Graduate Certificate in History Education
The Graduate Certificate in History Education is designed for prospective and current secondary-school teachers wishing to expand their knowledge base and to accrue salary steps in their respective salary schedules. Through this program, students will deepen their understanding of history, its methods, and skills in order to become more knowledgeable and effective, while at the same time developing usable materials for their history classrooms. It also provides a near seamless transition into the History MA program for those who wish to take their studies further.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate mastery of historical knowledge and understanding in content areas related to their teaching.
- Students will be able to research and write historical papers based on primary sources that demonstrate content mastery as well as a familiarity with primary research, historical methodologies, and bibliographical tools as models for student learning.
- Students will think like historians, which includes, among other attributes, "historical habits of mind" and "historiographic sensibilities," i.e., a critical and self-conscious approach to the constructed nature of historical knowledge.
- Students will be able to transfer their historical knowledge to the classroom through the design of an appropriate teaching unit.
Graduate Certificate in History Education - 15 units
Core Requirements (9 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 696 | Proseminar in History | 3 |
| HIST 700 | History as a Field of Knowledge | 3 |
| HIST 870 | History Education Certificate Culminating Project | 3 |
Electives (6 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 702 | Sexuality in Historical Perspective | 3 |
| HIST 705 | Approaches to History | 3 |
| HIST 710 | Seminar in Ancient and Medieval History | 3 |
| HIST 720 | Seminar in Medieval History | 3 |
| HIST 730 | Seminar in Early Modern European History | 3 |
| HIST 740 | Seminar in the History of Europe Since 1815 | 3 |
| HIST 741 | The Holocaust and Postwar Germany Taught in English | 3 |
| HIST 780 | Seminar in American History To 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 790 | Seminar in American History Since 1877 | 3 |
| HIST 850 | Topics in World History Since 1500 | 3 |
All other requirements must be complete before students enroll in HIST 870.