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 (Prereq:
ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
(Prereq: ENG 101GS* or
ACT English score of 30 or above)
- 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 230, Concepts in Mathematics
and Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq:
MATH 104)
- 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:
- PSCI 110,
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 = 29 including:
The remaining hours of the professional sequence are
listed in the major requirements.
- TE 318, Management and Assessment
in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms - 2 hours
- TE 411, Inclusive Practices for
Students with Exceptionalities in PreK-8 Classrooms - 3 hours
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education
programs.
- Endorsement = 46
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 120
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 5
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Elementary Education Major Teaching Field
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. Elementary Education Requirements (25 hours required)- Take all of the following:
TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
- TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours
- TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 1
hours (Take 0.5 hour class twice)
- TE 314, Phonics and Word Study - 2
hours
- TE 315, Literary Assessment - 2 hours
- TE 316, Primary Grades Literacy - 2
hours
- TE 317, Field Experience: Literacy -
1 hour
- TE 323, Partnerships with Families -
1 hour
- TE 331, Intermediate Literacy - 3
hours
- TE 351, Reading in the Content Area -
2 hours
- TE 352, Elementary Social Studies
Methods - 3 hours
- TE 353, Elementary Science Methods -
3 hours
- TE 354, Field Experiences in
Elementary School Science, Social Studies, and Content Area Reading - 1 hour
B. Supporting Course Requirements (21 hours required)- Take all of the following:
- ART 360, Elementary Art Methods - 2 hours
- ART 361, Integrating Art
across the Curriculum - 1 hour
- ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
MATH 104, Concepts in Mathematics
and Statistics - 3 hours
- MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3
hours
- MATH 330, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3
hours
- MUS 330, Music Methods for the Elementary Teacher
- 2 hour
- MUS 361,
Integrating Art across the Curriculum - 1 hour
- PE 226, Elementary School Health Teaching - 1 hour
PE 340, Non-Rhythmic Physical Education - 1 hour
PE 361, Integrating Movement and Dance - 1 hour
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.
