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:
EDU 1004 Foundations of Education
EDU 2014 Schooling in U.S. Culture: History, Philosophies, and Diversity
EDU 2094 Standards-Based Instruction
EDU 2164 Learning Theory and Pedagogy
EDU 3054 Instructional Strategies and Content Area Literacy for Learners in Middle and Secondary Schools
EDU 3244 Practicum in Learning Experiences
EDU 4114 Supervised Teaching in High School
EDU 4514 Senior Seminar
or  Senior Seminar in the student’s discipline
Students must also take the following allied courses:
ANTH 1024 Cultural Anthropology 
ECON 1004 Introduction to Economics 
PS  1014 Introduction to U.S. Politics 
PSY 1004 General Psychology
SOC  1004 Introduction 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.