Secondary Education History & Social Science Fast Track
Note to students: Remember that this is a SAMPLE. Your schedule, for many reasons, will probably not end up looking exactly like this. What’s shown is a “fast-track” schedule. Be aware that you also have the option of completing the History major over a four-year period, with a fifth year reserved for your teaching credential. Requirements will differ if you enter Westmont with AP or college credit. Please confer with History department advisor as major requirements sometimes change. Pre-requisites for the Education Program are in bold.
Sample Schedule
FALL (17)
- HIS 7: US to 1877 (4)
- GE Common Context (4)
- GE Common Context (4)
- GE Common Inquiry (4)
- PEA 32: Fitness for Life (1)
SPRING (17)
- HIS 99: Foundations of History (4)
- HIS 8: US 1877-present (4)
- GE Common Context (4)
- GE Common Inquiry (4)
- PEA (1)
FALL (17)
- POL 10: American Politics (4)
- Upper Division History (Europe or Non-Western) (4)
- GE Common Skill: Foreign Language (4)
- GE Common Context (4)
- PEA (1)
SPRING (17)
- HIS 178: California History (4)
- HIS 173: Civil War and Reconstruction America (4)
- HIS 9: World Civilization to 1750 (4)
- ENG 106: Language Acquisition (4)
- PEA (1)
Second Year May Term or Summer
- EB11: Macro Economics or EB 12: Microeconomics (4)
FALL (18)
- HIS 198: Methods, Bibliography, and Research (4)
- Upper Division History elective (4)
- GE Common Context (4)
- ED 105: Cultural Diversity (4)
- KNS 156: Health Education (2)
SPRING (18)
- Upper Division History (Europe or Non-Western) (4)
- EB 11: Macro Econ. or EB 12: Micro Econ. (4)
- GE Common Inquiry (4)
- ED 101: Explorations in Teaching (4)
- ED 161: Technology for the Classroom Teacher (2)
Third Year May Term or Summer
- GE Common Inquiry (3-4)
FALL (18)
- ED 111: Educational Psychology (4)
- ED 123: History Curri. & Instructional Planning (4)
- ED 171: Content Area Literacy (4)
- ED 130: Special Education (2)
- GE Common Inquiry (4)
SPRING (17)
- ED 151: Curriculum, Management, Instruction (2)
- ED 191: Student Teaching (12)
- ED 196: Student Teaching seminar (3)
Assumptions underlying this plan:
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That students will meet the 3 Writing for the Liberal Arts requirements through courses already listed here (requires appropriate qualifying score on the SAT II).
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That the student will satisfy the Common Inquiries requirements in Thinking Historically, Thinking Globally, Understanding Society through the major.
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That GE requirement for Productions & Presentations will be met within the major.
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That student fulfills GE requirement for Quantitative & Analytical Reasoning within the major.