Offered by Department of Modern Languages

French Major

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

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education = 49
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 31
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 9 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
    • Social Sciences minimum = 9 including:
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
      • Take any ECON GS course - 3 hours
      • Take any approved PSY, SOC, or GEOG GS course - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• 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 = 142
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in French 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 142
• 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. French Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements (27 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • FREN 200GS, Intermediate French I - 3 hours
     • FREN 201GS, Intermediate French II - 3 hours
     • FREN 303, French Phonetics - 3 hours
     • FREN 304, Culture, Conversation, Composition - 3 hours
     • FREN 305, Study of French Civilization - 3 hours
     • FREN 401, Advanced Composition and Grammar Review - 3 hours
     • FREN 414, Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours
     • FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • FREN 354, Survey of French Literature I - 3 hours
     • FREN 355, Survey of French Literature II - 3 hours
2. French Teaching Subject Endorsement Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take ONE of the following options:
     • Study Abroad Option
       • Take 6 hours at the appropriate level from:
         • FREN 275-FREN 276, French Study Abroad II - 6 hours
         • FREN 375-FREN 376, French Study Abroad III - 6 hours
         • FREN 475-FREN 476, French Study Abroad IV - 6 hours
     • Literature Option
       • Take 6 hours from:
         • FREN 337, Seminar on French/Francophone Film - 3 hours
         • FREN 357, Seminar on Women in French/Francophone Literature - 3 hours
         • FREN 420, The French Novel I - 3 hours
         • FREN 421, The French Novel II - 3 hours
         • FREN 470, Seminar in French/Francophone Studies - 3 hours
         • FREN 499, Independent Studies in French - 3 hours