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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement/Major: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES–AMER 214 - NATIVE AMERICANS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (Recommended: MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement: AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement/TE: SOSC 110 - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement/TE: BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Major: AMER 225 - INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer
- TE: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- TE: Economics Course (HRS 4)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- TE/Major Elective #1: Course in Political Science (consult American Studies major requirement)
- TE: EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION
- TE: EDUC 241 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
- TE: PSYC 215 - LEARNING, COGNITION, AND TEACHING
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- TE: EDUC 211 - STUDENT LITERACY CORPS
- Major: 300-level (WI)—300-level American History course
- Gen Ed/School Core: - GLOBAL AWARENESS – Language I (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 222 - TEACHING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer
- TE: Sociology Course (HRS 4)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Elective 3: ANTH 220 - FOOD AND CULTURE OR ANTH 214 - (HRS 4)
- Major: 300-level Writing Intensive (WI) (HRS 4)
- TE: Non-US. History Course (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language Course* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: Intermediate I Language Course
- TE: EDUC 360 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EDUC 301 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS
- Major: Elective 4 (HRS 4)
- Major: AMER 313 - MUSEUMS IN AMERICA: HISTORY, ART AND SOCIETY
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer
- Major: Elective 5 (HRS 4)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- TE: Non-US. History Course (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 395 - TOPICS:
- TE: EDUC 315 - METHODS IN CONTENT AREAS: HUMANITIES/BUSINESS
- TE: EDUC 350 - READING AND WRITING IN THE CONTENT AREAS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- TE: EDUC 495 - CLINICAL PRACTICE CAPSTONE: CONTENT AREA (SECONDARY)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 140 credits GPA: AMER: 2.0; Teacher Ed: 3.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
*If Needed
** May Double-Count in General Ed and Major
Note: Consult with your advisor to choose three Writing Intensive courses in your major.
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