Special Education Major
Mild/Moderate 7-12 Teaching
Field 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
- 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
- Take 1 course from:
- 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 = 23 including:
- Endorsement = 45-60
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 113-128
- Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 0-7
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Mild/Moderate 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement = 120-128
- 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.
- Mild/Moderate 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement Requirements (27 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- TESE 437, Medical Aspects of Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
- TESE 461, Legal Issues in Special Education - 3 hours
- TESE 462, Assessment and Program Planning in Special Education - 4 hours
- TESE 463, Instructional Strategies for Individuals with Disabilities - 2 hours
- TESE 464, Field Experience in Special Education - 1 hour
- TESE 467, Behavioral Interventions for Individuals with Disabilities - 2 hours
- TESE 468, Assistive Technology Interventions - 2 hours
- TESE 474, Field Experience in Secondary Special Education - 1 hour
- TESE 475, Curriculum Content for Secondary Students with Disabilities - 3 hours
- TESE 476, Transitional Issues for Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
- TESE 479, Developing Social and Personal Skills in Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
- Academic Concentration (18-33 hours required)
- Take one of the following Academic Concentrations:
- BUSINESS EDUCATION (18 hours required)
- Take 18 hours from:
- ACCT 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or Math ACT score of 22 or greater AND sophomore standing)
- BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
- BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
- BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
- BSED 470, Vocational Business Methods - 3 hours
- MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
- ECON 100GS*, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours
- FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- FOREIGN LANGUAGES (18 hours required)
- FRENCH
- Take 18 hours from:
- FREN 200GS*, Intermediate French I - 3 hours (Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent)
- FREN 201GS*, Intermediate French II - 3 hours (Prereq: FREN 101 or equivalent)
- FREN 303, French Phonetics - 3 hours
- FREN 304, Culture, Conversation, Composition - 3 hours (Prereq: FREN 201GS)
- FREN 401, Advanced Composition and Grammar Review - 3 hours
- FREN 414, Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours (Prereq: FREN 201GS or equivalent)
- FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- GERMAN
- Take 18 hours from:
- GERM 200GS*, Intermediate German I - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 101 or equivalent)
- GERM 201GS*, Intermediate German II - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 101 or equivalent)
- GERM 204GS*, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 101 or equivalent)
- GERM 303, Advanced German Grammar - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 201GS or equivalent)
- GERM 304, Advanced Composition and Conversation I - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 201GS or equivalent)
- GERM 414, Advanced Composition and Conversation II - 3 hours (Prereq: GERM 201GS or equivalent)
- FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- SPANISH
- Take 18 hours from:
- SPAN 200GS*, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
- SPAN 201GS*, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 200GS or equivalent)
- SPAN 204GS*, Spanish Conversation - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 200GS or equivalent)
- SPAN 302, Spanish Phonetics/Phonology - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 201GS or equivalent)
- SPAN 303, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 201GS or equivalent)
- SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 204GS or equivalent)
- FORL 472, Foreign Language Pedagogy - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (18 hours required)
- Take 18 hours from:
- PE 160, Healthful Living - 3 hours
- PE 220, Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities - 1 hour
- PE 221, Teaching Sport and Leisure Activities - 2 hours
- PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Physical Education Teachers - 2 hours
- PE 260, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours
- PE 325, Motor Learning and Development - 3 hours
- PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
- PE 450, Curriculum and Assessment for Physical Education - 3 hours (Prereq: PE 100 or PE 221)
- PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours
- LANGUAGE ARTS (18 hours required)
- Take the following course:
- ENG 234, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
- Take one from the following American Literature courses:
- ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
- ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
- ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
- Take one from the following British Literature courses:
- ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
- ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
- ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
- Take 9 hours from:
- ENG 102GS*, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
- ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
- ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
- ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours
- ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration
requirement. Consult advisor.
- MATHEMATICS (24 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- MATH 104, Concepts in Mathematics and Statistics - 3 hours
- MATH 230GS*, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
- MATH 330GS*, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
- MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours
- STAT 241GS*, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 3 courses:
- TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
- TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours
- TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 1 hour
(Take 0.5 hour class twice)
- OR take 1 course:
- MATH 470, Teaching of Secondary Mathematics - 3 hours
- Take 6 hours from:
- MATH 103GS*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
- MATH 120GS*, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours
- MATH 123GS*, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
- TE 474, Problem Solving in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration
requirement. Consult advisor.
- NATURAL SCIENCES (29 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours
- GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours
- PHYS 201GS*, Earth Science - 4 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- Take 1 course from:
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 1 course from:
- CHEM 145GS*, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
- CHEM 150GS*, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry - 4 hours
- OR take two courses:
- Take 1 course from:
- Take 1 course from:
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- SOCIAL SCIENCES (33 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- Take 1 course from:
- PSCI 140GS*, Democracies around the World - 3 hours
- PSCI 168GS*, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- GEOG 101GS*, Physical Geography I: The Atmosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
- GEOG 102GS*, Physical Geography II: The Lithosphere - 4 hours (with lab)
- GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours (without lab)
- GEOG 207, Physical Geology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- Take 1 course from:
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration
requirement. Consult advisor.
- PSYCHOLOGY (18 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PSY 230GS*, Human Development - 3 hours
- PSY 250GS*, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
- PSY 270, Experimental Psychology - 4 hours
- PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
- PSY 430L, Memory and Cognition Laboratory - 1 hour
- PSY 455, Adolescent Psychology - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- SPECIAL EDUCATION (24 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- TE 311, Math Methods I - 2 hours
- TE 312, Math Methods II - 2 hours
- TE 314, Phonics and Word Study - 2 hours
- TE 315, Literacy Assessment - 2 hours
- TE 316, Primary Grades Literacy - 2 hours
- TE 317, Field Experience: Literacy - 1 hour
- TE 323, Partnerships with Families - 1 hour
- TE 331, Intermediate Literacy - 3 hours
- TESE 430, Collaboration, Consultation, and Teamwork - 2 hours
- MATH 230GS*, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
- MATH 330GS*, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
- *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic
Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
- Take 1 hour from:
- TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 0.5 hour
(Take 0.5 hour class twice)
30 Apr 2012
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