BA Teacher Education

Bachelor's of History- Teacher Education (168 Credits)

Now Available as online degree.

Note: Students will be licensed in Kansas in U.S. History and Government and World History at the secondary level (6-12). Additional endorsements are available via the appropriate departments. For more information check the History Department web site: www.fhsu.edu/history

University Degree Requirements

Specified General Education Courses:

• Foundation Studies (must include MATH 110) (18 Credit Hours)
     ENG 102*, COMM 100*
  *Must be completed with a B or better
     ENG 101**, MATH 110**, INF 101**, HHP 200
  ** Must be completed with a C or better.
• Freshman Seminar (1 Credit Hour)
     UNIV 101

Elective/Specified General Education Courses:

• Liberal Arts (37 hours required)

  • International Studies Component: (6 Credit Hours)  
       ENG 125 World Literature and the Human Experience (3 Credit Hours)
       GSCI 110 World Geography (3 Credit Hours)

  • Humanities:(9 hours with no more than 2 courses in 1 area)
       SOC 376 (was IDS 350) Diversity in the United States (3 Credit Hours)
       Two Electives (6 Credit Hours)

  • Mathematics and Natural Sciences:(10 hours with no more than 2 courses in 1 area; 1 hours must be laboratory credit)
       MATH 250 Elements of Statistics (3 Credit Hours)
       Two Electives (6 Credit Hours)
       One Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences:(9 Credit Hours)
       ECFI 202 Principles of Economics: Macro (3 Credit Hours)
       POLS 101 American Government (3 Credit Hours)
       SOC 140 Understanding Sociology: Introductory Sociology (3 Credit Hours)

  • Upper-division Integrative Course (one elective) (3 Credit Hours)
       May be any IDS course listed for the Gen Ed program, but cannot be the same one used to fulfill the Education - Additional Integrative Course requirement.

• Modern Languages (10 Credit Hours required in 1 Modern Language)
     Beginning courses I and II (10 Credit Hours)

Department/Major Requirements

• Core Courses (22 hours)
     HIST 099 Senior Assessment (0 Credit Hours)
     HIST 100 Orientation to History (1 Credit Hour)
     HIST 110 World Civilization to 1500 (3 Credit Hours)
     HIST 111 Modern World Civilization (3 Credit Hours)
     HIST 130 United States History to 1877 (3 Credit Hours)
     HIST 131 United States History Since 1877 (3 Credit Hours)

• (Proficiency in HIST 110, HIST 130, and HIST 131 may be demonstrated by either completing each of the courses or achieving a score of at least 85 percent on each of the Department's History Proficiency Examinations.)
  
     HIST 379 Historical Methods (3 Credit Hours) - must be completed before taking any 600 level courses.
     HIST 631 History of Kansas (3 Credit Hours)
     HIST 675 Seminar in History (3 Credit Hours) - will fulfill one course requirement in U.S., European, or World Upper Division elective.

• Major Electives (27 hours)
     Upper-division electives in United States history (9 Credit Hours)
     Upper-division electives in European history (9 Credit Hours)
     Upper-division electives in World history (9 Credit Hours)

Education Requirements for Teaching Certification

• Cognates (12 hours)
     POLS 103 State and Local Government (3 Credit Hours)
     POLS 230 Introduction to International Relations (3 Credit Hours) 
     POLS elective courses (6 hours)

• Teacher Education Requirements (35 hours)
     HIST 277** Early Field Experiences: Social Studies Education (1 Credit Hour)
     HIST 479 Methods of Teaching Secondary Social Studies (3 Credit Hours)
     TECS 301** Introduction to Instructional Technology (3 Credit Hours)
     TEEL 202** Foundations of Education (3 Credit Hours)
     TEEL 231** Human Growth and Development (3 Credit Hours)
     TEEL 431 Educational Psychology (3 Credit Hours)
     TESP 302 Educating Exceptional Students (3 Credit Hours)
     TESS 494 The Secondary School Experience (4 Credit Hours)
     TESS 496 Student Teaching Secondary (11 Credit Hours)
     TEEL 675  Seminar in Education I: Student Teaching Portfolio (1 Credit Hour)
  ** Must complete with grade of C or better

• Additional Humanities or Social Science Elective Courses:
  Choose one: (3 Credit Hours)
     ECFI 201 Principles of Economics: Micro
     GSCI 101 Elements of Physical Geography
     GSCI 105 Cultural Geography
     GSCI 321 United States Geography
     SOC 145 Cultural Anthropology
     SOC 388 Sociology of the Family in America