BA in History Teaching
(67—84 hours*, including licensure hours)

This major is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 120 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.

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1. The History Department requires a minimum of 18 hours of history credit to be taken in residency at BYU's Provo campus for this degree program. BYU Independent Study courses do not count toward residency. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.
2. Grades below C- in professional education courses or content courses will not be accepted in the teaching major or teaching minor. Teacher candidates must have a cumulative 2.85 GPA in teaching major and teaching minor courses to qualify for student teaching.
3. Complete one of the following courses in fulfillment of the university core First-Year Writing requirement:
   WRTG 150 : Writing and Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WRTG 150 : Writing and Rhetoric. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Processes of writing, reading, and research with an emphasis on argumentation and rhetorical analysis.
   NOTE:	Fulfills General Education First-Year Writing requirement.
   
   
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   PHIL 150 : Reasoning and Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHIL 150 : Reasoning and Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   RECOMMENDED:	Recommended for philosophy majors and minors.
   DESCRIPTION:	Informal grammar, logic, and rhetoric as tools for reading and writing. Library research.
   NOTE:	Fulfills GE First-Year Writing requirement. No course challenges accepted.
   
   
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   Note: Waivers based on Advanced Placement (AP) or other test scores do not apply to this requirement. Students with AP credit for Engl 115 should take Wrtg 150 or Phil 150.
4. Complete one course from the following in fulfillment of the university core Languages of Learning requirement:
   HONRS 250 : Math Modeling--Toward a Personal Understanding of the World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HONRS 250 : Math Modeling--Toward a Personal Understanding of the World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing skills in arriving at quantitative models for the world as we see it. Some math skills reviewed and some new ones introduced.
   
   
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   PHIL 305 : Predicate Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHIL 305 : Predicate Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand
   PREREQUISITE:	PHIL 205
   DESCRIPTION:	History and use of predicate logic; evaluating arguments with counterexamples and proofs; informal mathematical proofs.
   NOTE:	Fulfills GE Languages of Learning requirement.
   
   
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   STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STAT 121 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also; Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   RECOMMENDED:	MATH 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression.
   
             : Honors Principles of Statistics.
   
   
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   An approved culminating foreign language course.

   Note: These courses, and their prerequisites, impart linguistic or quantitative skills advantageous to historical research.

5. Complete the following:
   HIST 200 : The Historian's Craft. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 200 : The Historian's Craft. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	History within the broader framework of liberal education; nature of history; questions historians ask; skills and resources needed to study, understand, and write history.
   NOTE:	Required of all history majors.
   
   
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   Note: For majors Hist 200 should be taken prior to elective courses. It must be completed no later than the sophomore year or in the first semester/term after the major is declared. Hist 200 and 490 combined satisfy the university core Advanced Written and Oral Communications requirement.
6. Complete the following core courses:
   HIST 201 : World Civilization to 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 201 : World Civilization to 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also. Independent Study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	World civilization from Greek antiquity to Renaissance; explores fundamental questions in the human experience, examines formative events in history, and seeks to teach value of important texts.
   
   
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   HIST 202 : World Civilization from 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 202 : World Civilization from 1500. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	World civilization from Renaissance to present; explores fundamental questions in the human experience, examines formative events in history, and seeks to teach value of important texts.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
             : Honors World Civilization from 1500.
   
   
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   HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Discovery, colonization, American Revolution, estabishment of the Constitution, foreign affairs, westward expansion, slavery, sectionalism, Civil War, and reconstruction.
   
   
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   HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Industrialization, immigration, urbanization, political and social movements, and foreign policy.
   
   
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   Note: Majors must complete all four core courses in history at the college level. University core Civilization courses (201/202) offered by other departments are not equivalent. Advanced Placement U.S. history courses are not equivalent.
7. Complete the following:
   HIST 364 : Utah. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 364 : Utah. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Contributions of Native Americans, explorers, mountain men, miners, government officials, Mormons, and other groups in the nineteenth century. Impact of national movements, various peoples, politics, economics, and social and cultural change in the twentieth century.
   
   
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8. Complete four electives (12 total hours) from the approved list. Seek faculty advice in choosing electives. Students must not present all their preparation in a single region. Complete no more than two electives (6 hours) in each of the following areas of study: Asia, Europe, Latin America, Near East, United States, Africa, or the world. (Course regions are identified on the approved list.)
   
