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History and Social Studies Education, B.S.

Requirements

The BS in History and Social Sciences Education prepares teacher candidates to meet the UETS (Utah Effective Teaching Standards) and the InTASC (Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium) Standards in history and social sciences education.  The program is to provide coursework and experiences that will prepare competent, caring, and qualified individuals who are ready to assume the role of teacher and to prepare them for further career choices and advancement.  Candidates enter the program at the junior level of their undergraduate education where they have completed general education and pre-program required courses and in so doing  have a background in the arts and sciences which prepares them with a general content knowledge base.

Total Program Credits: 121

Matriculation Requirements:  
  1. ENGL and MATH QL courses must have a grade C or higher.
  2. GPA of 3.0 or higher with no grade lower than a C in content area courses.
  3. Completion of all General Education requirements and 70% of content area courses.
  4. Pass LiveScan Criminal Background Check.
General Education Requirements:   35 Credits
  ENGL 1010 Introduction to Academic Writing CC 3
or ENGH 1005 Literacies and Composition Across Context CC (5)  
  ENGL 2010 Intermediate Academic Writing CC 3
Complete one of the following: 3
  MAT 1030 Quantitative Reasoning QL (3)  
  MAT 1035 Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)  
  STAT 1040 Introduction to Statistics QL (3)  
  STAT 1045 Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)  
  MATH 1050 College Algebra QL (4)  
  MATH 1055 College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)  
  MATH 1090 College Algebra for Business QL (3)  
Complete the following: 3
  POLS 1100 American National Government AS (3)  
Complete the following:  
  PHIL 2050 Ethics and Values IH 3
  HLTH 1100 Personal Health and Wellness TE (2)  
or EXSC 1097 Fitness for Life TE 2
Distribution Courses:  
  Biology 3
  GEOG 1000 Introduction to Physical Geography PP 3
  Additional Biology or Physical Science 3
  Humanities Distribution 3
  Fine Arts Distribution 3
  Social/Behavioral Science-Complete one of the following: 3
  POLS 2200 Introduction to Comparative Politics SS (3)  
  POLS 2100 Introduction to International Relations SS (3)  
Discipline Core Requirements: 86 Credits
Complete the following:  
  HIST 1500 World History to 1500 SS 3
  HIST 151G World History from 1500 to the Present SS GI 3
  HIST 2700 US History to 1877 AS 3
  HIST 2710 US History since 1877 AS 3
  HIST 3010 The Historian's Craft WE 3
  HIST 3260 History of Utah 3
  HIST 4250 Teaching History in the Secondary Curriculum (Student must earn a minimum B- grade or higher) 3
Professional Education Courses-Must be completed with a grade of B- or higher.  
  EDSC 1010 Introduction to Education 2
  EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology 3
  EDSC 325G Equitable Technology Integration GI 2
  EDSP 340G Exceptional Students GI 2
  EDSC 4200 Classroom Management I 2
  EDSC 4250 Classroom Management II 2
  EDSC 4440 Content Area Literacies 3
  EDSC 445G Multicultural Instruction ESL GI 3
  EDSC 455G Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment GI 3
  EDSC 4850 Student Teaching--Secondary 8
  EDSC 4990 Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE 2
Complete two courses from each of the following two areas of study, at least one of which must have a WE designation 12
United States  
  HIST 320G Women in American History to 1870 GI WE (3)  
  HIST 321G Women in American History since 1870 GI (3)  
  HIST 322G History of the American West to 1850 GI WE (3)  
  HIST 323G History of the American West since 1850 GI WE (3)  
  HIST 371R Issues and Topics in American History (3)  
  HIST 3730 American Origins to 1790 (3)  
  HIST 3731 US History-Early Republic through the Progressive Era (3)  
  HIST 3732 U.S. History-Progressive Era to the 21st Century (3)  
  HIST 3740 American Revolution (3)  
  HIST 3745 Civil War and Reconstruction (3)  
  HIST 3800 Environmental History of the United States (3)  
  HIST 382G American Indian History to 1890 GI (3)  
  HIST 384G American Indian History since 1890 GI (3)  
  HIST 466G Legacies and Reckonings in the American West GI WE (3)  
  HIST 471R Special Issues and Topics in American History (3)  
  AIST 327G Indians of Utah GI (3)   
  AIST 3810 Precolumbian America (3)  
  AIST 3830 Indians of the Great Plains (3)  
  AIST 3850 The Struggle for Self-determination--American Indians 1891 to present (3)  
World History  
  HIST 204G Colonial Latin America GI (3)  
  HIST 205G Modern Latin America GI (3)  
  HIST 3030 Introduction to African History (3)  
  HIST 3540 History of South Africa (3)  
  HIST 430G Violence and Social Conflict in Latin America GI (3)  
  HIST 461G Peoples of the Atlantic World 1450-1800 GI (3)  
  HIST 463G Missions and Conversion in the Early Americas GI (3)  
  HIST 3110 Greek History (3)  
  HIST 3130 Roman History (3)  
  HIST 3150 Medieval Europe (3)  
  HIST 3160 Renaissance and Reformation--Europe 1350 to 1600 (3)  
  HIST 3170 Absolutism Enlightenment and Revolution--Europe from 1600 to 1815 (3)  
  HIST 3180 Nineteenth Century Europe (3)  
  HIST 3190 Twentieth Century Europe (3)  
  HIST 3320 Modern Britain (3)  
  HIST 330G Mediterranean World 1500-1800 GI (3)  
  HIST 3340 The French Revolution and Napoleon (3)  
  HIST 366G The History of Modern Russia--1864 to Present GI (3)  
  HIST 4180 The Italian Renaissance WE (3)  
  HIST 320R Issues and Topics in Global History (3)  
  HIST 4310 Violence and War in the Ancient World WE (3)  
  HIST 3440 The History of World War I (3)  
  HIST 345G The History of World War II GI (3)  
  HIST 420R Issues and Topics in Global History (3)  
  HIST 421G The Global Cold War GI (3)  
  HIST 4130 Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust (3)  
  HIST 4320 History of Scientific Thought (3)  
Social Studies Composite - Please see your Advisor. Students must receive a C grade or higher in all content area classes. 21
  Complete any two SOC/ANTH courses numbered 1000 or higher  
  Complete any one ECON course numbered 1000 or higher  
  Complete any one PSY course numbered 1000 or higher  
  HIST 1740 US Economic History AS (3)  
  GEOG 130G Survey of World Geography GI SS (3)          
  GEOG 3200 Geography of Utah (3)  

