Should I be concerned about the TExES or History Department policies if I am not seeking teacher certification?
The History Department understands that some History and Social Studies majors (excluding middle school majors who cannot finish their degree programs without completing student teaching) have no desire to receive teaching certificates and teach History or Social Studies in public school. The bulk of majors, however, do complete teacher certification requirements either as undergraduates or as post-baccalaureate students teaching on emergency permits. Many History and Social Studies graduates who had no plans to teach in public schools have returned to TAMU-C to take teacher certification courses. The History Department, therefore, now takes steps to make sure that all students who have degrees in History or Social Studies have adequate course work to be successful teachers. In other words, regardless of a students status as an undergraduate, that student will be held to the Departments policies concerning TExES if he/she returns to complete teacher certification.
