Offered by Department of Modern Languages:

German Major

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

FAH BAE 3604

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
  • English Language minimum = 9 including:
    • ENG 101GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours
    • ENG 102GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours
    • 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 110GS, 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 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 German 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.

1. German Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements (27 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 302, Phonetics and History of German - 3 hours
     • GERM 303, Advanced German Grammar - 3 hours
     • GERM 304, Advanced Composition and Conversation I - 3 hours
     • GERM 305, German Civilization - 3 hours
     • GERM 354, Survey of German Literature - 3 hours
     • FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours
2. German Teaching Subject Endorsement Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take ONE of the following options:
     • Study Abroad Option
     • Take 6 hours at the appropriate level from:
       • GERM 275-GERM 276, German Study Abroad II - 6 hours
       • GERM 375-GERM 376, German Study Abroad III - 6 hours
       • GERM 475-GERM 476, German Study Abroad IV - 6 hours
     • Literature Option
     • Take 6 hours from:
       • GERM 301, Novelle - 3 hours
       • GERM 337, Seminar on German Film - 3 hours
       • GERM 339, Modern German Literature - 3 hours
       • GERM 357, Seminar on Women in German Literature - 3 hours
       • GERM 400, German Drama - 3 hours
       • GERM 401, Contemporary German Drama - 3 hours
       • GERM 403, German Novel - 3 hours
       • GERM 425, Modern German Poetry - 3 hours
       • GERM 450, Goethe and His Times - 3 hours
       • GERM 470, Seminar in German Studies - 3 hours
       • GERM 499, Independent Studies in German - 3 hours