Offered by Department of Psychology

Psychology Major

Psychology 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
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
      • 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 Psychology 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. Psychology Subject Endorsement Requirements (33 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 one of the following:
     • PSY 450, Psychometrics - 3 hours
     • PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • PSY 313L, Physiological Psychology Laboratory - 1 hour
     • PSY 318L, Experimental Social Psychology Lab - 1 hour
     • PSY 400L, Advanced 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 - 1 hour
   • OR take:
     • PSY 499, Research in Psychology - 3 hours (with permission of the chair)