Checklist for Double Majors
Liberal Arts--History and Professional Studies (Education)--Citizenship
NAME:_______________________________ STUDENT NUMBER:__________________
General Education, specific requirements (14 Credit hours)
A. Communication (3 cr. hrs)
( ) 20.101 Composition I **Note: the Comp. II requirement is satisfied
by 42.398, Research and
Writing, a required history course (credit hours are to be entered there).
B. Communication elective (3 cr. hrs.)
( ) 25.103 Public Speaking (recommended) OR
( ) 25.104 Interpersonal Communication
C. Quantitative-Analytical (3 cr. hrs.) D. Values/Ethics
(3 cr. hrs.)
( ) 53.141 Intro. to Statistics
( ) List course and title___________________________*
*Any non-history Values course is acceptable, but recommended courses are
41.105 (Environ. Iss./Ch), 28.297 (Ethics), or 46.102 (Anthro.
& Wld. Prob).
E. Survival Fitness & Recreation Skills (2 cr.
hrs.)
( ) _________________________ (
) _________________________
F. Cultural Diversity Standard courses in this
program will fulfill Bloomsburg University
cultural diversity requirements.
General Education, distribution requirements (33 Credit hours)
A. Humanities (12 Credit hours)
Select from at least three of these
departments approved general education courses: Art (30, 31, 32) Music (35), Theater (26), English (20), History (42) Language
& Cultures (10-18), Philosophy (28), Mass Communications (27), and Communication Studies (25).
( ) 42.121 U.S. Hist. Col. Per.-1877
( ) 20. Any literature
course
( ) 42.122 U.S. Hist.
1877-present (
)____________________________
B. Social Sciences (12 Credit Hours)
Select from at least three of
these departments approved general education courses: Anthropology (46), Economics (40), Geography (41), Political
Science (44), Psychology (48), and Sociology (45).
( ) 40.121 Principles of
Economics I ( ) 48.101 General
Psychology
( ) 48.212 Adolescent
Psychology ( ) 70.101 Intro. to
Exceptional Individual
C. Natural Sciences & Mathematics (9 Credit Hours)
Select from at least three
of these departments approved general education courses: Biology & Allied
Health (50), Chemistry (52), Geology (51),
Mathematics (53), and Physics (54). Here are some recommended choices: 51.100 Environmental Geology;
52.100 Chemistry and the Citizen; 54.105 Energy Sources & Environ.Eff.
53.141 Intro. to Stats (cr. hrs counted
above in Quant.) ( ) 53.
any course in mathematics
( )
_______________________________ ( ) ___________________________
III. Major Requirements in History (33 Credit Hours)
A. Required Courses:
42.121 U.S. Hist.
Colonial Per.--1877 42.122 U.S. Hist. 1877--present
(credit hours for the two
courses immediately above are counted in Gen. Ed.)
( ) 42.125 Western Civilization
to 1650 ( ) 42.126 Western Civilization since 1650
( ) 42.298 Historiography and
Hist. Methods ( ) 42.398 Research and
Writing Skills
***The grade of C or better is REQUIRED in 42.298 42.398 (fall 2005 and
after)***
B. Two courses from the following
non-western and regional history courses:
( ) 42.131 Asian
Civilization to 1500 ( ) 42.132 Asian
Civilization since 1500
( ) 42.141 Modern China and
Japan ( ) 42.142 Latin America ( ) 42.143 Black
Africa
( ) 42.151 History of Africa to
1885 ( ) 42.152 History of Africa since 1885
( ) 42.145 Muslim World to 1405
( ) 42.146 Muslim World since 1405
C. Any upper division course (300-400
level) in U.S. history:
( ) 42.
_________________________________________*
D. Any upper division course (300-400
level) in European history:
( ) 42.
____________________________________________
E. Any upper division course (300-400
level) in non-western/regional history:
( ) 42.
____________________________________________
F. Electives in history chosen from
any 300-400 level offerings:
( ) 42.
____________________________* ( ) 42.
_______________________________*
*42.388 Pennsylvania is recommended in
upper-division requirement "C", or "F", for anyone
interested in teaching, because Pennsylvania history is a
required subject in middle and secondary school curricula across the state.
For other options in history categories C, D, E, and F, see the 300/400 Level
Course Guide.
IV. Major Requirements in Professional Studies (Education)--Citizenship
A. Area of Specialization Outside of History (12
Credit Hours)
( ) 40.122 Principles of Economics II
( ) 41.100 World Regional Geography
( ) 44.101 Elements of Political Science
( ) 44.120 United States Government
B. Professional Education (32 Credit Hours)
( ) 60.206 Teachers, Schools, Societies
(2 cr) ( ) 60.204 Educational Computing &
Technology
( ) 60.251 Psychological Foundations of
Education ( ) 60.291 Principles of Teaching
( ) 60.311 Classroom Meas. &
Assessment ( ) 65.355 Teaching Social Studies (Fall only)
( ) 60.393 Social Foundation of Education OR
( ) 60.406 Multicultural Education
( ) 60.497 Student Teaching–1st Exp.,6 cr
( ) 60.498 Student Teaching–2nd Exp., 6 cr
( )
***Note: If a student wants to avoid wasteful credit hours, it is critical that they remain in close contact with his or her advisor in the Department of History and choose courses very carefully.*** Revised 6/2004