History (100% online)
Offered at IU South Bend by Graduate School
About
This is an online program.
The IU Online Graduate Certificate in History provides graduate-level instruction to students interested in obtaining advanced skills and knowledge in this area.
As a student in this certificate program, you gain a depth of knowledge in a variety of historical subjects, practice historical interpretation, think critically, employ research and analysis methods, and learn to communicate concepts and ideas with precision and clarity.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will have:
- Effective oral and written historical communication skills.
- The ability to perform research.
- The ability to construct original historical arguments.
- The ability to effectively teach dual-credit history courses.
The Graduate Certificate in History is ideal for those who want to teach dual-credit courses and who need to meet Higher Learning Commission dual-credit qualification standards. These standards require teachers wanting to teach dual-credit courses in history to hold either a master's degree in history or a master's degree in another discipline (such as education), plus at least 18 credit hours of discipline-specific graduate coursework.
If you hold a master's degree in a discipline other than history, you can meet HLC standards by completing the 18 credit hour Graduate Certificate in History.
If you plan to pursue the IU Online M.A. in History or the IU Online MAT in History, you may apply the 18 credit hours from the Graduate Certificate in History toward the master's degree.