- History and Social Science, BA Secondary Education requires 129 credit hours.
- 3 semester hours in US history beyond HY 221 and HY 222 and HY 325 are required.
- 6 semester hours in Non-US History beyond HY 103 and HY 104
- Students should take HY 290 in their Sophomore year or, for transfer students, in their first semester at UAH.
- Students should take HY 490 in their Senior year.
- Three History courses (9 semester hours) at the 400 level
- No more than two classes from the following count toward the major: HY 310, HY 311, HY 312, HY 410, HY 492, HY 493, HY 494, HY 495
- Students in the History and Social Science Secondary Education BA are not permitted to take the Public History minor
- 39 of 128 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- Must have a 2.5 GPA in major, minor, and overall.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
- No more than 64 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Composition | 6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 12 | |
12 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts chosen from the following categories below | ||
| Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Literature: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
Students must have a two course sequence in either Literature or History. | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
or EH 242 | MYTHOLOGY | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
| Speech | 3 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| Humanities | 0-3 | |
Choose one course if needed | ||
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
Any WLC 100 or 200 level 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 11 | |
| Mathematics: Choose one | 3 | |
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences: Choose two | 8 | |
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
| WEATHER, CLIMATE & GLOBAL CHNG | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III | ||
| History and Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
| History: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| Psychology | 6 | |
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Courses | ||
| HY 221 | UNITED STATES TO 1877 | 3 |
| HY 222 | UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | 3 |
| HY 290 | CRAFT OF HISTORY | 3 |
| HY 325 | HISTORY OF ALABAMA | 3 |
| HY 490 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HY | 3 |
| US History 300+ 3 semester hours | 3 | |
| Non US History 300+ 6 semester hours | 6 | |
| HY Electives 300+ 6 semester hours | 6 | |
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Social Science | ||
| ECN 142 | PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | 3 |
| ECN 143 | PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | 3 |
| GY 105 | WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GY 110 | PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| PSC 101 | INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | 3 |
| PSC 102 | INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 3 |
| or PSC 260 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
| PY 101 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | 3 |
| SOC 100 | INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| Education Courses | ||
| ED 301 | INTRO TO EDUCATION PRACTICUM | 1 |
| ED 307 | MULTICULTURAL FND EDUCATION | 3 |
| ED 308 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| EDC 301 | TCHG THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD | 3 |
| EDC 311 | INSTR STRATEGIES INCLUSIVE CLR | 3 |
| ED 309 | CLASSROOM & BEHAVIOR MGMT | 3 |
| ED 350 | TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM | 3 |
| ED 408 | TCHG READING/CONTENT AREA | 3 |
| ED 410 | FOUNDATIONS EDUC EVALUAT | 3 |
| ED 424 | TCHG SOC ST MID & SEC SCHOOLS | 3 |
| ED 497 | HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP | 12 |
| Total Semester Hous | 129 | |