Offered by Department of Health, Phys. Ed., Recreation & Leisure Studies:

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 (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

GEOG 103, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours

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 = 28

TE 319, Management and Assessment 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 = 22-23

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 (22 hours required)

Take all of the following:

FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours

FSID 151, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours

FSID 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 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours

PE 471, Field Experience in Health & Physical Education - 2 hours

Take 1 course from:
PE 310, Introduction  to Human Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours

PE 360, Human Anatomy and Kinesiology - 4 hours