TAH program offers tuition-free graduate course to social studies teachers
Contact: Christina Chapple
12/5/06
HAMMOND – Qualified social studies teachers can earn three hours of graduate credit tuition-free at Southeastern Louisiana University this spring through the Teaching American History Grant Program.
The tuition-free credit is offered to social studies teachers in the grant’s Region II, which includes 14 school districts: East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Washington, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, and Tangipahoa parishes, and the cities of Bogalusa, Baker, and Zachary.
Upon successful completion of the course, teachers will three hours of graduate credit, a $200 stipend, and 45 CLUs, said William Robison, head of Southeastern’s Department of History and Political Science and academic coordinator for the project.
Eligible on-campus seminars for spring 2007 include History 602 (Readings), 607 (America since 1900), 611 (Louisiana), 627 (Europe since 1500), 630 (Western Thought), 633 (Public History), and 698 (U.S. Military).
The popular History 655 (Seminar for History Teachers) is also being offered in a variety of delivery formats. Students can take the class on campus and via compressed video at Southeastern’s Baton Rouge and St. Tammany center on Wednesday evenings, or view it on the Southeastern Channel and Louisiana Public Broadcasting on Thursday and Friday evenings. It is also available via streaming video on the Southeastern web site.
Spring semester registration is Jan. 8-11. For more information, contact Robison at wrobison@selu.edu or 985-549-2109; TAH Project Director Ann Trappey at Cynthia.trappey@tangischools.org or 985-748-2443, or Gerald Guidroz, dean of Continuing Education, at gguidroz@selu.edu or 800-256-2771. More information about the Teaching American History Grant program is available at www.lpb.org/education/tah.
More News...
