历史教学学士

历史是对人类过去的研究。它既是一门学科，又是一种思维方式-一门学科。在对人类社区的历史记录进行调查时，没有人，时间或地点被忽略。对于历史学家的理解，没有任何方法是陌生的。历史学家的利益包含着我们文明永恒且不断变化的关切：个人和社会，国家的兴起，帝国的兴衰，种族和族裔，阶级，性别和地位，战争与革命，科学技术，奴隶制和解放，独裁与民主，农村生活和城市化，人类社区与环境的相互作用，少数群体，妇女和工人为增强权力而进行的斗争，思想生活，宗教信仰，和文化。因为每一个后代都有过去要提出的新问题，所以历史一直在被重写。
UIC also has a four-year program where students choose a major field in History and minor field in education to meet all state requirements for secondary education teachers. Areas of concentration include U.S. History, European History, and World (non-Western) History. The UIC Teaching of History program has been preparing secondary school history teachers for nearly four decades, graduating more than 1,000 prospective teachers since 1966. Many of our graduates are now teaching in the city of Chicago and its surrounding communities, confirming UIC's long-standing urban mission as well as its wider appeal.<br><br>Our program prides itself on its strong foundation within the historical discipline. In line with current calls for more discipline-based training for teachers, students in both the BAT and MAT programs focus on learning historical content and inquiry. Methods courses within the history department emphasize the philosophy and politics of historical pedagogy, as well as the nuts and bolts of actual classroom practice. When combined with the College of Education courses, this background prepares students to bring their love for the past into a wide variety of middle- and high-school classrooms.