
Fourth Year
HIST 400 - History Capstone Seminar    EDUC 400 - Student Teaching *** 
HIST 491 - Planning a Course of Instruction ** HIST 493 - Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences *** 
HIST 492 - Integrating Instructional Technology into Social Studies Teaching    
EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas    
POSC Elective (Group A or B)  
Elective  
Credits: 16 Credits: 12
Total Credits: 124
*See program page for approved courses.
**Fall semseter only
***Spring semester only.
 
Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.