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History Minor for Teacher Licensure

Total Hours: 18

The minor comprises the following courses:

HIS 1101
Introduction to Historical Studies.  (3 credits)

or

 
SOS 3400
Middle Level and Secondary Social Studies Teaching Methods.  (3 credits)

or

 
HIS 4925
Methods, Theory, and Pedagogy for Secondary and Middle-Level History and Social Studies Teaching.  (3 credits)

Two of the following:

HIS 2010G
History of the United States to 1877.  (3 credits)
HIS 2020G
History of the United States Since 1877.  (3 credits)
HIS 2030G
US History: The Black Experience.  (3 credits)
HIS 2040G
US History: Gender and Sexuality.  (3 credits)
HIS 2050G
US History: Building Latino/a/e Communities.  (3 credits)
HIS 3600G
The U.S. Constitution and the Nation.  (3 credits)

Two of the following:

HIS 1500G
Roots of the Modern World: Society and Religion.  (3 credits)
HIS 2560
Early Modern World History.  (3 credits)
HIS 3555
Modern World History.  (3 credits)

And one upper-division 3 CU History elective course (numbered 3000 or 4000) not listed above.

Information sourced from the 2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.