Grades 7-12 Certification - History (BAEd)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (baED) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II ENGL 2301 - World Literature I | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History HIST Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics | 3 |
MATH 1303 - College Algebra | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 4 |
Choose one 4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List. | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 41 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 12 |
Education Requirements: EDUC 3313 - Foundations of Teaching* EDUC 3320 - Instructional Assessment* Please select two 3-hour courses from HIST/FA/SS Course List or LANG/BL Language Course List. | |
Major Core: * | 58 |
EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L) EDUC 4313 - Classroom Management and Organization in Culturally Diverse Settings * (S-L) EDUC 4314 - Best Practices in Teaching* (S-L) EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology* EDUC 4323 - Classroom Discipline for the 21st Century EDUC 4438 - Secondary Pedagogy for History with Lab* (AGP-eligible) EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* ENGL 2302 - World Literature II HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 HIST 2301 - World Civilization I HIST 2302 - World Civilization II HIST 3312 - History of Modern Europe to 1815 HIST 3313 - History of Modern Europe Since 1815 HIST 4011 - History 7-12 Seminar HIST 4307 - Twentieth-Century America (S-L) HIST 4309 - Texas History POLS 2302 - State and Local Governments READ 4331 - Reading in the Content Area* (AGP-eligible) | |
ELECTIVES | |
Upper-Level | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 9 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.
Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0. Some programs may require a higher GPA for graduation.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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