Offered by Department of Teacher Education:

Elementary Education Major

Middle Grades Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
OR Bachelor of Science in Education

Minimum General Studies = 45

+ General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 47

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:

ART 100GS, Art Structure- 3 hours

ART 120GS, Art Appreciation - 3 hours

MUS 100GS, Introduction to Music - 3 hours

THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours

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

Take 1 course from:

MATH 230, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 104)
MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours  (Prereq: MATH 104)

Natural Sciences minimum = 11

PHYS 100GS, Physical Science - 4 hours

Take 1 course from:

PHYS 201GS, Earth Science - 4 hours

GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)

GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)

GEOG 103GS, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours (without lab)

Take 1 course from:

BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours

BIOL 109GS, Plants and Animals and their Environment - 4 hours

Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:

PSCI 110, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours

Take any Economic 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 = 29-30 including

TE 472, Management and Assessment in Middle Level Classrooms - 2 hours

Take ONE of the following options:

Take 1 course:
TE 411, Inclusive Practices for Students with Exceptionalities in PreK-8 Classrooms - 3 hours

OR

Take 2 courses:

TE 306, Reading and Inclusion in K-12 Classrooms - 2 hours

TE 320, Field Experience in Secondary Classroom - 1 hour

Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.

Endorsement = 61-90

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 = 124-166

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0-1

Minimum total hours required for BAE or BSE in Middle Grades Education Teaching Field Endorsement = 125-166

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 (25-28 hours required)

Take all of the following:
TE 323, Partnerships with Families - 1 hour
TE 471, History and Philosophy of Middle School - 3 hours

TE 473, Field Experience in Middle Level Classrooms - 1 hour

Language Arts and Reading Component

ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours

Take 1 from the following:

TE 331, Intermediate Literacy - 3 hours

**ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours (Prereq: 15 hours of English beyond the freshman level)

Math Component
MATH 104, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours
Take ONE of the following options:

Take 3 courses:
TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 1 hour (take 0.5 hour class twice)
MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 104 or permission)

OR take 2 courses:
MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours  (Prereq: MATH 104 or permission)
**MATH 470, Teaching of Secondary Mathematics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 260, MATH 202, MATH 115, MATH 102, MATH 103)

Science/Social Studies Methods Component
Take ONE of the following options:

Take 4 courses:
TE 351, Reading in the Content Area - 2 hours
TE 352, Elementary Social Studies Methods - 3 hours
TE 353, Elementary Science Methods - 3 hours
TE 354, Field Experiences in Elementary School Science, Social Studies, and Content Area Reading - 1 hour

OR take 1 course:
**SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours

Take one from the following:
**BIOL 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours (Prereq: work equivalent at least to a Biology minor)
**PHYS 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours

Fine Arts Component
Take one from the following:
ART 360, Elementary Art Methods - 2 hours (Prereq: ART 100GS)
MUS 330, Music Methods for the Elementary Teacher - 2 hours

B. Middle Grades Academic Concentration (48-54 hours required)
Students must have 18 distinct hours in each of two specialization 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 295, Business Communications - 3 hours
BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
BSED 470, Vocational-Business Methods - 4 hours
BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 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, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours

GERMAN (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
GERM 200GS, Intermediate German I - 3 hours

GERM 201GS, Intermediate German II - 3 hours

GERM 204GS, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours

GERM 303, Advanced German Grammar - 3 hours

GERM 304, Advanced Composition and Conversation I - 3 hours

GERM 414, Advanced Composition and Conversation II - 3 hours
FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours

SPANISH (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours

SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours

SPAN 204GS, Spanish Conversation - 3 hours

SPAN 302, Spanish Phonetics/Phonology - 3 hours

SPAN 303, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours

SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours

FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 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 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 450, Curriculum and Assessment for 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 one from the following British Literature courses:
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.

 

     MATHEMATICS (18 hours required)

Take all of the following:

MATH 104***, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours
MATH 230*, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 104 or permission)

MATH 330*, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours

MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours
STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours

Take ONE of the following options:

Take 3 courses:

TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours

TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours

TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 1 hour (Take 0.5 hour class twice)

OR take 1 course:

MATH 470, Teaching of Secondary Mathematics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 260 or instructor's permission)

Take 6 hours from:

MATH 103, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours

MATH 120, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours

MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours

TE 474, Problem Solving in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement.
***Students with sufficient mathematics background (4 years of high school math plus an ACT math score of 20 or higher) may register for MATH 230.
Consult advisor.

 

     NATURAL SCIENCES (21 hours required)

Take all the following:
PHYS 100GS*, Physical Science - 4 hours
PHYS 301, Advanced Physical Science - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours
GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours
GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours
PHYS 201GS*, Earth Science - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 103GS*, General Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 109GS*, Plants and Animals and their Environment - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
Take ONE of the following options:
     Take 1 course from:
     CHEM 145GS, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
     CHEM 150GS, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry - 3 or 4 hours
     OR take two courses:
     CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours   (see prerequisites)
     CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
     OR take two courses:
     CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
     CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
GEOG 209GS, Meteorology - 3 hours
PHYS 210GS, Astronomy - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours
PHYS 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours
TE 353, Elementary Science Methods - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     SOCIAL SCIENCES (18 hours required)

Take all the following:

ECON 100GS*, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours

HIST 210GS*, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 211GS*, Western Civilization - 3 hours

HIST 212GS*, Non-Western World History - 3 hours

HIST 250GS*, American History - 3 hours

HIST 251GS*, American History - 3 hours

HIST 479, Nebraska and the Great Plains History - 3 hours

PSCI 110GS*, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:
GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours (without lab)
GEOG 207, Physical Geology - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
GEOG 104GS*, World Regional Geography - 3 hours

GEOG 106GS*, Cultural Geography - 3 hours

GEOG 340, Developing Nations - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:
TE 352, Elementary Social Studies Methods - 3 hours
SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours

*Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.

 

     SPECIAL EDUCATION (27-40 hours required)

An endorsement in any of Nebraska Special Education endorsements, which includes any portion of grades 4 through 9, may be accepted in lieu of one Content Area of Specialization.
Mild/Moderate Disabilities K-6 Teaching Field Endorsement Option
Mild/Moderate Disabilities 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement Option