History Graduate Programs
Please note: The Social Studies Adolescence Education Master of Science degree program has been suspended and does not admit students at this time. This information is included to assist students who enrolled in the program under previous catalogs.
Office: E332A Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3277
Mary Beth Sievens, Chairperson
Nancy Hagedorn, Graduate Coordinator
Email: history.department@fredonia.edu
The Social Studies Adolescence Education Master of Science in Education degree is a program for those holding the initial or provisional certification in secondary and/or adolescence social studies and who are seeking to fulfill the graduate education requirements for professional certification. Because of the heavy emphasis on both United States and Global history in the New York State secondary social studies curriculum, the program requires significant course work in U.S. and Global history. Applicants who have fewer than 21 undergraduate credit hours in history may be required to supplement their undergraduate course work before admission to the program. Candidates for the Master of Science in Education, Social Studies Adolescence Education will be required to complete a capstone project, the creation of comprehensive curricular materials relating to a specific topic. Candidates will develop these materials in consultation with an advisor in the history department.
Departmental Requirements for Admission to the Program without Deficiencies:
- Initial or Provisional Certification in Secondary and/or Adolescence Social Studies Education
- Twenty-seven (27) undergraduate credit hours in the social sciences, with 21 of those credit hours in history.
- At least a 2.75 grade point average in all undergraduate courses. Once accepted into the program, candidates must maintain a 3.0 GPA to remain in the program.
- Satisfactory scores on the general aptitude sections of the Graduate Record Examination. Candidates must take the GRE and have their scores submitted with initial application.
- At least one of the two letters of recommendation submitted as part of the standard application process must be from a history or political science professor.
Applicants who fail to meet all the requirements may be considered for conditional admission to the program.
Program Requirements
History Course Work (15 required credit hours)
HIST 623 |
Readings in World History |
HIST 633 |
Research Seminar in World History |
HIST 643 |
Readings in American History |
HIST 653 |
Research Seminar in American History |
HIST 670 |
Curriculum Development Project |
INTL 500 may be substituted for a History or a Political Science requirement with the approval of the department chairperson.
HIST 500 may be substituted for a History requirement with the approval of the department chairperson and the graduate coordinator.
Education Course Work (9 required credit hours)
EDU 570 |
Using Educational Research to Improve Instruction |
One course in Psychological Foundations or Exceptional Education to be selected from the following:
EDU 502 |
Psychology of Adolescence |
EDU 503 |
Evaluation in the Schools |
EDU 504 |
The Exceptional Learner |
EDU 508 |
Teaching Exceptional Learners |
EDU 529 |
Proactive Approaches to Classroom Management |
EDU 530 |
Learning Theories and the Teaching Process |
EDU 543 |
Education of the Gifted and Talented |
One course in Social, Historical, Legal Foundations of Education
EDU 531 |
Philosophy of Education |
EDU 535 |
School and Society |
EDU 539 |
Current Issues and Problems in Education |
EDU 545 |
History of American Education |
Political Science Course Work (6 required credit hours)
POLI 520 |
Civic Education and Engagement |
POLI 525 |
The Presidency and the Law |
POLI 530 |
Seminar in Comparative Politics |
POLI 550 |
Seminar in International Politics |
INTL 500 may be substituted for a History or a Political Science requirement with the approval of the department chairperson and the graduate coordinator.
For certification information, students should see the Education section of the catalog.
