History Teaching (BA)

courseLicensure: This program meets the educational requirements designed to lead to an occupationally required professional license or certificate in the state of Utah. Students pursuing occupations requiring a license or certificate in a state other than Utah should contact the appropriate BYU academic advisement center as well as the licensing agency in the state where they intend to work to seek information and guidance regarding licensure and certification requirements.

This major is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/licensing or contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 801-422-3426.

The History Department requires a minimum of 18 hours of history credit to be taken in residency at BYU's Provo campus for this degree program. BYU Independent Study courses do not count toward residency. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.

For students accepted into the major after December 16, 2019, grades below C in any required coursework in a teaching major or teaching minor will not be accepted. Teacher candidates must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher once admitted into the program and to qualify for student teaching. For additional details on admission and retention requirements for teaching majors and teaching minors, see Educator Preparation Program Requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Requirement 1 — Complete 1 Course

Complete the following course in fulfillment of the University Core First-Year Writing requirement.

course - Writing & Rhetoric 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 1 Course

NOTE: For majors, Hist 200 should be taken prior to elective courses. It must be completed no later than the sophomore year or in the first semester/term after the major is declared. Hist 200 and 490 combined satisfy the University Core Advanced Written and Oral Communications requirement.

course - Historian's Craft 3.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 4 Course

NOTE: Requirement 3 (HIST 201, 202, 220, 221) must be completed before registering for HIST 477 and HIST 478. NOTE: University Core Civilization courses (201/202) offered by other departments are not equivalent. Hist 220 and 221 must be completed as college/university courses. They cannot be fulfilled with AP or other test scores.

course - World Civilization to 1500 3.0

course - World Civilization from 1500 3.0

course - U S Through 1877 3.0

course - U S Since 1877 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 1 Courses

Students are encouraged to take HIST 201, HIST 202, HIST 220, HIST 221 prior to enrollment in HIST 276. Note: FBI fingerprint and background clearance MUST be completed PRIOR to enrolling in HIST 276.

course - Exploration of Tchg-Soc Sci - You may take up to 4.0 credit hours 4.0

Requirement 5 — Complete 1 Course

course - Utah 3.0

Requirement 6 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - US Historical Literacies 3.0

course - Democratic Class Design 3.0

Requirement 7 — Complete 12 hours

Students must not present all their preparation in a single region. Complete no more than 2 electives (6.0 credit hours) in any of the following regional or thematic options. NOTE: No more than 6 combined hours of 299R, 495R, and 498R will count toward elective credit. HIST 397 and HIST 399 CANNOT double-count toward requirements 6 and 7.1.

Option 7.1 — Complete 9 hours

Option 7.1.1 — Complete up to 6 hours

AFRICA

course - Early Africa 3.0

course - Modern Africa 3.0

course - S Africa Liberation 3.0

course - African Social Change 3.0

course - Islam in Africa 3.0

course - Slavery in Africa & Atlantic 3.0

Option 7.1.2 — Complete up to 6 hours

ASIA

course - Intro to East Asian History 3.0

course - Pre-modern Korea 3.0

course - Modern Korea 3.0

course - Traditional China 3.0

course - China Since 1200 3.0

course - The Mongol Empire 3.0

course - Early Japan 3.0

course - Modern Japan 3.0

course - Chinese Cultural History 3.0

course - Modern South East Asia 3.0

course - Asian Religion & Thought 3.0

Option 7.1.3 — Complete up to 6 hours

EUROPE

course - Greek History 3.0

course - Roman History 3.0

course - Europe 1500-Present 3.0

course - Age of French Revolution 3.0

course - Early Middle Ages 3.0

course - Late Middle Ages 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0

course - European Expansion 3.0

course - Age of Enlightnmnt 3.0

course - Nineteenth-Century Europe 3.0

course - Europe Since 1914 3.0

course - History of the Mediterranean Sea 3.0

course - Euro Revolutions Since 1500 3.0

course - History of Film, Radio, & TV 3.0

course - History of Ideas 3.0

course - Strategy in Peace and War 3.0

course - Fascism & Nazism, 1914-present 3.0

course - Jews & Holocaust 3.0

course - European Women's History 3.0

course - Family in Europe 3.0

course - Pre-Modern Britain 3.0

course - Modern Britain 3.0

course - France 3.0

course - Spain 3.0

course - Modern Italy 3.0

course - Modern Germany 3.0

course - Russian Empire Under Romanovs 3.0

course - Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia 3.0

course - Scandinavian Hist 3.0

Option 7.1.4 — Complete up to 6 hours

LATIN AMERICA

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - Rel. in Colonial Latin America 3.0

