Offered by Department of Communication:

Speech Major

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

FAH BAE 4306

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
  • 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:
    • 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 = 30
• 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 = 135
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Speech Communication 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 135
  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.

Students selecting a subject endorsement in Speech Communication must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the Endorsement.

1. Speech Communication Subject Endorsement Core Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • SPCH 202, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours
     • SPCH 370, Small Group Communication - 3 hours
     • SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
     • SPCH 499, Communication Theory - 3 hours
2. Speech Communication Subject Endorsement Additional Requirements (15 hours required)
   • SPCH 222, Oral Interpretation of Literature - 3 hours
   • SPCH 231, Introduction to Forensics and Debate - 3 hours
   • SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours
   • SPCH 400, The Teaching of Speech - 3 hours
   • SPCH 453, Interviewing - 3 hours
3. Speech Communication Subject Endorsement Electives (3 hours required)
   • Take 1 course from:
     • SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours
     • SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours