Geography Major
Geography 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
Bachelor of Science in Education
NSS BAE 5506
NSS BSE 5506
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
- 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 = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The
Atmosphere - 4 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- PSCI 110, Introduction to American Politics - 3
hours
- Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 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 Secondary Classroom - 2
hours
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education
programs.
- Endorsement = 33
- 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 = 138
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Geography 7-12 Teaching Subject
Endorsement = 138
- 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. Geography Subject Endorsement Requirements (27 hours required) - Take all of the following:
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The
Lithosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 206GS, Geography of the United States and
Canada - 3 hours
- GEOG 300, Map Investigation - 3 hours
- GEOG 305GS, Environmental Conservation - 3
hours
- GEOG 321,
Economic Geography - 3 hours
- SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3
hours
- Take a minimum of 5 hours from any GEOG 300-499
-
- B. Geography Subject Endorsement Electives (6 hours required)
- Take 6 hours from Economics,
History, Political Science,
Psychology or Sociology.
