History Major, B.A. or B.S. with Secondary Education Licensure

In addition to the University’s general education and other graduation requirements, students must complete the following courses. Some supporting course requirements can also fulfill general education requirements. At least 24 credits must be taken at Rockford University of which at least 18 credits, including Senior Seminar, must be at the 300- or 400-level.

For students desiring to teach at the high school (secondary) level, the state of Illinois requires a content area major and secondary education minor. Licensure in history prepares a student to teach history, government, anthropology/sociology, economics, psychology, and geography at the introductory level, and history at the honors and advanced placement (AP) level. Requirements for the major are augmented by coursework in the additional fields required for social science teaching.

Required Core Courses (36 credits)

Both of the following two courses

HIST 107World History I: to 1500 C.E.

3

HIST 108World History II: From 1450 to Present

3

One of the following three courses

HIST 110Creation of the United States: 1600-1865

3

HIST 111Evolution of the United States 1865-1945

3

HIST 112Modern America since 1945

3

All of the following courses

One additional United States history course

3

One European history course

3

One additional non-western history course

3

Additional history courses

9

HIST 295Historical Methods Seminar

3

HIST 395Reading Seminar

3

HIST 495Senior Seminar

3

Required Supporting Courses (21-24 credits)

One of the following three options

MATH 223Beginning Statistics

3

MATH 224Elements of Statistics

4

Two Semesters of foreign language

6

All of the following courses

INST 115World Regional Geography

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

POLS 102American Government

3

Required Licensure Courses

PSYC 100Introduction to Psychology

3

SOCI 150Introduction to Sociology

3

SOCI 260Qualitative Social Science Methods

3

Plus the Secondary Education Minor (39+ credits)