Students should select US History as one of their fields of emphasis
In addition, students should select US History as one of their fields of emphasis in the History major.
The state-mandated subject matter competence requirement also includes several Social Science courses outside the History major. Students in the History/Social Science Teaching Emphasis must, in meeting their General Education requirements, take the following courses:
Note:
In addition to meeting the subject matter competence requirement for the Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science, prospective History/Social Science teachers are also required to compete 45 units of professional preparation in the Single Subject Teaching Credential Program, including student teaching. Students may begin the professional preparation courses as early as the junior year. With careful planning, it is possible to complete all the credential program courses, except student teaching, as an undergraduate. Courses may also be completed as a post-baccalaureate student. Refer to the Single Subject Teacher Education section of this catalog or the Single Subject Credential Program website (www.ced.csulb.edu/singlesubject) for a description of the professional preparation requirements, courses, and application procedures. Prospective students should consult with the History/Social Science Education Credential Program Advisor in the History Department to plan their program.
Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science for Non-History Majors
The core discipline in the California State History/Social Science curriculum is History, but courses in the subject matter program also align with social science majors such as Political Science, Economics, and Geography. In order for non-History majors to demonstrate subject matter competence by course work for the History/Social Science teaching credential, candidates must complete 39 units from the core requirements listed below, which may be taken as part of the BA major or as electives. Students must also complete 15 additional units in the breadth area. Prospective students should consult with the History/Social Social Science Credential Advisor in the History department early to plan their program.
Honors in History
Students with a major in history may be admitted to the History Department honors program (option of the University Honor’s Program) provided they have:
1. Completed at least 30 semester units of college- or university-level courses, including at least two history courses;
2. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3, and a 3.5 in History courses.
3. Submitted to the department honors committee chairperson two letters of recommendation from faculty members;
4. Received admission approval from the departmental honors committee.
Students who have the minimum GPA requirements established by the University Honors Program (3.0 overall and 3.3 in the major), but who do not meet History departmental GPA requirements above may petition the department honors committee for conditional admission to the Department Honors Program.
In order to graduate with Honors in History a student must:
1. Complete all regular requirements for the History major;
2. Complete HIST 498H Honors Research (3) before enrolling in HIST 499.
3. Complete the Honors Thesis in HIST 499. The quality of the thesis will be assessed by both the faculty member with whom the student worked in HIST 498H and the HIST 499 instructor. The instructors will determine whether the quality of the work warrants the awarding of honors.
4. Complete 6 units of additional course work chosen in consultation with the Department Honors Advisor; such courses normally will require two analytical papers or a research paper on an honors level of performance;
5a. Three of those units must be in courses designated Applied History, such as History 305 (Digital Methods of History) or History 306 (Playing the Past) or History 402 (Oral History Methods).
6. Have at the time of graduation a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in History.
Students admitted to the program must maintain a file in the University Honors Program which will include copies of proposals for 498H and 499.
Oral History Program
This program, housed in the Department of History, is designed to teach and train history students in the use of materials that focus on largely unwritten sources. History majors, and social science credential students with a history concentration, are urged to take HIST 402 .
