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 126American History through Reconstruction (GT-HI1)3
HIST 127U.S. History from the Civil War (GT-HI1)3
HIST 200Historical Inquiry3
HIST 202Past, Present, and Future of Schooling in the US3
or EDUC 202 Past, Present, and Future of Schooling in the US (GT-SS3)
HIST 300History Lab3
HIST 402Engaging the Past3
Select two of the following regional history courses:6
History of the Middle East (GT-HI1)
History of Europe (GT-HI1)
History of Africa (GT-HI1)
East Asia, 1500 - present
Southeast Asia, 1500 - present
History of Latin America GHI1
Ancient History: Topics
World History: Topics
Medieval Europe: Topics
Early Modern Europe: Topics
Modern Europe: Topics
African History: Topics
Latin American History: Topics
Select two of the following:6
Colorado History
The Atlantic World
Early America: Topics
Modern America: Topics
History of the American West
History of the Hispanic Southwest
Environmental History of the Borderlands
History of the National Park Service
History of U.S. Public Lands
Total Credits30

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
EDUC 000 Education Gateway Course 0
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
GEOG 120 Introduction to Human Geography (GT-SS2) 3
HIST 126 American History through Reconstruction (GT-HI1) 3
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
POLS 180 Introduction to American Politics (GT-SS1) 3
 Credits13
Spring
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
HIST 127 U.S. History from the Civil War (GT-HI1) 3
HIST 200 Historical Inquiry 3
MATH 113 Statistical Thinking (GT-MA1) 3
POLS 282 Issues in State and Local Government 3
 Credits15
Year Two
Fall
HIST 202
Past, Present, and Future of Schooling in the US
or Past, Present, and Future of Schooling in the US (GT-SS3)
3
HIST 300 History Lab 3
ECON 201 Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) 3
Gen Ed General Education 9
 Credits18
Spring
ECON 303 International Economics and Globalization 3
Gen Ed General Education 6
GEOG 110 World Regional Geography (GT-SS2) 3
HIST 2XX 200-level regional history elective 3
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective 3
 Credits18
Year Three
Fall
ECON 202 Microeconomics 3
Gen Ed General Education 6
HIST 2XX 200-level regional history elective 3
POLS 255 Introduction to Comparative Politics (GT-SS1) 3
 Credits15
Spring
EDUC 340 Application of Pedagogy and Practice 3
GEOG 250 Geography of North America (GT-SS2) 3
HIST 3XX Upper-division history elective 3
HIST 402 Engaging the Past 3
Gen Ed General Education 2
 Credits14
Year Four
Fall
EDUC 403 Instruction & Assessment 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 Credits120