University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Elementary/Early Childhood Education

Middle Grades Teaching
Bachelor of Arts in Education

Students may elect the BAE or the BSE depending on the Special Areas of Academic Concentration.
General Studies = 47
General Studies required by Teacher Education:
ENG 101GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours
ENG 102GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours
SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
Take one from the following:
HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Intro Latin America - 3 hours
Take one from the following:
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any GS course from:
Social Perspective, Geographical Perspective or Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours

General Studies required by endorsement:
MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
PHYS 100GS, Physical Science - 4 hours
Take one of the following:
PHYS 201GS, Earth Science - 4 hours
GEOG 105GS, Physical Geography - without lab, 3 hours - with lab, 4 hours
Take one of the following:
BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 109GS, Plants and Animals and their Environment - 4 hours
Take one of the following:
ART 120GS, