Offered by Department of English:

English Major

English 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 3305

• 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:
    • 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 = 36
• 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 = 141
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in English 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 141
  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.

1. Requirements (30 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.
   • Take all the following writing/composition courses: (9 hours)
     • ENG 234, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
     • Take 3-6 hours from:
       • ENG 214, Beginning Fiction Writing - 3 hours
       • ENG 217, Beginning Poetry Writing - 3 hours
       • ENG 320, Creative Play/Script Writing - 3 hours
     • Take 0-3 hours from:
       • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
       • ENG 312, Writing in the Professions - 3 hours
       • ENG 411, Advanced Writing II - 3 hours (Prereq: instructor's permission)
       • ENG 415, Advanced Fiction Writing - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 214)
       • ENG 419, Advanced Poetry Writing - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 217)
       • ENG 471, Seminar in Rhetoric - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 102, an upper division writing course, or permission of instructor)
   • Take all the following language courses: (6 hours)
     • ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours
     • Take 1 course from:
       • ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
       • ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
   • Take all the following pedagogy courses: (6 hours)
     • ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours
     • ENG 427, Electronic Literacy - 3 hours
2. Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take additional ENG courses to total 6 hours.