May 25, 2025

Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2016-2017

Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in Social Science (History)

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The LMU Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in Social Science is designed for students who are seeking history and social science teaching positions in grades 6-8 or 9-12 in school settings that are departmentalized.

This program includes courses both in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the School of Education, and it leads towards the 2042 Preliminary Single-Subject Teaching Credential granted by the State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Students are able to complete the LMU Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in Social Science at the same time that they complete a B.A. degree with a major either in History or Political Science. The LMU Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in Social Science has been approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in Social Science (History) Major Requirements:

History Major Requirements:

Lower Division History Requirements:

Four (4) courses (16 semester hours) distributed as follows:

One (1) World Regions (Middle East, Asia, Latin America, or Africa) HIST course 4 semester hours
One (1) European HIST course 4 semester hours
One (1) United States HIST course 4 semester hours
HIST 2000 What Is History? 4 semester hours

Upper Division History Requirements:

Six (6) courses (24 semester hours), distributed as follows:

HIST 4412 History of California 4 semester hours
One (1) World Regions (Middle East, Asia, Latin America, or Africa) HIST course 4 semester hours
One (1) European HIST course 4 semester hours
One (1) United States HIST course 4 semester hours
One (1) additional upper-division HIST course 4 semester hours
One (1) 5000-level HIST seminar 4 semester hours

Social Science Course Requirements:

Five (5) courses (20 semester hours), distributed as follows:

ECON 1050 Introductory Economics 4 semester hours
GEOG 1000 Human Geography 4 semester hours or
GEOG 2000 World Geography 4 semester hours
THST 1080 Comparative Theology 4 semester hours or
THST 1500 World Religions of Los Angeles 4 semester hours
POLS 1200 U.S. Politics 4 semester hours
POLS 1400 Comparative Politics 4 semester hours or
POLS 1600 International Relations 4 semester hours

Education Requirements:

30 or 33 semester hours, distributed as follows:

EDUR 400 Sociocultural Analysis of Education 3 semester hours
EDES 401 Applied Educational Psychology for the Childhood and Adolescent Years 3 semester hours
EDES 414 Theories and Policies of Second Language Acquisition 3 semester hours
EDSS 440 Introduction to the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student with Exceptional Needs 3 semester hours
EDES 426 Methods in English Language Development and Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English for Secondary Educators 3 semester hours *
EDES 403 Reading and Content Learning in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 semester hours *
EDES 485 Methods in Teaching Secondary Social Studies 3 semester hours *
EDCE 412 Secondary Directed Teaching 9 TO 12 semester hours *

Note:

Courses marked * cannot be taken prior to formal acceptance into the School of Education.

School of Education Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) Coursework for the Secondary-Level Teaching Credential:

EDCE 461 Teaching Performance Assessment 1 0 semester hours
EDCE 462 Teaching Performance Assessment 2 0 semester hours
EDCE 463 Teaching Performance Assessment 3 0 semester hours
EDCE 464 Teaching Performance Assessment 4 0 semester hours
EDES 8000 Health Education 1 semester hours

Total STPP in Social Sciences: 30-33 semester hours

Additional Units of either University Core or Electives: 124 semester hours

Four-Year Plan for the History Major Doing the Secondary Teacher Preparation Program

By following the model below, a student will complete most lower-division University Core requirements by the end of the sophomore year as well as all lower-division HIST major prerequisites. Note that University Core areas are suggested to provide a distribution of various disciplines every semester. Please be flexible implementing these suggestions, given your own interests and course availability. In four years, this plan meets all common LMU graduation requirements.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

FFYS 1000 First Year Seminar 3 OR 4 semester hours
HIST Lower Division 4 semester hours
THST 1080 Comparative Theology 4 semester hours or
THST 1500 World Religions of Los Angeles 4 semester hours
POLS 1200 U.S. Politics 4 semester hours

Total: 15-16 semester hours

Spring Semester

RHET 1000 Rhetorical Arts 3 OR 4 semester hours
HIST Lower Division 4 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours

Total: 13-16 semester hours

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

HIST Lower Division 4 semester hours
GEOG 1000 Human Geography 4 semester hours or
GEOG 2000 World Geography 4 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours
EDUR 400 Sociocultural Analysis of Education 3 semester hours

Total: 14-15 semester hours

Spring Semester

HIST 2000 What Is History? 4 semester hours
HIST Upper Division 4 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours
EDES 401 Applied Educational Psychology for the Childhood and Adolescent Years 3 semester hours

Total: 14-15 semester hours

Junior Year

Fall Semester

HIST Upper Division 4 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours
POLS 1400 Comparative Politics 4 semester hours or
POLS 1600 International Relations 4 semester hours
EDES 414 Theories and Policies of Second Language Acquisition 3 semester hours
EDSS 440 Introduction to the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student with Exceptional Needs 3 semester hours

Total: 17-18 semester hours

Spring Semester

HIST Upper Division 4 semester hours
HIST 4412 History of California 4 semester hours
ECON 1050 Introductory Economics 4 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours

Total: 15-16 semester hours

Senior Year

Fall Semester

HIST Upper Division 4 semester hours
EDES 426 Methods in English Language Development and Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English for Secondary Educators 3 semester hours
EDES 403 Reading and Content Learning in Middle and Secondary Schools 3 semester hours
EDES 485 Methods in Teaching Secondary Social Studies 3 semester hours
University Core 3-4 semester hours

Total: 16-17 semester hours

Spring Semester

HIST Seminar (HIST 5000-5899) 4 semester hours
EDCE 412 Secondary Directed Teaching 9 TO 12 semester hours

Total: 13-16 semester hours

Note:

Every semester, students in the LMU Secondary Teacher Preparation Program (STPP) in Social Science should meet with his or her History Department advisor, the director of the STPP in Social Science, and the advisor in the LMU Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation (CUTP).

Contact Dr. Lance Blakesley at lblakesl@lmu.edu, University Hall 4127, 310.338.7377. Also, contact the Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation (CUTP) at cutp@lmu.edu, University Hall 3346, 310.258.8806.