MEd in Curriculum and Instruction - Concentration: History (30 credits)

The History Concentration is designed for elementary, middle and high school teachers who want/need a foundation in the basic history courses that are taught within the public school system in Virginia. The History Concentration focuses on integrating the Virginia's Standards of Learning (SOLs) into the classroom curriculum. As part of the thirty-hour ASTL degree/certificate program, eighteen credits of graduate history geography courses are required for the History Concentration. Six graduate credit hours may be transferred from another institution.

Target Audience

Primary audience includes teachers who:

want a master's degree in education that allows them to pursue an Area of Concentration in History.
enter their classroom with little or no undergraduate history background.
are assigned to teach history courses that are outside their social studies preparation or experience.
desire to learn advanced/current content and approaches to the teaching of history.

Core Courses (12 credits)

EDUC 606: Education and Culture (3 credit hours)
EDUC 612: Inquiry into Practice (2 credit hours)
EDUC 613: How Students Learn (3 credit hours)
EDUC 614: Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning (2 credit hours)
EDUC 615: Educational Change (2 credit hours)

Concentration Courses (18 credits)

GEOG 520: Georgraphy for Teachers (3 credit hours)
HIST 601: Themes in U.S. History I (3 credit hours)
HIST 602: Themes in U.S. History II (3 credit hours)
HIST 695: History Symposium (3 credit hours)
HIST 605: Themes in European History (3 credit hours)
HIST 510: Approaches to Modern World History (3 credit hours)

History Concentration form (.pdf)

Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning

MEd in Curriculum and Instruction - Concentration: History (30 credits)

Target Audience

Core Courses (12 credits)

Concentration Courses (18 credits)