History/Social Studies w/ Secondary Education Checklist
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BASIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
HUMANITIES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
Grade Hours
ENG 111: English Composition I
3
ENG 112: English Composition II
3
ENG 130: Fundamentals of Communication
3
Literature (Writing Intensive)
3
REL 101 or REL 115
3
ART 101/MUS 101/ENT 115
3
18 total semester hours
Course
Grade Hours
PSY 111: Introduction to Psychology
3
PSY 201(Child Dev) or PSY 202 (Adoles Dev)
3
GEO 101: World Geography
3
ECO 211: Principles of Economics I
3
PO L 211: Amer State & Local Government
3
15 total semester hours
OTHERS
SCIENCES
Course
Mathematics
Biology w/ lab (BIO )
Earth Science w/ lab (ERS)
Grade
Hours
3
4
4
11 total semester hours
Course
Ethics (WI)-HIS 228 (Tech & Society)
EXS 100 & 1 EXS activity course
International Studies(WI)-HIS or SO C 210
CIS 310: IS Concepts
Grade
Hours
3
2
3
3
11 semester hours
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL COURSES
EDUCATION COURSES
Course
Grade Hours
EDU 202: Educ Theory & Practice
3
EDU 205: Introduction to Teaching
3
SPE 300: Intro to Exceptional Children
3
EDU 310: Technology in Education*
3
EDU 341: Middle & Secondary Curriculum*
3
EDU 400: Educ. Foundations/Diversity*
3
EDU 405: Educational Assessment*
3
EDU 444H: Methods/Secondary Education*
2
EDU 416: Classroom Management*
3
EDU 448: Directed Teaching/Secondary Ed*
9
35 total semester hours
*Admission to program or permission of faculty required
PRAXIS I
Math _________
Reading _______
Writing _______
REQUIRED HISTORY COURSES
Course
HIS 101: Western Civilization I
HIS 102: Western Civilization II
HIS 111: The US to 1865
HIS 391: Research Project
HIS 427: History Seminar
Hours
3
3
3
3
3
15 total semester hours
AMERICAN FIELD
(Do 2 of the options)
Course
Grade
HIS 301: Colonial/Rev America (WI) or
HIS 306: The United States in the 20th Century or
HIS 314: Afro-American Studies or
HIS 410: The United States since 1945 (WI)
AND
HIS 318: History of the South or
HIS 321: North Carolina History
Students are required to take 2 courses in 3 of the 4 fields indicated
EURO PEAN FIELD
(Do 2 of the 3)
Course
Grade Hours
HIS 303: Revolution/Napoleonic Eur (WI)
3
HIS 350: Early Modern Europe (WI)
3
HIS 360: Twentieth Century Europe (WI)
3
6 total semester hours
SO CIAL STUDIES O PTIO N
(Additional courses)
Course
Grade Hours
SO C 111: Social Problems
3
SO C/ANT 210: Cultural Anthropology
3
SO C 275, 355, 400 or 410
3
9 total semester hours
Grade
AFRICAN FIELD
(Do both)
Course
HIS 225: Modern Africa
HIS 414: South Africa
Hours
3
3
6 total semester hours
Grade
Hours
3
3
6 total semester hours
LATIN AMERICAN FIELD (Do 2 of the 3)
Course
Grade Hours
HIS 315: Latin America I (WI)
3
HIS 316: Latin America II (WI)
3
HIS 317: Central America (WI)
3
6 total semester hours
EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ARE
REFLECTIVE DECISIO N MAKERS
HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
North Carolina Wesleyan College provides a program of studies leading to licensure in
history and social studies. A major in this field requires that the student meet the general
requirements of North Carolina Wesleyan College, complete a major in history, and take a
sequence of education courses. Faculty advisors in the History and the Educations Departments
direct candidates to use their electives to take courses in politics and economics. The specific
courses required to gain licensure and options within those specifications are spelled out in the
college Catalog and on the History/Social Studies Program Sheet attached.
