• Completion of requirements for a bachelor's degree, including general education requirements, 120 credits of acceptable coursework, and at least 42 upper-division credits.
• Completion of the secondary teacher licensure requirements.
  

  Bachelor of Arts with Secondary Education Licensure

• Completion of six credits of World History:
  • HGP 110: Development of Civ GT-HI1 (3 hours)
    
  • HGP 111: Development of Civ GT-HI1 (3 hours)
    
• Successful completion of all core courses (18 hours):
  • ECON 255: Principles of Economics I (3 hours)
    
  • GEOG 300: World Geography (3 hours)
    
  • GOVT 291: American Government (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 202: American Hist to 1865 GT-HI1 (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 203: Amer Hist 1865 / Presnt GT-HI1 (3 hours)
    
  • HGP 471: Senior Seminar (3 hours)
    
• Successful completion of a social science course (3 hours):
  • ANTH 201: Introduction to Anthropology (3 hours)
    
    
    OR SOC 318: Race," Class, and Gender" (3 hours)
    
• Successful completion of a comparative government course (3 hours):
  • GOVT 307: Intro to World Governments (3 hours)
    
    
    OR GOVT 308: Pacific Rim/21st Century World (3 hours)
    
• Successful completion of social studies depth and content courses. Select five courses (15 hours) from the following block:
  • ECON 256: Principles of Economics II (3 hours)
    
  • PSYC 315: Multicultural Issues (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 328: Chicano History (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 357: Mexico (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 316: Amer Revol & Federalist Era (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 363: Civil War & Reconstruction (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 427: US History Since 1950 (3 hours)
    
  • HIST 433: Modern Europe (3 hours)
    
• Successful completion of the required field-based methods course (taken prior to student teaching):
  • HGP 316: Methods/Teaching Soc Studies (3 hours)
    
• All students seeking social studies licensure are encouraged to seek competency in a foreign language.
• Successful completion of Senior Assessment Procedures.
• Students may opt to complete the B.A. in History/Government at an accelerated pace to complete the degree in 3 years. Students desiring this option should contact an HGP advisor.