Content Area Review Requirements
Content Area Review Form for
Secondary Education
History/Social Science
Only courses taken for a letter grade are acceptable, not courses taken as Pass-Fail.
State-Approved Program Requirements
History (18 credits)
- American/US Survey to 1887
- American/US Survey from 1877
- World History Survey
- Virginia History or a Virginia Political Science/Government course
- Non-US History Elective
- World Religions
Civics/Government/Political Science (6 credits)
- American Government
- Government or Political Science Elective
Geography (6 credits)
- Physical Geography
- Human/Cultural Geography
Economics (6 credits)
(one course in each micro and macro or GMU’s Economics for Educators course)
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
English (3 credits)
- English Composition/Writing
Total Credits: 39