Elementary Education Major
Elementary Education
Teaching Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education
ED BAE 2404
- 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
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
- Humanities minimum = 12 including:
- ART 100GS, Art Structure - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- Take 1 course from:
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- MATH 230, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours
- Natural Sciences minimum = 8
- Take 1 course from:
- Take 1 course from:
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- Professional Sequence = 29 including:
- The remaining hours of the professional sequence are listed in the major requirements.
- TE 318, Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms - 2 hours
- TE 411, Inclusive Practices for Students
with Exceptionalities in PreK-8 Classrooms - 3 hours
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
- Endorsement = 46
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 120
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 5
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Elementary Education Teaching Field
Endorsement = 125
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.
- Elementary Education Requirements (25 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
- TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours
- TE 314, Phonics and Word Study - 2 hours
- TE 315, Literary Assessment - 2 hours
- TE 316, Primary Grades Literacy - 2 hours
- TE 317, Field Experience: Literacy - 1 hour
- TE 323, Partnerships with Families - 1 hour
- TE 331, Intermediate Literacy - 3 hours
- 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
- Take 1 hour from:
- TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 0.5 hour (Take 0.5 hour class twice)
- Supporting Course Requirements (21 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- ART 360, Elementary Art Methods - 3 hours
- ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
- MATH 104, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours
- MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
- MATH 330, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
- MUS 330, Music Methods for the Elementary Teacher - 3 hours
- PE 226, Elementary School Health Teaching - 1 hour
- PE 340, Non-Rhythmic Physical Education - 1 hour
- PE 361, Integrating Movement and Dance - 1 hour
Note to all Elementary Majors: Any methods courses taken at the Lower Division Level
(Jr. College), or more than ten years prior to the establishment of the program must be
repeated. A program will be honored for five years, at which time it is subject to revision.
