Elementary Education Major
Elementary Education
Teaching Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
ED BAE 2404
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech
Communication - 3 hours
- Humanities minimum = 12 including:
- ART 100GS, Art Structure - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
- HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher
level.
- Natural Sciences minimum = 8
- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 109GS, Plants and Animals and their
Environment - 4 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PHYS 100GS, Physical Science - 4 hours
- PHYS 201GS, Earth Science - 4 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- Take any GS course from:
- Social Perspective,
- Geographical Perspective or
- Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
- Professional Sequence = 30
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education
programs.
- Endorsement = 36
- Second Endorsement/Minor = normally, 24
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 135
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Elementary Education Major Teaching Field
Endorsement = 135
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Elementary Methods Requirements (18 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ELED 370, Teaching Elementary School
Mathematics - 3 hours
- ELED 371, Teaching Elementary School Language
Arts - 3 hours
- ELED 372, Teaching Elementary School Science -
3 hours
- ELED 373, Teaching Elementary School Social
Sciences - 3 hours
- ELED 374, Teaching Elementary School Reading -
3 hours
- ELED 405, Analysis and Correction of Reading
Difficulties - 3 hours
- B. Supporting Course Requirements (18 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ART 360, Elementary Art Methods - 3 hours
- ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
- MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3
hours
- MATH 330, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3
hours
- PE 226, Elementary School Health Teaching - 1 hour
- MUS 330, Music Methods for the Elementary Teacher
- 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PE 240, Non-Rhythmic Activities for Elementary
Schools - 2 hours
- PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools
- 2 hours
- PE 441, Elementary School Physical Education - 3
hours
- Supporting Minor/Second Endorsement = 24 hours
- The following are minors and/or second endorsement programs of study for Elementary
Education majors:
- Art Education Minor
- Early Childhood-Second Endorsement and/or Minor
- English Minor
- Mathematics Minor
- Music Minor
- Physical Education Minor -Second
Endorsement
- Science Minor
- Social Science Minor
- Special Education Endorsement and/or Minor
- Speech Theatre Minor
Note to all Elementary Majors: Any methods courses taken at the Lower Division Level
(Jr. College), or more than ten years prior to the establishment of the program must be
repeated. A program will be honored for five years, at which time it is subject to
revision.
External Degree in Elementary Education
Working under the N-PAC agreement with Mid-Plains Area Community
College in North Platte, and Central Community College Campus in Columbus, the Department
of Teacher Education has developed an external degree program in elementary education.
This program has been developed to permit the completion of the first two years of the
Baccalaureate Degree Program at either of the community colleges with the balance of the
requirements for the elementary education program delivered to the respective sites from
UNK. Students desiring admission to this program should contact the local campus advisor
or Barb Flaherty, (308)865-8588, or Gloria Vavricka, (800)865-6388, at UNK. Students will
satisfy the same admission requirements and course requirements as students in the
campus-based program.
Students in the external degree program will complete a special professional minor
rather than the choice of minors available to campus-based students:
External Degree in Elementary Education/Professional Minor
MN 1087
Minimum Required for minor = 24 hours- Take all of the following (21 hours required)
- CSP 410, Psychology of Classroom Discipline
- 3 hours
- ELED 262, Introduction to Early Childhood
Education - 3 hours
- ELED 463, Home, School, and Community Relations
in Early Childhood Education - 3 hours
- PTE 110, Survey of Instructional Technology - 3
hours
- SPED 333, Serving Individuals with Disabilities
in Integrated Settings - 3 hours
- SPED 400, Psychology and Education of Gifted
Learners - 3 hours
- SPED 434, Instructional Needs of Students with
Disabilities in Inclusive Settings - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from: (3 hours required)
- ELED 420, Problem Solving in the Elementary and
Middle School Classroom - 3 hours
- or
- ELED 474, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
- 3 hours
11 May 2006
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