Teaching History Graduate Certificate

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Become a Dual Credit Instructor

Local school districts continue to expand their offerings of early college and dual credit history courses. There is a growing need for qualified teachers who can meet this need. You can become a certified early college or dual credit instructor with our Teaching History Graduate Certificate. Designed for current educators, our 18-hour certificate provides the state-required training to teach college-level, US history survey courses. Our program ensures you receive the necessary instruction, training and skills to deliver these courses in any setting. You can complete the certificate in as little as 12 to 24 months. This program does not include your Texas teaching certification. Take the next step in advancing your career by enrolling today!

Where It Is Offered Commerce

Duration

12-24 months

Foreign Language

No foreign language credits required

Delivery Face-To-Face, Online

Total Credit Hours

18 hours

Thesis Requirements

No thesis required

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Teaching History Graduate Certificate:: Featured Courses

Featured Courses

Historiography and Historical Theory HIST 590

This course samples this variety by discussing selected figures who have shaped the forms of historical writing in the Western tradition from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Students will develop analytic skills in identifying and critiquing the arguments of professional historians, learn and deploy the terminology associated with historical argumentation, and apply such in writing a historiographical essay.

Seminar in History Education HIST 568

This course provides a variety of investigations, involving primary sources, into World, European, and American histories designed for history and social studies teachers.

Seminar in American History HIST 550

This course provides a focused and thorough analysis of a topic in American History through reading and discussing the relevant historiography, and through guided student research involving primary sources.

Readings in the Early National United States, 1789-1850 HIST 556

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of the early republic. Readings will concentrate on the social, economic and political institutions that led to the rise and triumph of Jeffersonian-Jacksonian democracy; religious revivalism and social reform movements; American Indian policy; African-American culture, and the dilemma of slavery in the development of sectional tension and rivalry.

View Full Curriculum In The University Catalog

ADMISSIONS DOMESTIC/Current Tabs

Admission

Teaching History Graduate Certificate:: New Students Application section, Domestic

Deadlines

Applications are accepted throughout the year.

Your Path to Becoming a Lion

Step 1. Submit Application

Submit your application through ApplyTexas.

Select “Create a new graduate school admissions application.”
Select “Texas A&M University-Commerce (Commerce)” as your “Target University.”

Select “Teaching History, Graduate Certificate” as your “Major.”

Pay the $50 application fee.

Wait to receive an application confirmation email before proceeding to the next step.

After you submit your application, the Graduate School will send a confirmation email within two business days to the personal email account you used for ApplyTexas.

Provisional Status

After you submit your application, you may be granted provisional status, which means you can enroll in one semester of courses. You will not be eligible for financial aid until you submit all of your documents and are accepted into the program.

Step 2. Submit Documents

Submit the following documents after you receive an application confirmation email.

Upload your documents at myLeo > Apps > Check Admissions Application Status & Test Scores or email your documents to your graduate coordinator, [email protected], unless otherwise specified below.

Official Transcripts

Contact your previous institution(s) and request that they send your official transcripts to [email protected].

We recommend that you request transcripts for all of your academic work.

Postal Alternative

If your institution is unable to submit a digital copy, hard copies may be mailed to:

Texas A&M University-Commerce
Attn: Graduate School
PO Box 3011
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

We will need official/original documents. If those documents are the only copies you have, the Graduate School can mail them back to you upon request. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Look for application updates in myLeo > Apps > Check Application Status

Once an admission decision has been made, you will receive an email to your student email account at myLeo > Apps > Leomail.

Rebecca Stevens Graduate Student Services Coordinator

Step 3. Apply for Financial Assistance

Apply for FAFSA and TAFSA financial aid through the state and federal governments during the admission application process. Use code 003565.
Apply for outside scholarships once you are admitted to A&M-Commerce.
Check your financial aid and scholarship info through myLeo > Student Resources > Financial Aid Information.

Step 4. Register for Classes

Once registration opens and you are eligible to enroll, your graduate enrollment specialist will contact you to complete registration.

View your degree plan in DegreeWorks.
To register for classes, go to myLeo > Student Resources > Registration Menu.

Contact your graduate enrollment specialist if you have any questions regarding your degree plan and registration.

Teaching History Graduate Certificate:: Current Students Application section

Deadlines

Applications are accepted throughout the year.

Your Path to Becoming a Lion

Step 1. Submit Application

Submit your application through ApplyTexas.
- Select “Create a new graduate school admissions application”.
- Select Texas A&M University-Commerce as your “Target university”.
- Select “Teaching History Graduate Certificate” as your “Major”.
- Pay the $50 application fee.

Look for an application confirmation email.
- Within two business days of your application, the Graduate School will send a confirmation email to the personal email account you used for ApplyTexas.

Wait for an admission decision email before processing to the next step.
- Once the Graduate School has reviewed your application, a notification will be sent to your student email account at myLeo > Apps > Leomail.

Step 2. Register for Classes

You are ready to register for classes once you are admitted to the program.

View your degree plan in DegreeWorks.
Go to myLeo > Student Resources > Registration Menu.

Contact your academic advisor if you have any questions regarding your degree plan and registration.

Andrew Baker, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Graduate Adviser

Program Requirements

Once admitted, you must:

Earn a 3.0 GPA on all required coursework (No course substitutions may be applied on graduate certificates)
Submit a Completion of Certificate Request while taking your final graduate certificate courses.