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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.

11 May 2006
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