Students wishing to pursue a career in teaching history at the middle or high school level may be eligible to enter one of the teaching certification programs offered by the Education Department at Rutgers University, Newark. The combination of these courses will normally equal at least 10 credits. However, students may take as few as 8 credits in these courses as long as they earn an overall total of 124 credits. Students select one or two courses from among HSS 202 and Rutgers-Newark courses in anthropology, geography, political science, psychology, or sociology. A full-year sequence in a single social science is recommended.
Students select three history courses outside the field of concentration or option.
Students select two appropriate courses in consultation with an advisor. Besides other history courses, appropriate courses may be in fields such as history of architecture, history of education, STS, literature, philosophy, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and economics.