Are you planning to transfer into the University of Illinois from another institution and are planning to apply to the history secondary education minor?
To make sure you have the requirements to apply to our secondary education minor at the University of Illinois, you'll need to make sure you have taken courses at your previous institution that are equivalent to the minor pre-requisites.
Use Transferology to see if the courses at your previous institution will apply.
Pre-requisites to apply to the minor
When you are registering for classes at your current institution, please consider the following classes which are needed to apply for the secondary ed minor and should be either completed or in progress to apply.
Preliminary coursework:
- SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology
- PSYC 100: Intro Psych
Students must also take at least one of the following courses:
- PS 100: Intro to Political Science
- PS 101: Intro to US Gov & Pol
- PS 240: Intro to Comp Politics
- PS 241: Comp Politics in Dev Nations
Introductory history coursework: Students must take at least two of the three following history courses
- HIST 100: Global History
- HIST 141: Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe or HIST 142: Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 171: US History to 1877 or HIST 172: US History since 1877 or HIST 174: Black America, 1619-Present
Additional history coursework:
- A 200 level history course (HIST 200: Intro to Historical Interpretation is recommended, but is only available at the University of Illinois)