Geography Major
Geography 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts in Education
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
- 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 = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7 including:
- GEOG 101GS, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 3 including:
- PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
- Capstone = 3
- Professional Sequence = 30 including:
- 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 Geography 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.
- Geography Subject Endorsement Requirements (27 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- GEOG 102GS, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
- GEOG 206GS, Geography of the United States and Canada - 3 hours
- GEOG 300, Map Investigation - 3 hours
- GEOG 321, Economic Geography - 3 hours
- SOSC 370, Social Science of the High School - 3 hours
- Take a minimum of 5 hours from any GEOG 300-GEOG 499
- Geography Subject Endorsement Electives (6 hours required)
26 Apr 2011
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