 Graduation Requirements:

  1. Completion of a minimum of 121 semester credits.
  2. Overall GPA of 3.0 (B) or above with no grade lower than a C in major required content courses and no grade lower than a B- in Licensure and Methods courses. (Departments may require a higher GPA.)
  3. Residency hours -- minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
  4. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.
  5. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.
  6. Successful completion of at least two Writing Enriched courses.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005 Introduction to Academic Writing CC or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC 3
Quantitative Reasoning 3
Fine Arts 3
HIST 1500 World History to 1500 SS 3
  Semester total: 12
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
ENGL 2010 Intermediate Academic Writing CC 3
PHIL 205G Ethics & Values IH GI 3
GEOG 1000 Introduction to Physical Geography PP 3
HLTH 1100 or EXSC 1097 Personal Health & Wellness TE or Fitness for Life TE 2
POLS 1100 American National Government AS 3
HIST 2700 US History to 1877 AS 3
  Semester total: 17
Semester 3 Course Title Credit Hours
Biology 3
HIST 151G World History from 1500 to Present SS GI 3
HIST 2710 U.S. History from 1877 AS 3
GEOG 130G Survey of World Geography GI SS 3
  Semester total: 12
Semester 4 Course Title Credit Hours
Additional Biology/Science 3
POLS 2100 or POLS 2200 Introduction to International Relations SS or Introduction to Comparative Politics SS 3
HIST 3010  The Historians Craft WE 3
Humanities 3
SOC 1010 Introduction to Sociology SS 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 5 Course Title Credit Hours
U.S. History - upper-division 3
Eurpoean History - upper-division 3
HIST 1740 US Economic History AS 2
ANTH 101G Social Cultural Anthropology SS GI 3
PSY 1010 General Psychology SS 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 6 Course Title Credit Hours
U.S. History - upper-division 3
ECON 1010 Economics as a Social Science SS 3
GEOG 3200 Geography of Utah  3
European History - upper-division 3
HIST 3260 History of Utah 3
  Semester total: 15
Semester 7 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology 3
EDSC 325G Equitable Technology Integration GI 2
EDSP 340G Exceptional Students GI 2
EDSC 4200 Classroom Management I 2
EDEL 1010 Introduction to Education 2
  Semester total: 11
Semester 8 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 4440 Content Area LIteracies 3
EDSC 445G Multicultural Instruction ESL GI 3
EDSC 455G Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment GI 3
HIST 4250 Teaching History in the Secondary Curriculum 3
  Semester total: 12
Semester 9 Course Title Credit Hours
EDSC 4250 Course Management II 2
EDSC 4850 Student Teaching Secondary 8
EDSC 4990 Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE 2
  Semester Total: 12
  Degree total: 121

Department

History and Political Science

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Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Identify key aspects of learner development, learning differences and learning environments.
  2. Implement the central concepts and tools of inquiry of history and the social sciences to engage learners.
  3. Design instruction that reaches the learner in various methods according to professional standards.
  4. Demonstrate professional responsibility through professional development and leadership opportunities.
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