General Social Science Major: Teacher Certification

Degree programs offered by the College of Liberal Arts and its departments share a common core of courses. Students in these programs must complete the Basic Curriculum , and the major curriculum listed below.

Major Requirements: 60 hours

History majors pursuing teacher certification in General Social Science should follow the pattern below. Students should refer to the College of Education section of the Catalogue for a listing of additional requirements for teacher certification.

HY 101. History of Western Civilization I (3)
HY 102. History of Western Civilization II (3)
OR
HY 103. Honors Western Civilization (3)
HY 104. Honors Western Civilization II (3)
HY 211. American History I (3)
HY 212. American History II (3)
HY 300. Historical Methodologies and Practices (3)
HY 400. Seminar in Historical Studies (3)
HY 420. History of Alabama (3)
HY 451. History of Japan (3)
OR
HY 452. History of China (3)

Approved Electives in History from the 300-400 level: 12 hours*

Students must take at least one elective from each of the following four areas:

European History
HY 333. Europe in the 19th Century (3)
HY 335. Contemporary Europe (3)
HY 336. History of Women in Western Civilization (3)
HY 341. History of England to 1688 (3)
HY 342. History of England and Britain, 1689 to the Present (3)
HY 437. History of Nazism and Fascism (3)
Latin American History
HY 361. Latin America to 1810 (3)
HY 362. Latin America since 1810 (3)
Military History
HY 308. The Military History of the United States, 1755-1975 (3)
HY 403. The First World War (3)
HY 404. The Second World War (3)
HY 405. War of the Modern Age (3)
HY 423. The Military History of the Civil War (3)
U. S. History
HY 306. Film and History (3)
HY 310. Indians of North America (3)
HY 311. Colonial and Revolutionary America (3)
HY 312. The Early National Period (3)
HY 313. Jacksonian America (3)
HY 314. The Civil War Era (3)
HY 315. Gilded Age and Progressive Era (3)
HY 316. The Jazz Age and the Great Depression (3)
HY 317. U.S. Since 1945 (3)
HY 318. History of Women in the U. S. (3)
HY 410. American Diplomatic History (3)
HY 418. U.S. Constitutional History I (3)
HY 419. U.S. Constitutional History II (3)
HY 420. History of Alabama (3)
HY 421. History of the Old South (3)
HY 422. History of the New South (3)
HY 427. Indians of the Southeast (3)
HY 457. Natural History of the Black Belt (4)
HY 471. African-American History, 1400-1865 (3)
HY 472. African-American History, 1866-Present (3)
HY 473. Slavery in North America (3)
HY 475. The Modern Civil Rights Movement (3)
HY 476. Comparative Slavery (3)
*Nine of which must be from the 400 level

Additional Courses in the Teaching Field:

EC 202. Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
EC 201. Principles of Microeconomics (3)
GY 100. Introduction to Geography (3)
PS 110. American Government (3)
PY 100. General Psychology (3)
SY 100. Principles of Sociology (3)
PS 310. State and Local Government (3)
PS 330. Comparative Government (3)
OR
PS 340. International Relations (3)