Department website: https://www.atu.edu/history

See the College of Education and Health page for additional requirements.

This program combines a traditional history degree with all the necessary education courses to allow students to finish in four years. For licensure, students must achieve the minimum score on the Praxis II Specialty Area and Principles of Learning and Teaching Tests as determined by the Arkansas Department of Education. For further requirements see Admission and Retention to Teacher Education and also the Criteria for Internships located on the College of Education home page.

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

¹

See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".

²

Students must complete HIST 2513 Sources and Methods in History and HIST 4963 Senior Seminar, or POLS 2513 Research Design and POLS 4963 Senior Seminar.

³

SEED 4553 Classroom Application of Educational Psychology and SPED 4052 Educating Diverse and Exceptional Learners are part of the Residency A requirements in the completion of a yearlong residency experience as per Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requirements. In this Residency A semester immediately prior to the student’s last semester (Residency B), students must complete a minimum 270-hour field-experience component as part of the DESE requirements for teacher licensure.

For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php