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Elementary Education Major

Early Childhood Education
Teaching Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

ED BAE 2403

Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
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:
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
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
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 PreK -Grade 3
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
Endorsement = 30
This endorsement is only available to students also seeking the Elementary Education Teaching Field Endorsement
Second Subject Endorsement, Elementary Education Field = 30
Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 135
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BAE in Early Childhood Education-Teaching Subject 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.
Early Childhood Ed Requirements (30 hours required):
Take all of the following:
ELED 262, Introduction to Early Childhood Education - 3 hours (Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in PTE 390A-02, Early Childhood-PreK, or PTE 390C-02, K-3)
ELED 362, Early Childhood Curriculum Foundations - 3 hours
ELED 363, Early Childhood Education: Materials and Methods - 3 hours
ELED 371, Teaching Elementary School Language Arts - 3 hours
ELED 375, Emergent Literacy - 3 hours
ELED 463, Home, School, and Community Relations in Early Childhood Education - 3 hours
ELED 467, Administering Early Childhood Education and Care Programs - 3 hours
FCSC 250, Infant Development - 3 hours
FCSC 253, Child Development - 3 hours
SPED 406, Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education - 3 hours

11 May 2006
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