Political Science Major
Political Science 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
NSS BAE 6304
- 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:
- 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:
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics -
3 hours
- Take any Economic 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 = 33
- 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 = 138
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Political Science 7-12 Teaching Subject
Endorsement = 138
- 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. Political Science Subject Endorsement Requirements (24 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International
Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 250, The American Congress - 3 hours
- PSCI 254, The American Presidency - 3 hours
- PSCI 265, Campaigns and Elections - 3 hours
- PSCI 361, State and Local Government - 3 hours
- PSCI 400, Public Administration - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 344, Politics of Industrial Democracies -
3 hours
- PSCI 345, Politics of Developing Nations - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 373, Development of Political Thought I -
3 hours
- PSCI 374, Development of Political Thought II -
3 hours
-
- B. Political Science Subject Endorsement Supporting Courses (9 hours required)
- Take:
- SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3
hours
- Take 6 hours from the areas of Economics, History, Geography, Sociology, and Psychology.
11 May 2006
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