The Teacher Preparation Option in History is designed for students seeking a Single Subject Credential in Social Science. This degree - Bachelor of Arts in History: Teacher Preparation Option - has been approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) for the Single Subject Credential in History-Social Science.
Students who graduate with this option in the history major will fulfill all subject matter certification requirements mandated by state law as part of the credentialing process to teach history and social science in California public schools at the middle-school and high-school levels.
The option is comprised of 34-36 required lower division units and 72 required and elective upper division units in history and other social science disciplines.
Students must earn a grade of "C" or higher in all courses that satisfy the major requirements.
Early consultation with the program director is strongly recommended for all students interested in becoming middle-school or high school history-social science teachers. To make an advising appointment with the director of the Teacher Preparation Option, please call the History Department office at (323) 343-2020.
Requirements for the Major: 106-108 units
Lower Division Courses (36 units, or 34-36 units of equivalent transfer credit)
- HIST 110ABC: World Civilization I, II and III (12 units)
- HIST 202AB: US Civilization I and II (8 units)
- ECON 150: Economics for the Citizen (4 units)
- GEOG 155: Cultural Geography (4 units)
- POLS 150: Government and American Society (4 units)
- PHIL200/RELS 200: Introduction to Comparative Religions (4 units)
Upper Division Subject Areas (40 units)
- HIST 388: Historiography (4 units)
- HIST 390: Historical Research and Writing (4 units)
- HIST 488: California History (4 units)
- ECON 360: Developing Countries and the New Global Economy (4 units) or ECON/POLS 426 International Political Economy (4 units)
- GEOG 370: Geography of World Regions (4 units)
- GEOG 451: Historical Geography of North America (4 units)
- GEOG 431: California Geography (4 units)
or GEOG 432: Metropolitan Los Angeles - POLS 373: Foundations of Comparative Politics (4 units)
- POLS 435: American Political Though (4 units)
- one 4-unit diversity course, selected from the following: ANTH 406 (Indians of North America); CHS 444 (History of the Chicano People in the United States); ECON 350 (Economics of Poverty and Inequality in the U. S.); HIST 352 (Civil Rights in the United States); HIST 459 (Sexuality in the Americas); HIST/CHS 460 (The Chicano Movement); HIST 477 (United States Social History); HIST 480 (Ethnicity and Immigration in American History); HIST 490 (Indians in Early America); GEOG 446 (U. S. Ethnic Communities); GEOG 476 (Urban Geography); PAS 420 (Afro-American Culture); POLS/PAS 360 (Dynamics of Change in the Developing World); POLS 458 (Politics in Asian-American Immigration); SOC 460 (Race and Ethnic Relations)
Upper Division History Concentration (24 units)
- United States Periods (4 units): select one 4-unit course from the following options: HIST 470 (The Colonial Heritage: The United States 1607-1763); HIST 471 (Era of Revolution: The United States 1763-1815); HIST 472 (Democracy, Dissent, and Disunion: The United States, 1815-1877); HIST 473 (The United States, 1877-1918); HIST 474 (The United States, 1918-1952); HIST 475 (The United States 1952 to Present)
- United States Topics (4 units): select one 4-unit course from the following options: HIST 383 (Rise of Urban America); HIST 455 (American Religious History); HIST 457A (American Intellectual History to the Civil War); HIST 457B (American Intellectual History Since the Civil War); HIST 458 (Sickness and Health in American History); HIST 476 (Economic History of United States); HIST 478 (History of United States International Relations); HIST 479 (Constitutional History of the United States; HIST 481 (Special Topics in the US West); HIST 482A (American Popular Culture to 1900); HIST 482B (American Popular Culture from 1900); HIST 483 (Poverty and Anti-Poverty in American History); HIST 484 (Civil War and Reconstruction); HIST 485 (U. S. Women to 1877); HIST 486 (U. S. Women: 1877 to the present); HIST 487 (History of U. S. Work and Working People); HIST 489 (Los Angeles)
- Europe Periods (4 units): select one 4-unit course from the following options: HIST 421 (The Early Middle Ages); HIST 422 (The Later Middle Ages); HIST 423 (Renaissance and Reformation); HIST 424 (Seventeenth Century Europe); HIST 425 (Eighteenth Century Europe); HIST 425 (Eighteenth Century Europe); HIST 426 (French Revolution and Napoleon); HIST 429 (Europe: 1914 to present); HIST 430 (Europe: 1815-1914)
- Europe Topics (4 units): select one 4-unit course from the following options: HIST 311 (Classical Civilization and the Modern World); HIST 380 (Ancient and Modern Science); HIST 401 (Science, Religion, and Culture in World History); HIST/RELS 402 (Religion and Society in Medieval Europe); HIST 411 (History of Ancient Greece); HIST 412A (Early Rome: The Republic); HIST 412B (The Roman Empire); HIST 413 (Greek History: The Alexandrian Age); HIST 437 (Social History of Europe); HIST 438 (Economic History of Europe); HIST 439 (Intellectual History of Europe); HIST 446 (Imperial Russia: 1801-1917); HIST 447 (The Soviet Union)
- Non-West (4 units): select one 4-unit course from the following options: HIST 414A (Traditional Sub-Saharan Africa); HIST 414B (Modern Sub-Saharan Africa); HIST 418 (History of Islamic Central Asia); HIST 419 (Classical Age of Islamic Civilization, 600-1258); HIST 420 (The Islamic Middle East: 1258-1919); HIST 492 (Nationalism, Revolution, and War in the Middle East, 1919 present); HIST 461 (Latin America: Colonial Period); HIST 462 (Latin America: 1810-1914); HIST 463 (Latin America: 1914 to Present); HIST 494A (Traditional China); HIST 494B (Modern China); HIST 494C (Peoples Republic of China); HIST 495A (Traditional Japan); HIST 495 B (Modern Japan)
- Proseminar (4 units): HIST 450 (Special Studies in History)
Field Experience (4 units)
- HIST 300: Early Field Experience in History-Social Science (4 units)
Capstone Course (4 units)
- HIST 498: Issues in Teaching History-Social Science (4 units)