History Comprehensive Major: Secondary Licensure Emphasis (with a 3+2 Master of Arts in Education)

The 3+2 Secondary and K-12 Licensure Program allows students to complete a B.A. in their academic major with an emphasis in Secondary and K-12 Licensure and a Master of Arts in Education in five years. Students apply to the program by December of their junior year. MUS majors interested in the program need to set up an individualized plan with their MUS and EDUC advisors.  To be accepted into the 3+2 Program, each student must: 

  • Provide letters of recommendation from at least one Education Department faculty member and one faculty member from the student's major
  • Prove content, as defined by the Colorado Department of Education
  • Be accepted into Western's Teacher Licensure Program
  • Successfully complete EDUC 340 (by Spring of junior year)
  • Be on track to complete all coursework required within the academic major

Upon satisfactory completion of these requirements, students will be designated as "MAED candidates with provisional acceptance." Upon completion of the final undergraduate credits for the Western B.A., students will be designated as "MAED degree-seeking students." Students who have completed all other requirements of the 3+2 Secondary and K-12 Licensure Degree Program and all Western undergraduate requirements, yet choose to leave the MAED program before Year Five, will still have completed the BA in Secondary and K-12 Licensure, have earned 120 credits necessary for a Western undergraduate degree, and be eligible to apply for initial teacher licensure . 

Program Requirements

HIST 100Topics in World History (GT-HI1)3
HIST 126U.S. History to 1865 (GT-HI1)3
HIST 127U.S. History Since 1865 (GT-HI1)3
HIST 200Historical Inquiry3
HIST 300History Lab3
HIST 402Engaging the Past3
Select two of the following:6
HIST OF THE MIDDLE EAST GHI1
History of Europe (GT-HI1)
History of Africa (GT-HI1)
HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA GHI1
Select six upper division History electives of which a minimum of three must be U.S. History and two must be non-U.S. History18
Total Credits42

In addition, the student must fulfill the requirements of the Secondary Licensure 3+2 Program (see description under Education), and the following:

ECON 201Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)3
ECON 202Microeconomics3
ECON 303International Economics and Globalization3
GEOG 110World Regional Geography (GT-SS2)3
GEOG 120Introduction to Human Geography (GT-SS2)3
GEOG 250Geography of North America (GT-SS2)3
POLS 180Introduction to American Politics (GT-SS1)3
POLS 282Issues in State and Local Government3
POLS 255Introduction to Comparative Politics (GT-SS1)3
Total Credits27

 No more than six credits of independent study or correspondence can be counted toward any History Major.

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
HIST 100 Topics in World History (GT-HI1) 3
HIST 126 U.S. History to 1865 (GT-HI1) 3
EDUC 000 Education Gateway Course 0
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
MATH 113 Statistical Thinking (GT-MA1) 3
POLS 180 Introduction to American Politics (GT-SS1) 3
 Credits16
Spring
HIST 127 U.S. History Since 1865 (GT-HI1) 3
HIST 200 Historical Inquiry 3
HIST 2XX 200-level regional HIST (GT-HI1) 3
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
GEOG 110 World Regional Geography (GT-SS2) 3
POLS 282 Issues in State and Local Government 3
 Credits18
Year Two
Fall
HIST 2XX 200-level regional HIST (GT-HI1) 3
HIST 300 History Lab 3
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective (U.S.) 3
ECON 201 Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) 3
GEOG 120 Introduction to Human Geography (GT-SS2) 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
 Credits18
Spring
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective (U.S.) 3
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective (non-U.S.) 3
ECON 202 Microeconomics 3
GEOG 250 Geography of North America (GT-SS2) 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
Gen Ed Natural Sciences w/lab 4
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective (non-U.S.) 3
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective (open) 3
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective (U.S.) 3
POLS 255 Introduction to Comparative Politics (GT-SS1) 3
 Credits16
Spring
ECON 303 International Economics and Globalization 3
EDUC 340 Application of Pedagogy and Practice 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences w/lab 4
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
HIST 402 Engaging the Past 3
 Credits16
Year Four
Fall
EDUC 403 INSTRTN&ASMT IN CONTENT AREA 3
EDUC 405 Data-driven Instructional Practices 3
EDUC 604 Learning Environments 3
EDUC 609 Secondary Student Teaching 3
EDUC 624 Managing to Differentiate 3
 Credits15
Spring
EDUC 606 Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas 3
EDUC 607 Rethinking Learning in the 21st Century 3
EDUC 609 Secondary Student Teaching 3
EDUC 629 Inclusion and English Learners 3
 Credits12
 Total Credits126