The College of New Jersey

School of Culture and Society ~ History Department ~ Fall 2016

4-Year Course Sequence

HistorySecondary Education – Teacher Preparation

Fall / Spring
Year 1
Do not enroll in any Education Professional Courses this year.
Course / Goal / Course / Goal
FSP / First Year Seminar / HIS 100 level / Gateway Course
HIS 210 Craft of History / Foundation Course / WRI102 Academic Writing (If not exempt) or Liberal Learning
Liberal Learning / HIS 200 level / Foundation Course
Foreign Language / If you are exempt, it is recommended that you take a liberal learning course. / Foreign Language / If you are exempt, it is recommended that you take a liberal learning course.
Fall (See Notes at the bottom of page.) / Spring
Year 2
Course / Goal / Course / Goal
POL 110 or department approved alternative** / Political Science / HIS 300 level / Consider region and time period when selecting.
HIS 200 level / Foundation Course / Liberal Learning / Natural Science or Quantitative Reasoning
Foreign Language / If you are exempt, you may either take a liberal learning course or only four courses this semester. / HIS 400level / Readings Seminar
HIS 365 if topic is appropriate ordepartment approved alternative*** / Economics – this course may also be taken in another semester to avoid overload. / EFN 299 OR SED 224 / Education
SED 224 OR EFN 299 / Education / Thematic Fields should be selected and/or approved by the end of the second semester Sophomore year.
Fall / Spring
Year 3
Course / Goal / Course / Goal
SED 399 / Education / HIS 400level Readings Seminar
HIS 300level / Consider region and time period when selecting. / HIS 300 level / Consider region and time period when selecting.
HED 390 / Education / Liberal Learning
SPE 323 / Education / EFN 398 / Education
Fall / Spring
Year 4 - You cannot take any other courses while doing Student Teaching in the Spring
Course / Goal / Course / Goal
HIS 498 / Research Seminar / HED 490 / Student Teaching
HIS 300 level / You are exempt if Economics requirement was completed with a history course.
Liberal Learning / SED 498 / Student Teaching Capstone
Liberal Learning

Year 2 – Fall Semester - Five courses in one semester requires a GPA of 3.3 and permission for a semester overload. The alternative to a five coursesemester is summer session. Depending on your liberal learning exemptions, a fifth or summer course may not be required. Check with your advisor.

**POL250 Alternatives: POL150, POL230, POL270, POL330, POL333, POL335, POL337, POL345, POL350, POL352, POL353, POL355, POL357, POL358, POL360, POL372, POL380.

***Economics Alternatives: ECO101, ECO102, ECO210 (ECO 210 will double count as a History Elective). Please note there are Math prerequisites for ECO101 and ECO102.