Biology Major
Biology 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Science in Education
NSS BSE 5105
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement =
51
- 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 = 6
- See advisor for math placement.
- MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- MATH 103*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher
level.
- Natural Sciences minimum = 12
- PHYS 201GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
- 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 = 45
- Second Subject Endorsement Option-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 = 156
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BSE in Biology 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement =
156
- 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 minimum 2.5 GPA is required in all courses counting toward this endorsement.
- A. Biology Subject Endorsement Core Requirements (23 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- BIOL 104GS,
Biology I - 4 hours
- BIOL 107GS, Biology II - 4 hours
- BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 375, Scientific Communication - 1 hour
- BIOL 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching
- 3 hours
- BIOL 490, Evolution - 2 hours
- Take 2 hours from:
- BIOL 420, Biology Research - 2 hours
- Take 4 hours from ONE of the following:
- PHYS 301, Advanced Physical Science - 4 hours
- OR no more than 1 from:
- PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
- PHYS 275GS, General Physics (Calculus) - 5
hours
- OR no more than 1 from:
- PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 5 hours (Prereq: PHYS 205GS)
- PHYS 276GS, General Physics (Calculus) - 5
hours (Prereq: PHYS 275GS)
B. Biology Subject Endorsement Electives (18 hours required)- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
- BIOL 435,
Herpetology - 3 hours
- BIOL 470, Insect Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 473, Ornithology - 3 hours
- BIOL 474, Mammalogy - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 360, Genetics - 4 hours
- BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours
- BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 400, Microbiology - 4 hours
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 1 course:
CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5
hours
OR take 4 courses:
CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 361L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
