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Physical Education Major

Health Education 7-12
Teaching Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

ED BAE 2503

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
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
Endorsement = 20
A.(below) requires 20 hours.
B.(below) requires 12 hours, however, all may be taken in the General Studies Requirement of 45 hours (above).
Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30
Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 125
Unrestricted elective in program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BAE in Health Education 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 125
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. Health Ed 7-12 Subject Endorsement Requirements (20 hours required)
Take all of the following:
FCSC 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
FCSC 340, Family Life Education - 3 hours
PE 260GS, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours
PE 420, Methods in Health and Physical Education - 3 hours
PE 463, Elementary School Health - 3 hours
PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours
CSP 417, Counseling Skills for Helping Professionals - 3 hours
B. Health Ed 7-12 Subject Endorsement Electives (12 hours required, may count as General Studies)
Take 12 hours from the following, with one course from each area required.
Take 3 to 9 hours from:
BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
BIOL 315GS, Human Ecology - 3 hours
BIOL 400, Microbiology - 4 hours (Prereq: At least 8 hours of Biology)
PE 360, Human Anatomy and Kinesiology - 4 hours
Take 4 to 9 hours from:
CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours   (see prerequisites)
CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 5 hours
Take 3 to 6 hours from:
FCSC 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3 hours
PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS or PSY 230GS)
PSY 455, Adolescent Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS or PSY 230GS)
SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
SOC 124GS, Social Problems - 3 hours
SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
SOC 430, Family Life and Functions - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS)

11 May 2006
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