History, Graduate Certificate

The State of Arkansas requires that secondary education teachers have 18 credit hours to teach concurrent courses in a specific discipline. College instructors must also meet those credit hour requirements. The Graduate Certificate in History will provide the 18 credit hours needed by high school teachers to meet the requirements to teach History concurrent courses and by instructors to meet the requirements to teach History at the college level.

Applicants must have completed a minimum of 18 undergraduate semester hours in History (courses in allied fields may be counted at the discretion of the department) in addition to three semester hours of freshman-level World History and three semester hours of sophomore-level United States History. Applicants for the Graduate Certificate in History will also be evaluated by the department for academic qualification based upon their undergraduate academic records and letters of reference. In addition to meeting the Graduate Admissions requirements applicants must:

Submit two letters of reference from professors familiar with the applicant’s work.

Applicants who finished their undergraduate degrees seven or more years prior to applying are urged to contact the department if they are having difficulty getting letters of reference.

There is no foreign language requirement for the Graduate Certificate in History.

University Requirements:

See Graduate Degree Policies for additional information

Program Requirements:

Select eighteen hours from the following:

HIST 5133 - History of Ancient China Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5143 - Rise of Modern China Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5213 - History of England: 55 BC to AD 1689 Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5223 - History of Great Britain: 1688 to 1982 Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5273 - History of Mexico Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5313 - Introduction to Public History
HIST 5323 - Management of Archives and Manuscripts Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5413 - Colonial North America Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5423 - Foundations of the American Republic, 1783-1850 Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5453 - United States Civil War and Reconstruction Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5463 - U.S. Gilded Age/Progressive Era Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5473 - U.S. Southern Women’s History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5483 - History of Sexuality in America Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5513 - Museum Collections Management Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5553 - History of Medicine Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5613 - Seminar in Global History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5713 - Computers in the Social Studies Classroom Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 5763 - Public History Seminar
HIST 6003 - Introduction to Graduate Study of History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6213 - The Practice of History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6253 - Graduate Readings Seminar Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6263 - Graduate Research Seminar Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6273 - Special Topics in World History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6283 - Special Topics in American History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6323 - Historic Preservation Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6333 - Seminar in Arkansas Studies Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6343 - Historic Preservation Field School Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6363 - American Architectural History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6403 - Studies in African-American History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6413 - American Regional History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6433 - American Cultural and Social History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6443 - American Groups in Conflict Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6453 - American Period Studies Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6513 - Theory and Practice of Global History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6523 - Africa, Slavery, and World History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6533 - Indian Ocean World Since 1100 Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6553 - Black Death in Global Perspective Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6613 - Studies in Civilization Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6623 - European History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6633 - Eurasian History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 6653 - Asian History Sem. Hrs: 3
HIST 680V - Independent Study Sem. Hrs: Variable

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History, Graduate Certificate

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Program Requirements:

Total Required Hours: 18

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History, Graduate Certificate

University Requirements:

Program Requirements:

Total Required Hours: 18