Offered by Department of Psychology

Psychology Major

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

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 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:
      • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
      • Take any ECON 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 = 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 = 139
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Psychology 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 139
• 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. Psychology Subject Endorsement Requirements (30 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
     • PSY 250GS, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours
     • PSY 270, Experimental Psychology - 4 hours
     • PSY 313, Physiological Psychology - 3 hours
     • PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours
     • PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours
     • PSY 407, Psychopathology - 3 hours
     • PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours
     • SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • PSY 313L*, Physiological Psychology Laboratory - 1 hour
     • PSY 318L*, Experimental Social Psychology Lab - 1 hour
     • PSY 407L*, Psychopathology Laboratory - 1 hour
     • PSY 430L*, Memory and Cognition Laboratory - 1 hour
     • PSY 450L*, Psychometrics Lab - 1 hour
     • PSY 453L*, Developmental Psychology Lab - 1 hour
     • *Laboratory courses must be taken simultaneously with the lecture portion of the course. (For example, 313 must be taken at the same time as 313L.)
2. Recommended courses for all students taking the endorsement in Psychology
   • PSY 450, Psychometrics - 3 hours
   • PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours