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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
OR
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 108-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above. HGS School Core Language Proficiency Requirement and Placement.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (or HNRS 101 - HONORS FIRST YEAR SEMINAR if in the Honors Program) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/Major: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – HIST 150 - HISTORY MATTERS (HRS 4)
- TE: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION (HRS 4)
- Major: HIST 201 - HOW TO MAKE HISTORY** (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- TE: PSYC 215 - LEARNING, COGNITION, AND TEACHING (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 211 - STUDENT LITERACY CORPS (HRS 4)
- HGS School Core: Language I* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS***) (HRS 4)
- Major: Class in the Hands on History (HoH) category (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement: POLI 223 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- HGS School Core: Language II* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS*** (HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 or HIST 300 class*** (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer Session
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- TE: Any SOCI class
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- HGS School Core: Language III* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS*** (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 222 - TEACHING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class***(HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- TE: ECON 101 or 102
- TE: EDUC 360 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 301 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Summer Session
- TE: EDUC 241 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- TE: Any ANTH or GEOG class
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: HIST 410 - CAPSTONE: HISTORICAL RESEARCH** (HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 315 - METHODS IN CONTENT AREAS: HUMANITIES/BUSINESS (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 350 - READING AND WRITING IN THE CONTENT AREAS (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 395 - TOPICS: (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- TE: EDUC 495 - CLINICAL PRACTICE CAPSTONE: CONTENT AREA (SECONDARY) (HRS 12)
- Total: (HRS 12)
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 128 credits
GPA: Must be at least a 2.0 (3.0 required for New Jersey Teacher Certification)
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry(+W)
Scientific Reasoning
- SCIENTIFIC REASONING (Recommended: BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY)
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
Distribution Category (Outside of HGS)
Distribution Category
(+W): Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
*History majors must complete or test out of (see the Testing Center at Laurel Hall) the first three levels of language instruction; this includes Foundations I (101), Foundations II (102), and Intermediate Level I (201) courses.
**Writing Intensive Requirement (students must take three WI courses in their major to graduate): HIST 201, HIST 410, and all HIST 300 courses are WI.
***You must take a combination of SIX (6) HIST 200 or HIST 300 courses to complete the major, and at least ONE (1) of these six courses must be a HIST 300 (all HIST 300 courses are WI)
Note that not all language courses will fulfill the Global Awareness GenEd requirement.
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