Social Science: History

Secondary Education Major/Professional Education (10.5 units) 

Take the courses below in the sequence listed. Refer to the IWU catalog for course prerequisites and restrictions on concurrent enrollment. The professional education courses listed below are used to compute your professional education grade point average for TEP and student teaching acceptance.

First Year

Fall/Spring

EDUC 225: Education and Social Justice (CSI)
EDUC 125: Schooling in Society, in most cases, concurrent with 225	20-25 hours field experience
OR
EDUC 255: Child Study and Assessment (W)
EDUC 126: Teaching to the World of the Child, in most cases, concurrent with 255	20-25 hours field experience

Sophomore Year

Fall/Spring

EDUC 225: Education and Social Justice (CSI)
EDUC 125: Schooling in Society, in most cases, concurrent with 225	20-25 hours field experience
OR
EDUC 255: Child Study and Assessment (W)
EDUC 126: Teaching to the World of the Child, in most cases, concurrent with 255	20-25 hours field experience
EDUC 257: Disability Rights(AV,U)

Junior Year*

Fall/Spring

EDUC 257: Disability Rights(AV,U) , if still needed

Fall

EDUC 320: Foundations of Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Oral Communication

25 hours field experience

OR

EDUC 365: Reading, Writing and Communication in the Content Areas

Spring

EDUC 345: Instructional Planning, Assessment and Safe Learning Environments	40-45 hours field experience
EDUC 361: Seminar: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Social Science

Senior Year

 Fall

EDUC 490: Student Teaching Seminar	15 week full time immersion in the field                                  (continues from Jr. year Spring placement)
EDUC 492: Student Teaching: Secondary Social Science

Spring

EDUC 498: Educational Inquiry (W)

* If planning to travel abroad, do so prior to the junior year, or during any May Term. Plan your enrollment in EDUC 225, 255, and 257 accordingly. EDUC 257 can be taken concurrently with 300 level courses the junior year. Ninth semester graduates take required 300 level courses and EDUC 498 spring semester of the senior year prior to student teaching. 

History Major Requirements (10 units)

The requirements listed below reflect the most recent information from the history department. You are advised to consult the IWU catalog and your major advisor regarding current requirements for your graduating class. The required History courses listed below are used to compute your major grade point average for TEP and student teaching acceptance.

History 290	Theory, Methods, Crafting of History
History 490	Capstone Senior Seminar in History
Minimum of three (3) electives in History at the 300-level*
One course in pre-1800 history
No more than six courses may be focused on a single geographic region (ie. US, Europe)
A non-credit bearing ARCHES ePortfolio that will be checked each semester during advising, and will be graded in History 290 and History 490.

 *Only one unit of HIST 397 (Internship in Public History) may count toward the major.

Additional Coursework to meet Middle Grades (5-8) Social Science Endorsement:

Social Science field	IWU suggested course
Political Science	American National Government PSCI 101
Economics	Introduction to Economics ECON 100
Geography	Introduction to Geographic Info Systems ENST 200 OR Earth Systems Science ENST 230, 231, 300

Coursework in psychology, sociology, and anthropology is highly recommended. Additional social science courses are not used to compute your major grade point average for TEP and student teaching acceptance; however you must earn a grade of C- or higher, per state licensure requirements. AP and transfer credit may meet the additional requirements, with the approval of your major advisor and the Director of Teacher Education.

IWU General Education

The IWU general education category requirements listed below are met with required major or licensure courses.

 No more than two general education courses may come from a single department or school, with the exception of a second language, Gateway, and Writing Intensive.

 

Additional Content Specific Endorsements in Social Science

 

*Subsequent senior high social science endorsements may be added in the same subject (social science) by passing the applicable content test OR completing 12 semester hours of coursework in the content area.  This provision only applies if an educator already holds an issued designation social science endorsement.  For example, an educator would qualify for this provision with a Social Science-History endorsement.

ISBE offers social science endorsements in Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology,and Sociology/Anthropology.

 

 

Fall Semester

• Gateway Colloquium
• General Education Course
• Second Language Course
• HIST course 
• One course in pre-1800 history
• Physical Education (PEX)

Spring Semester

• EDUC 225/EDUC 125 Education and Social Justice (CSI)  OR
• EDUC 255/EDUC 126 Child Study and Assessment (W)
• HIST 290 Theories, Methods, Crafting of History
• HIST course
• One course from pre-1800 history (if not taken in the Fall)
• General Education Course
• Second Language Course
• Physical Education (PEY)

 

Fall Semester

• EDUC 225/EDUC 125 Education and Social Justice (CSI)  OR
• EDUC 255/EDUC 126 Child Study and Assessment (W)
• Second Language Course
• Select from: **
• ECON 100 Introduction to Economics (CSI)
• PSCI 101 American National Government (CSI)
• PSYCH 100 General Psychology (LSI)
• HIST course (select from required courses for licensure)
• One elective in HIST