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History (B.A.) with Secondary Social Studies Teaching Certification
Program Overview
History majors wishing to be certified for social studies teaching on the secondary level (grades 7–12) may do so by admission into the Teacher Education Program. In addition to the history major, students use their elective credits for supporting courses in economics, politics, psychology, geography, and education.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s History program can:
- Explain past political, social, cultural, economic, and religious practices and structures of United States, Western, and World History
- Explain the philosophical assumptions and ethical issues of the discipline of history
- Conduct effective analysis of primary and secondary sources
- Identify, select, and interpret texts and other cultural resources to produce synthetic interpretations of the past
- Articulate how historical study creates opportunities for employment, graduate studies, service, and public outreach
- Develop skills that prepare for work, service, and citizenship beyond graduation
- Evaluate the historical complexity of human identities, cultures, and societies from the viewpoints of Christian faith traditions
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
HIST 141 | United States History Survey to 1865 | 3 |
HIST 142 | United States History Survey Since 1865 | 3 |
HIST 258 | Historical Methods | 3 |
| One 300-level Classical and Medieval European History course | 3 |
| One 300-level Modern European History course | 3 |
| One 300-level World History course | 3 |
| One 300-level American History course | 3 |
HIST 3xx or 4xx
| Six additional credits of HIST 3xx or 4xx- courses | 6 |
HIST 390 | Teaching History and Social Studies | 3 |
HIST 401 | Historiography & Philosophy of History | 3 |
TEP 407 | Student Teaching Seminar | 1 |
HIST 401: Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for major.
Three credits from the following: (3)
HIST 101 | Western Civilization: Bronze Age-1500 | 3 |
HIST 102 | Western Civilization: 1500-Present | 3 |
HIST 134 | Knights, Peasants, and Bandits: A Social History of Medieval England | 3 |
Three credits from the following: (3)
HIST 171 | World Civilizations: Bronze Age to 1500 | 3 |
HIST 172 | World Civilizations: 1500 to Present | 3 |
Experiential Learning Component
Teaching Certification Requirements
ECON 110 | Economics of Social Issues | 3 |
EDSP 207 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
EDSP 307 | Inclusion Practices | 3 |
EDUC 201 | Education and American Society | 3 |
EDUC 203 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
EDUC 208 | Teaching English Language Learners in K-12 Schools | 3 |
EDUC 331 | Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades | 3 |
EDUC 420 | Professional Issues in Education | 2 |
ENGL 1xx
| (ENGL 122-ENGL 176, meeting QuEST literature) | 3 |
GEOG 103 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
CIS/MATH/STAT
| meeting Quest mathematical science | 6 |
POLI 113 | American Government | 3 |
HDFS 311 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
TEP 210 | Sophomore Field Experience | 0 |
TEP 310 | Junior Field Experience | 0 |
TEP 410 | Secondary Pre-Student Teaching Experience | 0 |
TEP 435 | Student Teaching:Secondary | 9 |
QuEST Requirements
Experiential Learning requirement | 0 |
QuEST requirements | Credits |
First Year Seminar | 3 |
Oral Communication | 3 |
Created and Called for Community (W) | 3 |
Mathematical Sciences (MATH/CIS/STAT meeting QuEST) | met/major |
Laboratory Science | 3 or 4 |
Science, Technology & the World | 3 |
Social Sciences and History (POLI 113, HIST 141 or HIST 142) | met/major |
Literature | met/major |
Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
Arts | 3 |
First Semester of Language | 3 |
Second Semester of Language | 3 |
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural | 3 |
Non-Western Studies (HIST 171 or HIST 172) | met/major |
Bible | 3 |
Christian Beliefs | 3 |
Wellness course | 1 |
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism (HIST 351, HIST 352, HIST 353, or HIST 355) | met/major |
QuEST requirements | 37-38 |
Major Requirements | 90 |
Total credits | 127-128 |