History majors seeking the initial North Carolina Teacher Licensure in Social Studies must, in addition to the general curriculum, complete at least 37 semester hours in history with a “C” average or better, to include HIST 111 -HIST 112 , HIST 221 -HIST 222 , HIST 451 , at least six credit hours of upper-division (300 and 400) courses in each of the following three areas: European history; United States history; and Non-Western history; and at least three additional credit hours of upper-division (300 and 400) history courses. Candidates must, in addition, complete the following related courses: POLS 229 , POLS elective, ECON 201 and ECON 202 (American Economic History may be substituted for the latter). History majors should fulfill the college mathematics requirement by taking MATH 111 and MATH 160 .