   Note: No more than 6 combined hours of 199R, 495R, and 498R will count toward elective credit.
9. Complete the following capstone course:
   HIST 490 : Capstone Research Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   HIST 490 : Capstone Research Seminar. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	HIST 200
   DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; critical, analytical, and writing skills in preparation of a senior thesis.
   NOTE:	Required of all history majors.
   
   
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10. A teaching minor is strongly recommended.
11. Complete the Professional Education Component:
    • Complete the following:
      CPSE 402 : Educating Students with Disabilities in Secondary Classrooms. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      CPSE 402 : Educating Students with Disabilities in Secondary Classrooms. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
      PREREQUISITE:	Sc Ed 350 or concurrent enrollment; Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course; FBI fingerprint background clearance.
      DESCRIPTION:	Issues, policies, and methods in teaching secondary students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Lab.
      
      
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      HIST 477 : History Teaching Methods and Instruction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 477 : History Teaching Methods and Instruction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
      PREREQUISITE:	Fingerprinting and FBI clearance; major-specific program requirements.
      DESCRIPTION:	Developing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance.
      
      
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      HIST 478 : Practicum in Secondary Education. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      HIST 478 : Practicum in Secondary Education. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
      PREREQUISITE:	Concurrent enrollment in Hist 477 or comparable major course.
      DESCRIPTION:	Implementing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance.
      
      
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      IP&T 286 : Instructional Technology in Teaching. (1:1:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      IP&T 286 : Instructional Technology in Teaching. (1:1:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
      DESCRIPTION:	Using instructional design, visual design, and differentiated staffing principles along with multimedia authoring systems, telecommunication, and other computer-based tools in the development of educational applications for secondary education settings.
      
      
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      SC ED 276R : Exploration of Teaching. (3-4:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SC ED 276R : Exploration of Teaching. (3-4:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
      PREREQUISITE:	Major-area preadmission requirements; FBI fingerprint and background clearance.
      DESCRIPTION:	Field-based initial teaching experience directed at helping prospective teachers experience demands and opportunities associated with teaching secondary students.
      
      
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      SC ED 350 : Adolescent Development in an Education Context. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SC ED 350 : Adolescent Development in an Education Context. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
      PREREQUISITE:	Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course.
      DESCRIPTION:	Adolescent development and its implications for integrated school culture, curriculum design, instructional practices, and assessment.
      
      
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      SC ED 353 : Multicultural Education. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SC ED 353 : Multicultural Education. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
      PREREQUISITE:	Sc Ed 350 or concurrent enrollment; Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course.
      DESCRIPTION:	Designing and adapting instruction for diverse learners; collaborating with families, cultures, and communities in promoting and sustaining learning.
      
      
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      SC ED 379 : Classroom Management. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SC ED 379 : Classroom Management. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
      PREREQUISITE:	Concurrent enrollment in Sc Ed 377R and 378, or equivalent major courses.
      DESCRIPTION:	Current theory, research, and application in classroom management; creating positive teacher-student and peer relationships; developing optimal learning environments.
      
      
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      Note: FBI fingerprinting and background clearance must be completed prior to enrollment in Sc Ed 276R.

    • Complete 12 hours of one of the following:
      SC ED 476R : Secondary Student-Teaching. (1-12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SC ED 476R : Secondary Student-Teaching. (1-12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
      PREREQUISITE:	Completion of all course work or departmental approval; requires a major GPA of 2.85; at least a C- in Sc Ed 377; FBI fingerprint and background clearance.
      DESCRIPTION:	Capstone, field-based, semester-long experience in teaching secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required.
      
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - Art.
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - Foreign Language.
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - French.
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - Mathematics.
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - Physical Science.
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - Social Science.
                  : Secondary Student Teaching - Spanish.
      
      
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      SC ED 496R : Academic Internship: Secondary Education. (12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      SC ED 496R : Academic Internship: Secondary Education. (12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      
      WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
      PREREQUISITE:	Completion of all course work or departmental approval; requires a major GPA of 2.85; at least a C- in Sc Ed 377; FBI fingerprint and background clearance.
      DESCRIPTION:	Capstone, field-based, year-long experience in teaching secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required.
      
                  : Academic Internship: Social Sciences.
                  : Academic Internship: English.
                  : Academic Internship: Mathematics.
                  : Academic Internship: Biological Sciences.
                  : Academic Internship: Physical Sciences.
      
      
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*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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