Teaching History

Education for certification programs will no longer be offered at Transy and are being phased out over the next 3 years.

No students entering Transy after Winter 2025 term will be able to major in the following:

  • Elementary Education: P-5 Certification, BA
  • Middle Grades Education: 5-9 Certification, BA
  • Teaching Art, BA (P-12 Certification)
  • Music Education, BA (P-12 Certification)
  • Teaching Chemistry, BA (8-12 Certification)

No students entering Transy after Winter 2025 term will be able to minor in the following:

  • Education Minor for P-12 Certification for French and Spanish
  • Education Minor for Secondary Certification (8-12) for History/Social Studies, English, Mathematics, Biology, and Physics

Students who enrolled prior to Winter 2025 will be able to pursue majors/minors in these provided they declare the major/minor no later than July 1, 2025.

To become certified to teach History, students must complete the History Major, in addition to the following for certification.

Completion of Education Minor for Secondary Certification (8-12) for Teaching History requires:
EDU1004Foundations of Education
EDU2014Schooling in U.S. Culture: History, Philosophies, and Diversity
EDU2094Standards-Based Instruction
EDU2164Learning Theory and Pedagogy
EDU3054Instructional Strategies and Content Area Literacy for Learners in Middle and Secondary Schools
EDU3244Practicum in Learning Experiences
EDU4114Supervised Teaching in High School
EDU4514Senior Seminar
or  Senior Seminar in the student’s discipline
Students must also take the following allied courses:
ANTH1024Cultural Anthropology 
ECON1004Introduction to Economics 
PS 1014Introduction to U.S. Politics 
PSY1004General Psychology
SOC 1004Introduction to Sociology 
Students who are enrolled in Supervised Teaching in their 9th consecutive regular term are charged at the reduced fee amount as specified in University Fee Schedule rather than the full-time tuition rate.