History Education

Program Overview

The History Teaching Major at this institution prepares students to teach history at the secondary level. The program includes a strong foundation in history, with required courses in American, European, and non-Western history. Students also complete coursework in education, including methods of teaching history and classroom management. The program culminates in a student teaching experience.

Program Outline

Outline:

History Teaching Major Course Requirements

Required Core

• HIST 115 Survey of Non-Western Civilizations (3 credits)
• HIST 121 Western Civilization I (gen ed) (3 credits)
• HIST 122 Western Civilization II (3 credits)
• HIST 151 United States History I (gen ed) (3 credits)
• HIST 152 United States History II (3 credits)
• HIST 257 Early American Indian History and Culture (gen ed) (3 credits)
• HIST 476 History of South Dakota (3 credits)
• HIST 480 Historical Methods & Historiography (3 credits)
• SEED 415 7-12 Social Science Methods (3 credits)

American History

• Take 2 of the following courses

• HIST 359 Recent American History (3 credits)
• HIST 369 Modern American Indian History and Culture (3 credits)
• HIST 409 Environmental History of the US (3 credits)
• HIST 450 American Colonial History (3 credits)
• HIST 455 American Civil War & Reconstruction (3 credits)
• HIST 460 American Military History (3 credits)
• HIST 465 Westward Expansion of US (3 credits)
• HIST 467 History of the Black Hills (3 credits)
• HIST 469 American Foreign Relations (3 credits)

European History

• Take 2 of the following courses

• HIST 322 Ancient Greece and Rome (3 credits)
• HIST 327 European History 1500/1815 (3 credits)
• HIST 328 European History since 1815 (3 credits)
• HIST 344 The World Wars (3 credits)
• HIST 345 Society, Culture, & Art in Georgian Britain (3 credits)
• HIST 425 Medieval Europe (3 credits)
• HIST 441 History of Modern Britain (3 credits)
• HIST 442 History of Modern Italy (3 credits)
• HIST 444 History of Modern Russia (3 credits)
• HIST 447 History of Modern Germany (3 credits)

Non-Western/World History

• Take 1 of the following

• HIST 313 History of the Middle East (3 credits)
• HIST 317 History of the Caribbean (3 credits)
• HIST 318 Colonial/Post-Colonial Africa (3 credits)
• HIST 342 Revolution and Revolt (3 credits)
• HIST 376 Democracy and Democratization (3 credits)
• HIST 412 History of the Far East (3 credits)
• HIST 418 History of Latin America (3 credits)
• HIST 419 World Environmental History (3 credits)
• HIST 453 Slavery in the Atlantic World (3 credits)

History Electives

• Take one additional course from the above categories (3 credits)

Humanities Reciprocity

• Take one course from the following prefixes: ART, ARTH, ENGL, FREN, GER, HUM, MCOM, PHIL, RUSS, SPAN, THEA.
(3 credits)

Pre-Professional Teaching Core

• EDFN 295 Practicum: Pre-Admission (1 credit)
• EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education (2 credits)
• EPSY 302 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• EPSY 428 Child & Adolescent Development (3 credits)
• INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies (3 credits)
• PSYC 101 General Psychology (gen ed) (3 credits)
• SPED 100 Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities (3 credits)

Professional Secondary Ed Teaching Core

• EDFN 365 Computer Based Technology & Learning (3 credits)
• EDFN 375 Methods of Technology Integration (3 credits)
• EDFN 475 Human Relations (3 credits)
• MLED 480 Middle Level Methods (2 credits)
• SEED 408 Planning, Managing & Assessing the 7-12 Diverse Classroom (3 credits)
• SEED 450 Reading and Content Literacy (3 credits)
• SEED 495 Practicum (1 credit)
• SEED 488 7-12 Student Teaching (1-16 credits)

Gen Ed Requirements

• 30 semester hours

• ENGL 101 Composition I (3 credits)
• ENGL 201 Composition II (3 credits)
• MATH Gen Ed - Mathematics (3 credits)
• CMST Gen Ed - Speech (3 credits)
• Gen Ed - Social Science - (2 classes from different subjects) (6 credits)