course - Latin Am Age of Revolution 3.0

course - History of Mexico 3.0

course - Urban History Brazil 3.0

course - History of Argentina 3.0

course - Brazil 3.0

course - Indian in Latin Am 3.0

course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0

course - Inter-American Relations 3.0

Option 7.1.5 — Complete up to 6 hours

MIDDLE EAST

course - Ancient Near East to 330 BC 3.0

course - Ancient Near East 330BC-640AD 3.0

course - M E Hist to 1800 3.0

course - M E Hist from 1800 3.0

course - Arab & Islamic Civilization - You may take once 1.0v

course - Jewish Civilization - You may take once 1.0v

course - Hist Ottoman Empire 3.0

course - History of Ancient Iraq 3.0

course - Crusades 3.0

Option 7.1.6 — Complete up to 6 hours

UNITED STATES

course - Mod. American Warfare Studies 3.0

course - American West to 1900 3.0

course - American West Since 1900 3.0

course - US Immigration History 3.0

course - Spanish Frontier in North Amer 3.0

course - American South 3.0

course - Slavery in the U.S. 3.0

course - Sport, Society, & Am Culture 3.0

course - Early America 3.0

course - Revolutionary Amer 3.0

course - Civil War Era 3.0

course - US Hist, 1890-1945 3.0

course - J Smith in Mormon History 3.0

course - US Hist, 1945-2000 3.0

course - Growing Up in America 3.0

course - History of American Families 3.0

course - US Religious History to 1860 3.0

course - US Religious Hist Since 1860 3.0

course - Mormonism Am Exper 3.0

course - African-American Hist since 1865 3.0

course - US Women's History 3.0

course - Latinos in the United States 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist to 1877 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist 1877-present 3.0

course - Mormonism Amg Chrstn Theol 3.0

course - US Constitutnl His 3.0

course - US Foreign Relations 3.0

course - US Historical Literacies 3.0

course - American Capitalism 3.0

Option 7.1.7 — Complete up to 6 hours

WORLD AND THEMATIC COURSES

course - Thetean Production 2.0

course - Intro Fam Hist Doctr Prac 2.0

course - Regional and Thematic Fam Hist - You may take once 1.0

course - Fam & Law in Amer Hist 3.0

course - Intro to Hist of Christianity 3.0

course - Jewsh Hist 70AD-Pr 3.0

course - Nature & History 3.0

course - Food & History 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Digital History 3.0

course - Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3.0

course - History of Travel & Tourism 3.0

course - Hist Narrative: Wrtg Wkshp 3.0

course - Public History 3.0

course - Topical Readings Seminar 3.0

course - Philosophies Hist 3.0

course - Directed Research - You may take once 3.0

course - Directed Readings - You may take once 0.5v

Option 7.2 — Complete 3 hours

History of traditionally underrepresented communities. Complete 1 course (3.0 hours) from the following list. Courses not on this list have History Teaching Program pre-approval. NOTE: Courses cannot double-count to fulfill requirements 7.1 and 7.2. NOTE: Content of 485, 495R, and 496R must reflect history of traditionally underrepresented communities.

course - Intro to East Asian History 3.0

course - M E Hist to 1800 3.0

course - M E Hist from 1800 3.0

course - Jewsh Hist 70AD-Pr 3.0

course - Con & Col Lat Amer 3.0

course - Modern Latin Amer 3.0

course - Rel. in Colonial Latin America 3.0

course - Early Africa 3.0

course - Modern Africa 3.0

course - Latin Am Age of Revolution 3.0

course- Jews & Holocaust 3.0

course - European Women's History 3.0

course - History of Mexico 3.0

course - S Africa Liberation 3.0

course - Pre-modern Korea 3.0

course - Modern Korea 3.0

course - African Social Change 3.0

course - Traditional China 3.0

course - China Since 1200 3.0

course - The Mongol Empire 3.0

course - Early Japan 3.0

course - Modern Japan 3.0

course - Islam in Africa 3.0

course - Chinese Cultural History 3.0

course - Modern South East Asia 3.0

course - History of Argentina 3.0

course - Brazil 3.0

course - Indian in Latin Am 3.0

course - Gender & History in Latin Amer 3.0

course - Slavery in Africa & Atlantic 3.0

course - Slavery in the U.S. 3.0

course - US Women's History 3.0

course - Latinos in the United States 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist to 1830 3.0

course - Am Indian Hist 1830-present 3.0

course - Topical Readings Seminar 3.0

course - Directed Research - You may take once 3.0

course - Directed Readings - You may take once 0.5v

Requirement 8 — Complete 1 Course

Capstone course:

course - Capstone Research Seminar 3.0

A teaching minor is strongly recommended.

Requirement 9 — Complete 2 Requirements

Contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 801- 422-3426, to schedule the final interview to clear the licensing component of your secondary teaching major. You should be registered for your last semester at BYU prior to the scheduled appointment.

NOTE: FBI fingerprint and background clearance MUST be completed PRIOR to enrolling in HIST 276R, HIST 478, HIST 476R, and HIST 496R.

NOTE: Admittance to the major is required BEFORE enrolling in HIST 477 and 478. HIST 477 and 478 must be taken concurrently.

Requirement 9.1 — Complete 6 Courses

course - Educ Stdnts w/Disablts in ScEd 2.0

course - Teach Tech Soc Studies 2.0

course - Hist & Soc Sci Tchng Methods 3.0

course - Practicum in Secondary Educ 1.0

course - Multicultural Educ 2.0

course - Ad Dev & Class Mgmt 3.0

Requirement 9.2 — Complete 12 hours

course - Student Teaching - HT and SST - Must be taken for 12.0 credit hours 1.0v

course - Acad Internship--HT and SST - Must be taken for 12.0 credit hours 12.0

Note: it is the student's responsibility to be sure that the Praxis test has been taken and that BYU has received the test scores, that their fingerprint background clearance is current, and that state licensing fees have been paid prior to graduation. Students are strongly discouraged from working another job during the time of their student teaching/internship. In addition, students must pass the PPAT assessment to graduate and receive a teaching license. Students will also be responsible for any additional requirements imposed by the state prior to their graduation. To confirm the status of these requirements contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 801-422-3426. Graduation and Utah licensure cannot be processed until these requirements have been completed.