History and Social Studies Education, B.A.

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This major is administered by the Department of History and International Studies . It prepares you for teacher licensure in Social Studies (Middle and High School), following the requirements of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Consists of 90-98 credits from history, social sciences, and education, including the following:

History, 24 credits

HIST 100 - Historical Thinking 3 cr.
HIST 288 - Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States 3 cr.
HIST 400 - Seminar Project 3 cr.
15 additional credits in history, with at least 9 credits at the 300- level or above.

Social Sciences, 27 credits

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
GEOG 115 - World Regional Geography 3 cr. or
GEOG 120 - Human Geography 3 cr.
POLI 101 - American Politics 3 cr.
POLI 242 - State and Local Government 3 cr.
PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology 3 cr.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.
9 additional credits in economics, human geography, political science, psychology, and/or sociology.

Education, 25 credits

World Language Courses, 8 credits

Complete a two-semester sequence of university entry-level world language courses (101, 102). The requirement may be fulfilled through equivalent coursework or other language acquisition as demonstrated through a test-out policy (including Native American languages and American Sign Language). If your native language is not English and you can document formal high school or university study of your native language, you may use ENGL 101 and ENGL 202 , or ENGL 150 as a means of fulfilling this world language requirement. Please see the Department of World Languages and Literatures for details.

Communication in the Major

HIST 300 - Archival Research and Writing 3 cr.

Capstone Experience and Communication in the Major

HIED 398 - Student teaching in History and or Social Science Variable credit or
HIED 498 - Internship in History and or Social Science Variable credit