The Hope College Education Department offers a social studies teaching major, with a history concentration, in the secondary level for certification through the Michigan Department of Education. The major consists of 36 core social studies credits and 12 history credits, for a total of 48 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 .
