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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