Offered by Department of Teacher Education

Special Education Major

Special Education 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:
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
      • Take 1 course from:
        • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
        • PSY 230GS, Human Development - 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 = 23 including:
  • TE 306, Reading and Inclusion in K-12 Classrooms - 2 hours
  • Take 1 course from:
    • TE 318, Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms - 2 hours
    • TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours (Coreq: TE 320 or ART 371 or CDIS 311)
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 48
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 116
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 4
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Special Education 7-12 Teaching Subject 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.

1. Special Education 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements (30 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • TESE 330, Collaboration, Consultation, and Co-Teaching - 3 hours
     • TESE 437, Medical Aspects of Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
     • TESE 461, Legal Issues in Special Education - 3 hours
     • TESE 462, Assessment and IEP Development - 4 hours
     • TESE 463, Instructional Strategies for Individuals with Disabilities - 2 hours
     • TESE 464, Field Experience with K-8 Students - 1 hour
     • TESE 467, Behavioral Interventions - 2 hours
     • TESE 468, Assistive Technology - 2 hours
     • TESE 474, Field Experience - 1 hour
     • TESE 475, Preparing Adolescents for the Post-Secondary World - 3 hours
     • TESE 476, Transitional Issues for Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
     • TESE 479, Teaching Social Skills to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder - 3 hours
2. Academic Concentration (18 hours required)
   • Take one of the following Academic Concentrations:
     • BUSINESS EDUCATION (18 hours required)
       • Take 18 hours from:
         • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
         • BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101 (or equivalent) or English ACT score of 29 or above)
         • BSED 402, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
         • ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
         • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
         • MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
         • MIS 182GS*, Software Productivity Tools - 3 hours
         • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
     • FOREIGN LANGUAGES (18 hours required)
       • FRENCH
         • Take all of the following:
           • 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 205, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
           • FREN 303, French Phonetics - 3 hours
           • FREN 308, Advanced French Grammar - 3 hours
           • FREN 414, Advanced French Conversation - 3 hours
           • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
       • GERMAN
         • Take all of the following:
           • 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 205GS*, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
           • GERM 304, Advanced Composition and Conversation I - 3 hours
           • GERM 308, Advanced German Grammar - 3 hours
           • GERM 414, Advanced Composition and Conversation II - 3 hours
           • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
       • SPANISH
         • Take all of the following:
           • SPAN 200GS*, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
           • SPAN 201GS*, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours
           • SPAN 205GS*, Culture, Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
           • SPAN 302, Spanish Phonetics/Phonology - 3 hours
           • SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours
           • SPAN 308, Advanced Spanish Grammar - 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 all of the following:
         • PE 100, Principles of Physical Education - 2 hours
         • PE 121, Sports Skills for Physical Education - 2 hours
         • PE 200, Teaching Sport Skills and Non-Rhythmic Activities - 2 hours
         • PE 220, Teaching Aerobic and Anaerobic Activities - 1 hour
         • PE 241, Rhythmic Activities for Physical Education Teachers - 2 hours
         • PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
         • PE 450, Curriculum and Assessment for Physical Education - 3 hours
         • PE 464, Secondary School Health - 3 hours
     • LANGUAGE ARTS (18 hours required)
       • Take the following courses:
         • ENG 234, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
         • ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
         • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
         • ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 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
     • MATHEMATICS (18 hours required)
       • Take all of the following:
         • MATH 230GS, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or MATH 104 or permission OR Math ACT score of 20 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level math course)
         • MATH 330GS, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
         • MATH 430, Middle School Mathematics - 3 hours
         • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq: either MATH 101 or MATH 102GS or MATH 115 or MATH 123GS OR Math ACT score of 20 or greater)
       • Take 6 hours from:
         • MATH 103GS, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 22 or greater and 2 years of high school algebra)
         • MATH 120GS, Finite Mathematics - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 22 or greater and 2 years of high school algebra)
         • MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 22 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level pre-calculus course)
     • NATURAL SCIENCES (18 hours required)
       • Take all of the following:
         • BIOL 215GS*, Human Physiology - 4 hours
         • PHYS 301, Advanced Physical Science - 4 hours
       • Take ONE of the following options:
         • Take:
           • CHEM 145GS*, Introductory Chemistry - 4 hours
         • OR take two courses:
           • CHEM 160GS*, General Chemistry - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS OR Math ACT score of 20 or better OR permission of instructor)
           • CHEM 160LGS*, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
       • Take 2 courses from:
         • GEOG 103GS*, The Dynamic Planet: Hazards in the Environment - 3 hours
         • GEOG 209GS*, Meteorology - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or permission of instructor)
         • PHYS 201GS*, Earth Science - 4 hours
         • PHYS 210GS*, Astronomy - 3 hours
       • *Course possibly may fulfill General Studies requirement as well as Academic Concentration requirement. Consult advisor.
     • SOCIAL SCIENCES (18 hours required)
       
       • Take all of the following:
         • ECON 100GS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours
         • HIST 211GS*, Western Civilization - 3 hours
         • HIST 251GS*, American History - 3 hours
         • HIST 479, Nebraska and the Great Plains History - 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)
       • Take 1 course from:
         • GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
         • GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours
       • *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
     • SPECIAL EDUCATION (18 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
         • MATH 230GS, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102GS or MATH 104 or permission OR Math ACT score of 20 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level math course)
         • MATH 330GS, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
       • Take 1 hour from:
         • TE 313, Field Experience: Math - 0.5 hour
           (Take 0.5 hour class twice)