History Education, BA

In partnership with the Hope College Education Department, the History Department offers a history teaching major in the secondary level for certification through the Michigan Department of Education. The major consists of 30 credits.

In addition, students must also declare one of the 44-credit secondary education teaching majors: Secondary Education, 5-9 Gr, 7-12 Gr, BA (for a middle school focus) or Secondary Education, 7-12 Gr, 5-9 Gr, BA (for a high school focus). Students may also declare a content minor: Psychology Education Minor or Teaching English as a Second Language Minor .

History

HIST 140 - History Workshop Credits: 3
HIST 160 - United States History to 1877 Credits: 3
HIST 161 - United States History Since 1877 Credits: 3
HIST 495 - Seminar in History Credits: 3

Ancient and Modern History (2 courses)

Choose one of the below groups of courses.

World History to 1500 and Modern European History

HIST 120 - Introduction to World History to 1500 Credits: 3
HIST 131 - Introduction to Modern European History Credits: 3

World History Since 1500 and Ancient European History

HIST 121 - Introduction to World History since 1500 Credits: 3
HIST 130 - Introduction to Ancient and Medieval European History Credits: 3

200- and 300-level History Electives

Students must complete one 200-level HIST and one 300-level HIST course. At least one of the courses must be non-United States history.

200-level History (1 course)

HIST 201 - Michigan History Credits: 3
HIST 210 - The Greek World Credits: 3
HIST 215 - The Roman World Credits: 3
HIST 217 - Race and Ethnicity in Classical Antiquity Credits: 3
HIST 218 - The Middle Ages: Europe, Byzantium and Islam Credits: 3
HIST 220 - Ancient Rome and the Third Reich: Fascist Appropriations of Classical Antiquity Credits: 3
HIST 221 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa: African Perspectives on Colonialism Credits: 3
HIST 230 - Model Arab League Credits: 3
HIST 242 - Twentieth Century Europe Credits: 3
HIST 251 - Revolutionary America: Visionaries, Rebels, and Ruffians Credits: 3
HIST 252 - Civil War America: Disruption and Destiny Credits: 3
HIST 255 - World War I America Credits: 3
HIST 256 - Recent America: From World War II to 9/11 Credits: 3
HIST 257 - Race and Ethnicity in US History Credits: 3
HIST 260 - History of Latin America Since 1810 Credits: 3
HIST 263 - Colonial Latin American History Credits: 3
HIST 268 - Russian History from Peter the Great to the USSR Credits: 3
HIST 270 - Modern China Credits: 3
HIST 272 - Social History in Early Modern Europe: Wanderers, Warriors, and Witches Credits: 3
HIST 274 - Friend or Foe: China and the United States in Trade, War, and the Missionary Movement Credits: 3
HIST 280 - Modern Imperialism Credits: 3
HIST 285 - Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity Credits: 3
HIST 287 - US Women and Social Change Credits: 3

300-level History (1 course)

HIST 314 - The History of Japan and Korea since 1600: At the Origins of Modernity Credits: 3
HIST 321 - The Making of Modern Africa Credits: 3
HIST 341 - World War Two: Collaboration and Resistance Credits: 3
HIST 344 - Genocide in the Modern World Credits: 3
HIST 351 - Slavery and Race in America, 1619-Present: The Struggle Within Credits: 3
HIST 352 - Women, Gender and Sex in United States History Credits: 3
HIST 355 - United States Foreign Policy, 1898-Present: Power, Promise, and Peril Credits: 3
HIST 357 - United States Cultural History Credits: 3
HIST 361 - United States Military History: Rise of a Warrior Democracy Credits: 3
HIST 364 - Latino Identities: Ethnic Diversity in Latin American and United States History Credits: 3
HIST 365 - Gender and Power in Latin American History Credits: 3
HIST 370 - Modern Middle East Credits: 3
HIST 371 - Paris and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities Credits: 3

Geography

EDUC 307 - Cultural and Physical Geography for Educators Credits: 3

Teaching History

EDUC 294 - Teaching History to Adolescents Credits: 3