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Offered by Department of English:

English Major

Language Arts 7-12 Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 3310 

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:
THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
ENG 250GS, Introduction to Literature: British Literature - 3 hours
ENG 251GS, Introduction to Literature: American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 252GS, Introduction to Literature: Western Civilization - 3 hours
ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
ENG 254GS, Introduction to Literature: Special Topics - 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
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
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 = 30
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
Endorsement = 50-51
Minimum total hours required coursework = 125-126
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BAE in English 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 125-126
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. Required Literature (9 hours required)
Take 9 hours from the following literature courses (9 hours)
Take 3 hours from the following American literature:
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
ENG 359, Contemporary American Multicultural Literature - 3 hours
ENG 360, American Women Writers - 3 hours
ENG 442, Colonial/Early American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 443, Seminar in the American Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 445, Seminar in Early 20th Century American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 447, Seminar in Post-World War II American Literature - 3 hours
 
Take 3 hours from the following British literature:
ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
ENG 462, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
ENG 464, Seminar in the Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 466, Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
ENG 467, Seminar in Romanticism - 3 hours
ENG 468, Seminar in Victorian Literature - 3 hours
ENG 474, Postmodern/Contemporary British Literature - 3 hours
 
Take 3 hours from the following world literature:
ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
ENG 330, European Literature in Translation - 3 hours
ENG 333, Non-Western Literature in Translation - 3 hours
ENG 336, Ancient Literatures - 3 hours
ENG 450, Seminar in World Literature - 3 hours
     In all three categories, topics classes may be included by department permission.
 
B. Required Language (6 hours required)
ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours
 
C. Required Writing (6 hours required)
Take one course:
ENG 234GS, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
Take one course from:
ENG 214, Beginning Fiction Writing - 3 hours
ENG 217, Beginning Poetry Writing - 3 hours
ENG 320, Creative Play/Script Writing - 3 hours
ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
 
D. Required Pedagogy (6 hours required)
ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours
ENG 427, Electronic Literacy - 3 hours
 
E. Electives (11-12 hours required)
Electives in English to total 11-12 hours.
Especially recommended: 300/400 level literature or language courses, ENG 423, Reading Problems of Secondary Schools,  ENG 426, Adolescent Literature, additional writing courses.
 
F. Required Communications (12 hours required)
Take one course from each category (9 hours) and one additional course from any of the categories (3 hours)
Journalism/Mass Communications
JMC 220, Photojournalism - 3 hours
JMC 226, Audio Production - 3 hours
Speech
Take required course:
SPCH 400, The Teaching of Speech - 3 hours
Elective from:
SPCH 222, Oral Interpretation of Literature - 3 hours
SPCH 231, Introduction to Forensics and Debate - 3 hours
SPCH 237, Intercollegiate Debate and Forensics - 3 hours
SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours (Prereq: SPCH 100GS)
Theater
THEA 135, Introduction to Technical Theatre - 3 hours
THEA 225, Fundamentals of Acting - 3 hours
THEA 480, Play Direction - 3 hours (Prereq: THEA 135, THEA 225)

08 Mar 2006

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