All students majoring in secondary history and social studies education must meet the
admission and retention criteria described in the Education Student Handbook and in the college
Catalog.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must have acquired by graduation a
substantial foundation of concepts, generalizations, and factual information about world-wide
historical evolution, competing economic systems, rival political institutions, divergent religious
beliefs and practices, and variant social structures in both Western and non-Western settings from
study of a spectrum of social sciences: history, politics, economics, sociology, and psychology.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must have a sound grasp of the structure
and functioning of the central social, economic, and political institutions of the United States.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must have mastered the intellectual
skills necessary to be able to undertake and execute accurate analysis of historical and
contemporary data, to apply appropriate and precise concepts to bundle the salient information
coherently, to generate valid and powerful generalizations using these concepts and relevant data,
and to solve problems and make decisions based on this process.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must have demonstrated a relative high
level of proficiency in the communication skills of reading, speaking, and writing and the ability to
model these and instruct others in these skills.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must have elaborated a system of values
compatible with the main tenets of democracy and market economics but also able to identify
issues and problems that beset all human institutions.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must display those personal and
interpersonal characteristics that reflect a constructive attitude towards the tensions and conflicts
engendered by cultural diversity, globalization, and rapid social change.
A candidate for initial licensure in history or social studies must have gained a thorough
understanding of the physical, social cognitive, and affective development of students in grades 9
through 12 who the candidate intends to teach and meet the INTASC and state standards
Fall
Suggested Four-Year Schedule
Bachelor of Arts in History with Licensure in Secondary Education (History/Social Studies)
SH
Spring
SH
Freshman Year
ENG 111(English Composition)
MAT 111(Survey of Mathematics)
HIS 101(Western Civ 1300-1800)
PSY 111(Intro to Psychology)
REL 115(Religions of the World)
or REL 101(Intro to Religion)
Semester Hours
3
3
3
3
3
15
ENG 112(English Composition II)
HIS 228(Tech & Society-Ethics)
HIS 102(Western Civ 1750-2000)
PSY 202 (Adolescent Psychology)
or PSY 201(Child Psychology)
CIS 310 (IS Concepts)
EXS
Semester Hours
3
3
3
3
3
2
17
Sophomore Year
HIS 111( United States 1st part)
ERS & Lab(See catalog for options)
ENG 130(Fundamentals of Comm)
GEO 101(World Geography)
HIS 321 (NC History)
Semester Hours
3
4
3
3
3
16
POL 211(American Political System)
BIO 101 & 102(Life Science/Lab)
EDU 202(Education Theory & Practice)
EDU 205(Introduction to Teaching)
HIS 303 or 350 or 360(European 1st part)
Semester Hours
3
4
3
3
3
16
ART/THR/MUS(see Catalog for options)
HIS 414(South Africa 2nd part)
HIS 316 or 317(1st part)
HIS 303 or 350 or 360(European 2nd part)
HIS 391(Independent Research Project)
EDU 405(Educational Assessment)
Semester Hours
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
EDU 416(Classroom Management)
EDU 448(Directed Teaching)
EDU 444H(Methods and Materials)
3
9
2
14
Junior Year
HIS 225(Modern Africa 1st part)
ECO 211(Principals of Economics)
SPE 300(Exceptional Children)
EDU 310(Technology in Education)
EDU 341(Middle/Secondary Curriculum)
ANT 210
Semester Hours
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
Senior Year
HIS 315(Colonial Latin America 2nd part)
HIS 301 or 314 or 318(U. S. 2nd part)
HIS 427(History Seminar)
EDU 400( Education Foundations)
3
3
3
3
SOC (for social science license)
Semester Hours
3
15
Semester Hours
Total 126
SH
Candidates who want to expand their licensure to include Social Studies will need to pick up two sociology courses from these options: SOC 111
(Social Problems) or SOC/ANT 210 (Cultural Anthropology)