Psychology Major
Psychology 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
Bachelor of Science in Education
NSS BAE 6407
NSS BSE 6407
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and by endorsement
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours (Prereq:
ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours
(Prereq: ENG 101GS* or
ACT English score of 30 or above)
- 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
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 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 BSE in Psychology 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.
Psychology Subject Endorsement Requirements (30 hours required)- Take all of the following:
- PSY 230, Human Development -
3 hours
- PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours
- PSY 270, Experimental Psychology - 4 hours
- PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours
- PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours
- PSY 407, Psychopathology - 3 hours
- PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours
- SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 313L*, Physiological Psychology Laboratory -
1 hour
- PSY 318L*, Experimental Social Psychology Lab - 1
hour
- PSY 407L*, Psychopathology Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 430L*, Memory and Cognition Laboratory - 1
hour
- PSY 450L*, Psychometrics Lab - 1 hour
- PSY 453L*, Developmental Psychology Lab - 1 hour
- *Laboratory courses must be taken simultaneously with the lecture portion of the
course. (For example, 313 must be taken at the same time as 313L.)
Recommended courses for all students taking the endorsement in Psychology- PSY 450, Psychometrics - 3 hours
- PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours
