History Social Studies Teaching, BA

Teaching Endorsement
This major partially satisfies the criteria for a teaching endorsement in History and or Social Studies, qualifying students to teach classes like history, geography, economics, and civics at the high school, middle, or junior high levels. Students who successfully complete the History Social Studies Teaching BA and Secondary Education Program (an alternative to the Professional Education Program) are eligible to apply for Washington State teacher certification. In addition to completing graduation requirements, teacher certification candidates must meet all Washington State teacher certification requirements. See an education advisor as soon as possible to develop a course of study.

Graduation Requirements
Plan GPA of 3.0. No grade lower than a C in any course applied to the major.

Program Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Civics–The candidate has knowledge of our American democracy including its foundations, principles, perennial issues/tensions, development, and ways for citizens to participate in civic and democratic processes at the local, state, tribal, national, and international levels.
• Economics–The candidate understands the concepts and tools necessary for an economic way of thinking, the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets, the workings of national economies, and interactions within the global marketplace.  
• Geography–The candidate applies and demonstrates knowledge of geography and how geographic features and human cultures interact.
• History–The candidate understands historical thinking as a process of chronological reasoning which includes knowing and examining issues of causality, connections, significance, and context with the goal of developing credible explanations of historical events and developments (including local, state, tribal, national, regional, world) based on reasoned interpretation of evidence.