Offered by Department of Communication:

Speech Major

Speech Communication 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 4306

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 = 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 = 135

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE in Speech Communication 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 135

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.

 

Students selecting a subject endorsement in Speech Communication must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the Endorsement.

A. Speech Communication Subject Endorsement Core Requirements (12 hours required)

Take all of the following:

SPCH 202, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours

SPCH 370, Small Group Communication - 3 hours

SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours

SPCH 499, Communication Theory - 3 hours

 

B. Speech Communication Subject Endorsement Additional Requirements (15 hours required)

SPCH 222, Oral Interpretation of Literature - 3 hours

SPCH 231, Introduction to Forensics and Debate - 3 hours

SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours

SPCH 400, The Teaching of Speech - 3 hours

SPCH 453, Interviewing - 3 hours

C. Speech Communication Subject Endorsement Electives (3 hours required)

Take 1 course from:

SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours

SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours