Middle Grades Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
OR Bachelor of Science in Education
ED BAE 2405
ED BSE 2405
(Selection of Special Areas in Academic Concentration determines whether degree
awarded is BAE or BSE; see B. Middle Grades Academic Concentration, below.)
The lower hour requirements for the Endorsement may be achieved with careful planning
and advising in the selection of General Studies courses and Special Areas of Academic
Concentration.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 152-158
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BAE or BSE in Middle Grades Education Teaching Field
Endorsement = 150-156
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. Middle Grades Core Requirements (27 hours required)
Take all of the following: ELED 370**, Teaching Elementary School
Mathematics - 3 hours ELED 371**, Teaching Elementary School Language
Arts - 3 hours ELED 372**, Teaching Elementary School Science -
3 hours ELED 373**, Teaching Elementary School Social
Sciences - 3 hours ELED 410, History and Philosophy of the Middle
School - 3 hours ELED 474, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas -
3 hours MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3
hours MATH 330, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3
hours **One corresponding secondary methods course will be selected in lieu of one of these
courses.
Take 1 course from: ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours
B. Middle Grades Academic Concentration (48-54 hours required) Students must have 18 distinct hours in each of two Special Areas:
BUSINESS EDUCATION (22 hours required)
Take all the following: BACC 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours
(Prereq: MATH 102, sophomore standing) ECON 100GS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3
hours* BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours BSED 302, Personal Money Management - 3 hours BSED 470, Vocational-Business Methods - 4 hours BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3
hours FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3
*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies
requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES (18 hours required)
Take all of the following: PE 160GS*, Healthful Living - 3 hours FSID 330, Organization of Family and Consumer
Sciences Programs - 4 hours FSID 340, Family Life Education - 3 hours FSID 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3
hours FSID 371, Parent Education - 3 hours FSID 406, Family Resource Management - 3 hours
Take 1 course from: FSID 110GS, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours FSID 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3
hours FSID 151GS, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
FRENCH (21 hours required)
Take all of the following: FREN 200GS, Intermediate French I - 3 hours FREN 201GS, Intermediate French II - 3 hours FREN 303, French Phonetics - 3 hours FREN 304, Culture, Conversation, Composition - 3
hours FREN 401, Advanced Composition and Grammar Review
- 3 hours FREN 414, Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages -
3 hours
GERMAN (21 hours required)
Take all of the following: GERM 200GS, Intermediate German I - 3 hours
SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition
- 3 hours
FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages
- 3 hours
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (22 hours required)
Take all of the following: PE 160GS*, Healthful Living - 3 hours
PE 220, Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities -
1 hour
PE 221, Teaching Sport and Leisure Activities - 2
hours
PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Elementary Schools
- 2 hours
PE 260GS, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2
hours
PE 324, Curriculum and Administration of Physical
Education - 3 hours
PE 325, Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3
hours PE 420, Methods in Health and Physical Education - 3
hours PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as Academic Concentration
requirement. Consult advisor.
LANGUAGE ARTS (21 hours required)
Take the following course: ENG 234GS, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3
hours
Take one from the following American Literature courses: ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
Take the following British Literature course: ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth
Literature I - 3 hours ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth
Literature II - 3 hours ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
Take all the following: ENG 102GS*, Introduction to Expository Prose - 3
hours ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3
hours ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3
hours (Prereq: 15 hours of English beyond the freshman level) ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours
(Taken as part of A. Middle Grades Core Requirements) SPCH 100GS*, Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- 3 hours *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
