Offered by Department of Modern Languages

German Major

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

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 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 = 25 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
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 103
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 17
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in German 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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