“Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Revolutions are the locomotives of history.”

Karl Marx

Bachelor of Arts Degree with Teacher Education Concentration

The Teacher Education Concentration is a track to a B.A. in History that includes the specific History and social science recommended for eventual Social Studies teachers in North Carolina. Students take the full array of undergraduate requirements, but also can use free electives to begin graduate Education classes. In collaboration with the College of Education, students with a 3.5 GPA may count some of the credits from their senior year for the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) This accelerated program is intended to be a five-year track to the M.A.T. degree. The M.A.T. is supervised and granted by the College of Education. Professional education courses, and the student teaching experience in a high school, are part of the graduate portion of the program, leading to eligibility for North Carolina certification to teach Social Studies in secondary schools in North Carolina and most other states. Holders of the M.A.T. are not only more competitive in the teacher job market; they earn an additional salary increment from the start of their employment.

Students in the undergraduate Concentration must maintain a 3.0 overall GPA.

The degree requires twelve History courses, which includes those required of all students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• The Sophomore Seminar (HI 300)
• The Senior Seminar (HI 491)
• Both American History survey courses (HI 251 and 252)
• Both World History survey courses (HI 232 and 233)
• Survey courses in European history and history of Asia, Africa, or Latin America
• Three of the remaining four History courses in the major must be Advanced Electives (400-level classes).
• 21 hours of social sciences, 9 of which are from a prescribed list.

In the remaining free electives, students should reserve 9 hours to begin taking graduate courses in Education during the senior year. It is partly this “head start” which allows students to complete both degrees in only five years.

Application to the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters program

To be accepted into the ABM program and "double-count" courses from the senior year, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA.

You must apply to the Graduate School and to the ABM program, once you have earned 75 credit hours. A Plan of Work will be set in consultation with your History advisor and the advisor from the College of Education.

For more detail on the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters program, refer to the College of Education website.