Offered by Department of Teacher Education and Department of Modern Languages:

English as a Second Language
Teaching Subject Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 3404

Minimum General Studies = 45

including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education

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:

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 including:

TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours

TE 320, Field Experience in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours

TE 321, Reading and Inclusion in Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours

Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.

Endorsement = 20-30

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 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE in English as a Second Language 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. TESOL Requirements

Take all the following:

SPCH 154, Cross-Cultural Communication - 3 hours

PTE 250, Introduction to Language Minority Students - 2 hours

ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours

PTE 350, Content Methods in English as a Second Language - 3 hours

FORL 472, Foreign Language Acquisition - 3 hours

PTE 455, Educational Assessment of ESL Students - 3 hours

FORL 470, TESOL - 3 hours

B. Other Requirement

Modern Languages - 0-10 hours

One year of another language or equivalence in a language other than a native language at University level (10 credit hours). Fall 1997 admission requirements will normally meet this expectation.