Major

History-Social Science Education (B.A., B.S.)

2026-2027 Course Catalog

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History-Social Science Education Major (86 hours)
Core History Courses	24 hours
HIST 1010FYW Topics in United States History to 1877 or HIST 1020FYW United States Society and Culture Since 1877	4 hours
HIST 1110 World Civilizations	4 hours
HIST 2170 Body, Mind, Spirit: The Understanding of the Self in Western Culture or HIST 2180 Science and Religion in Western Tradition	4 hours
HIST 2560 Indigenous History	4 hours
HIST 2800 Historical Methods	4 hours
HIST 4650 Topics in Nebraska History	4 hours

History Electives	12 hours
Students must take 12 credit hours of history electives. Select one course from each section below. Of the electives, at least 8 credit hours must be at the 4000-level.
World History Elective: HIST 2110 Introduction to Latin America HIST 2660 Disease in History HIST 2810 Introduction to East Asian History HIST 2820 Introduction to Japanese History HIST 2830 Modern Chinese History HIST 3700/HIST 4700 Revolutions in Latin America HIST 3840/HIST 4840 Meiji - The Making of Modern Japan HIST 3850/HIST 4850 Twilight of the Samurai: Early Modern Japan HIST 3860/HIST 4860 Japanese Popular Culture, Past and Present	4 hours
European History Elective: HIST 3030/HIST 4030 Founding of the Americas HIST 3100/HIST 4100 Pirates, Corsairs, And Buccaneers HIST 3220/HIST 4220 The Ancient World HIST 3230/HIST 4230 The Middle Ages HIST 3280/HIST 4280 Heresy, Conflict, and Violence HIST 3350/HIST 4350 Nazi Germany	4 hours
General History Elective: Choose any history course(s).	4 hours

Sociology/Anthropology Courses

8 hours

Select either two ANTHR courses or two SOC courses, as outlined below:

ANTHR elective

OR

SOC 1110 Introduction to Sociology and
SOC 1330/SOC 2330 Race Relations and Minority Groups

8 hours

Other Social Science Courses	26 hours
ECON 1530 Macroeconomic Principles	3 hours
ECON 1540 Microeconomic Principles	3 hours
GEOG 1510 Physical Geography	3 hours
GEOG 1520 Cultural Geography	3 hours
POLSC 1010 United States Government and Politics or POLSC 1010FYW United States Government and Politics	4 hours
POLSC 2200 Race and Politics	4 hours
PSYCH 1010FYW Introduction to Psychological Science	4 hours
PSYCH elective	2 hours

Education Methods	3 hours
EDUC 3640 Methods for Teaching Social Sciences in 7-12	3 hours

Capstone Courses	13 hours
HIST 4940 History Capstone	1 hour
EDUC 4870 Supervised Teaching in the Secondary School	10 hours
EDUC 4990 Student Teaching Seminar	2 hours