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Teacher Preparation Program |
The History and Political Science Department offers teacher preparation training for State licensure in history, political science, and social science. Our faculty offers a wide range of expertise in all areas of American and World history and political science. Course requirements for the major ensure future teachers valuable opportunities for preparation in their subject areas. Our graduates are now teaching throughout Virginia and in other states.
In addition, our majors seek to serve the wider community of teachers. To that end, this site also provides content outlines for teaching American and World History as well as American Government. We also offer student-developed lesson plans to meet Virginia SOL requirements.
Majors
in history seeking an endorsement for secondary teaching in Virginia should be
thoroughly familiar with the professional education requirements listed
elsewhere in this catalog. Majors may choose to undertake teacher preparation in
history and social science (see page 211).
Those interested in a secondary education endorsement must complete HIST
300 and coursework in history, political science, geography, economics, and
psychology/sociology. To qualify
for the secondary student teaching practicum, majors must complete HIST 100 or
110 and HIST 221 and 222 with no less than a grade of C in each course. Majors
seeking secondary endorsement in history and social science are required to have
a cumulative grade point average and departmental major average of at least 2.5
before student teaching. Students must complete PRAXIS I exam during their
sophomore year and PRAXIS II exam during their senior year.
Checksheet for History and Social Science Concentration
Checksheet for History Endorsement
Checksheet for Political Science Endorsement
E-mail David Geraghty, teacher preparation coordinator