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The minor in teacher preparation for historians is designed to prepare history majors to meet the application requirements set by the School of Education for the Master of Teaching with a concentration in history/social studies education at VCU. It serves history majors only in this capacity. The minor consists of 21 credits, distributed as follows:
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 3 | |
| Human Development and Learning (required) | ||
| African American history | 3 | |
| Americans from Africa 1 | ||
| Political science: United States (select two) | 6 | |
| U.S. Government and Politics | ||
| U.S. Parties and Elections | ||
| Politics of the Civil Rights Movement | ||
| Public Opinion and Polling | ||
| Presidential Primaries | ||
| Political Campaigns and Communication | ||
| The Congress | ||
| Political Behavior | ||
| U.S. Presidency | ||
| Bureaucratic Politics | ||
| Public Policy | ||
| Politics of the Environment | ||
| Media and Politics | ||
| U.S. Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties | ||
| U.S. Constitutional Law: Structure of Government | ||
| Courts and Politics | ||
| Women and the Law | ||
| Politics of Race, Class and Gender | ||
| Women and American Politics | ||
| Urban Politics | ||
| State and Local Government and Politics | ||
| Virginia Government and Politics | ||
| Lobbying | ||
| Public Administration | ||
| Administrative Law | ||
| Secrecy, Surveillance, Spies and Lies | ||
| Politics in Film | ||
| Classical to Modern Political Thought | ||
| Modern to Contemporary Political Thought | ||
| Black Political Thought | ||
| Contemporary Political Theory | ||
| African-American Politics | ||
| Black Political Activism | ||
| Black Queer Politics | ||
| U.S. National Security | ||
| Political science: International (select one) | 3 | |
| International Relations | ||
| Comparative Politics | ||
| Middle Eastern Government and Politics | ||
| European Governments and Politics | ||
| Latin American Governments and Politics | ||
| Russian and Eurasian Government and Politics | ||
| Asian Governments and Politics | ||
| African Government and Politics | ||
| Issues in Comparative Politics: ____ | ||
| China in Transition | ||
| Issues in World Politics: ____ | ||
| International Organizations and Institutions | ||
| U.S. Foreign Policy | ||
| Vietnam | ||
| International Political Economy | ||
| Women and Global Politics | ||
| Terrorism | ||
| Human Security | ||
| The Politics of Genocide | ||
| Politics of Global Health | ||
| The Middle East and North Africa in Transition | ||
| International Law | ||
| International Security | ||
| Environmental Security | ||
| Politics of the European Union | ||
| International Relations Theory | ||
| Economics (select one) | 3 | |
| Introduction to Economics | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Geography (select one) | 3 | |
| Introduction to Human Geography | ||
| Uncovering Richmond | ||
| Introduction to the City | ||
| World Regions | ||
| Economic Geography | ||
| History of Human Settlement | ||
| The Evolution of American Cities | ||
| Urban Life in Modern America | ||
| Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
| Geography of Africa | ||
| Regional Geography of ____ | ||
| World Cities Outside of North America | ||
| Great Cities of the World | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Also counts toward the six-credit state licensure requirement in geography