Secondary Education History/Social Studies Major

Students electing a major in History/Social Studies apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (GPA). To be admitted into SED 306W students must be admitted into FSEHD, and to take their Practicum I course (SED 314) they should submit passing scores for the Praxis II content test (5081). Students must maintain a content GPA of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain Social Studies, Grade 7-12 certification:

Requirements

Secondary Education

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SED 314	Responsive Social Studies Teaching/Learning I	4	Spring.
SED 414	Responsive Social Studies Teaching/Learning II	4	Fall.

Economics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Geography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GEOG 401	Geography for Social Studies Educators	4	Spring.

Political Science

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 102	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from Social Science:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.
GLOB 260	Global Studies and the World	4	Annually.
POL 103	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 204	Introduction to Political Thought	4	As needed.
POL 358	The American Congress	4	Every third semester.
SOC 200	Introduction to Sociology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 204	Urban Sociology	4	As needed.
SOC 208	The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 281W	History Matters I: Methods and Skills	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 282W	History Matters II: Historical Research	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 389W	History Matters III: Senior Research Project	2	Fall, Spring.

TWO COURSES from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 201	U.S. History: 1400-1800	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 202	U.S. History: 1800-1920	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 203	U.S. History: 1920 to the Present	3	Fall, Spring.

ONE COURSE from U.S. History:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 209	The American Revolution	3	Annually.
HIST 217	American Gender and Women’s History	3	Annually.
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
HIST 219	Popular Culture in Twentieth Century America	3	Alternate years.
HIST 243	Latino Peoples and US History	3	Annually.
HIST 320	American Colonial History	3	Annually.
HIST 323	The Gilded Age and Progressive Era	3	Alternate years.
HIST 324	Crises of American Modernity, 1914-1945	3	Annually.
HIST 325	Superpower America 1945-1990	3	Annually.
HIST 328	History of the American West	3	As needed.
HIST 329	Civil War and Reconstruction	3	As needed.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	3	As needed.
HIST 331	Rhode Island History	3	Spring.
HIST 334	African American History	3	Annually.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	3	Spring.

ONE COURSE from European History:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 220	Ancient Greece	3	Alternate years.
HIST 221	The Roman Republic	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 222	The Roman Empire	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 223	Medieval History	3	Alternate years.
HIST 224	The Glorious Renaissance	3	Fall.
HIST 234	Challenges and Confrontations: Women in Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 235	Voices of the Great War	3	Alternate years.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
HIST 307	Europe in the Age of Enlightenment	3	As needed.
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	3	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	3	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	3	Alternate years.
HIST 312	Russia from Peter to Lenin	3	Alternate years.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	3	Alternate years.

ONE COURSE from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 236	Post-Independence Africa	3	Annually.
HIST 238	Early Imperial China	3	As needed.
HIST 239	Japanese History through Art and Literature	3	Alternate years.
HIST 241	Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 242	Modern Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 274	The History of the Dominican Republic	4	Annually.
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	3	As needed.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	3	As needed.
HIST 345	Conflict, Globalization, and Modern East Asia	3	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	3	Annually.

ONE COURSE from Global History or Non-Western History (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East):

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
HIST 222	The Roman Empire	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 236	Post-Independence Africa	3	Annually.
HIST 238	Early Imperial China	3	As needed.
HIST 239	Japanese History through Art and Literature	3	Alternate years.
HIST 241	Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 242	Modern Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 243	Latino Peoples and US History	3	Annually.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
HIST 272	Globalization, 15th Century to the Present	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 274	The History of the Dominican Republic	4	Annually.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	3	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	3	Alternate years.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	3	As needed.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	3	Spring.
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	3	As needed.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	3	As needed.
HIST 345	Conflict, Globalization, and Modern East Asia	3	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	3	Annually.

Total Credit Hours: 54

Note: ECON 200 will double-count as the General Education Social and Behavioral Sciences distribution (SB).

Note: Only Connections Courses listed here can be used to satisfy program requirements.

Note: There are 87 total required credits for a Secondary Education History/Social Studies Major: 45 credits as required of all SED students and 42 credits of History and Social Science Content courses.