Offered by Department of Teacher Education:

Elementary Education Major

Middle Grades Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
OR Bachelor of Science in Education

Minimum General Studies = 45

+ General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 47

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:

Take 1 course from:

ART 120GS, Art Appreciation - 3 hours

MUS 100GS, Introduction to Music - 3 hours

THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 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 = 11

PHYS 100GS, Physical Science - 4 hours

Take 1 course from:

PHYS 201GS, Earth Science - 4 hours

GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)

GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)

GEOG 103GS, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours (without lab)

Take 1 course from:

BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours

BIOL 109GS, Plants and Animals and their Environment - 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

PTE 390A-390E (Must be in middle grades 4-9) - 1 hour
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.

Endorsement = 75-81

The lower hour requirements for the Endorsement may be achieved with careful planning and advising in the selection of General Studies courses and Special Areas of Academic Concentration.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 152-158

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE or BSE in Middle Grades Education Teaching Field Endorsement = 150-156

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. Middle Grades Core Requirements (27 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 410, History and Philosophy of the Middle School - 3 hours
ELED 474, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas - 3 hours
MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
MATH 330, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
**Two corresponding secondary methods course will be selected in lieu of two of these courses.
Take 1 course from:
ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours

B. Middle Grades Academic Concentration (48-54 hours required)
Students must have 18 distinct hours in each of two Special Areas:
 

     BUSINESS EDUCATION (22 hours required)

Take all the following:
BACC 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102, sophomore standing)
ECON 100GS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours*
BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
BSED 295, Business Communications - 3 hours
BSED 302, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
BSED 470, Vocational-Business Methods - 4 hours
BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
FCSC 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES (18 hours required)

Take all of the following:
PE 160GS*, Healthful Living - 3 hours
FCSC 330, Organization of Family and Consumer Sciences Programs - 4 hours
FCSC 340, Family Life Education - 3 hours
FCSC 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3 hours
FCSC 371, Parent Education - 3 hours
FCSC 406, Family Resource Management - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
FCSC 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
FCSC 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3 hours
FCSC 151GS, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours
*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     FOREIGN LANGUAGES

FRENCH (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
FREN 200GS, Intermediate French I - 3 hours
FREN 201GS, Intermediate French II - 3 hours
FREN 303, French Phonetics - 3 hours
FREN 304, Culture, Conversation, Composition - 3 hours
FREN 401, Advanced Composition and Grammar Review - 3 hours
FREN 414, Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours
FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages - 3 hours

GERMAN (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
GERM 200GS, Intermediate German I - 3 hours

GERM 201GS, Intermediate German II - 3 hours

GERM 204GS, Intermediate Conversation and Composition II - 2 hours

GERM 303, Grammar Review - 3 hours

GERM 304, Advanced Composition and Conversation I - 3 hours

GERM 414, Advanced Composition and Conversation II - 3 hours
FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages - 3 hours

SPANISH (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours

SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours

SPAN 204GS, Spanish Conversation - 3 hours

SPAN 302, Spanish Phonetics/Phonology - 3 hours

SPAN 303, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours

SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours

FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages - 3 hours

 

     HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (22 hours required)

Take all of the following:
PE 160GS*, Healthful Living - 3 hours

PE 220, Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities - 1 hour

PE 221, Teaching Sport and Leisure Activities - 2 hours

PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools - 2 hours

PE 260GS, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours

PE 324, Curriculum and Administration of Physical Education - 3 hours

PE 325, Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours
PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
PE 420, Methods in Health and Physical Education - 3 hours
PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours
*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     LANGUAGE ARTS (21 hours required)

Take the following course:
ENG 234, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
Take one from the following American Literature courses:
ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
Take one from the following British Literature courses:
ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
Take all the  following:
ENG 102GS*, Introduction to Expository Prose - 3 hours
ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
ENG 311, Advanced Writing I: Writing Processes - 3 hours
ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours (Prereq: 15 hours of English beyond the freshman level)
ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours (Taken as part of A. Middle Grades Core Requirements)
SPCH 100GS*, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     MATHEMATICS (18 hours required)

Take all of the following:

MATH 102*, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours

MATH 120, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours

MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours

MATH 230*, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours

MATH 330*, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours

MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:

ELED 370, Teaching Elementary School Mathematics - 3 hours

MATH 470, Teaching of Secondary Mathematics - 3 hours

Take 6 hours from:

ELED 420, Problem Solving in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom - 3 hours

MATH 103, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours

STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     NATURAL SCIENCES (21 hours required)

Take all the following:
PHYS 100GS*, Physical Science - 4 hours
PHYS 301, Advanced Physical Science - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours
GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours
GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours
PHYS 201GS*, Earth Science - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 103GS*, General Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 109GS*, Plants and Animals and their Environment - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
Take ONE of the following options:
     Take 1 course from:
     CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
     CHEM 150GS, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry - 3 or 4 hours
     OR take two courses:
     CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours   (see prerequisites)
     CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
     OR take two courses:
     CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
     CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
PHYS 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
PHYS 210GS, Astronomy - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours
PHYS 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     SOCIAL SCIENCES (18 hours required)

Take all the following:

ECON 100GS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours

HIST 210GS*, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 211GS*, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 212GS*, Non-Western World History - 3 hours

HIST 250GS*, American History - 3 hours

HIST 251GS*, American History - 3 hours

HIST 479, Nebraska and the Great Plains History - 3 hours

PSCI 110GS*, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:
GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours(with lab)
GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours(with lab)
GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours(without lab)
GEOG 207, Physical Geology - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 104GS*, World Regional Geography - 3 hours

GEOG 106GS*, Cultural Geography - 3 hours

GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:
ELED 373, Teaching Elementary School Social Sciences - 3 hours
SOSC 370, Teaching Elementary School Social Sciences - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     SPECIAL EDUCATION (27-40 hours required)

An endorsement in any of Nebraska Special Education endorsements, which includes any portion of grades 4 through 9, may be accepted in lieu of one Content Area of Specialization.
Mild/Moderate Disabilities K-6 Teaching Subject Endorsement Option
Mild/Moderate Disabilities 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement Option

11 May 2006
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