Programs: History, Social Studies Secondary Education, B.A. (Brooklyn Campus) - St. Joseph’s College New York - Modern Campus Catalog™

2011-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue

Apr 20, 2025

Core Courses:

For information about department courses that fulfill core curriculum requirements, consult the Core Curriculum Guide 2011 . Continuing students will follow the core curriculum in the 2009-2011 Catalogue.

History Major: Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School

Required History

HIS 100 - Survey of Western Civilization I 3 credits. and
HIS 102 - Survey of Western Civilization II 3 credits.
HIS 152 - Contemporary International Problems 3 credits. or
HIS 310 - American Foreign Policy 3 credits.
HIS 170 - American Heritage I 3 credits. and
HIS 172 - American Heritage II 3 credits.
HIS 276 - History of New York: State and City 3 credits.
6 credits must be at the 300 level
HIS 410 - Seminar in Historical Methodology 3 credits.
HIS 411 - Senior Thesis 3 credits.
HIS 422 - Historiography 3 credits.

6 credits in Global History:

HIS 202 - The Non-Western World 3 credits.
HIS 210 - Modern Sub-Saharan Africa 3 credits.
HIS 220 - East Asia 3 credits.
HIS 224 - South and Southeast Asia 3 credits.
HIS 225 - The Making of the Modern Middle East 3 credits.
HIS 250 - Latin America 3 credits.
HIS 251 - Caribbean History 3 credits.

Required Social Science

ECO 120 - Macroeconomics 3 credits.
ECO 278 - Economic Geography 3 credits.
POL 102 - Introduction to Political Science 3 credits. and
POL 103 - American Government and Politics 3 credits. and
POL 104 - State and Local Government 3 credits.
SOC 100 - Introductory Sociology 3 credits.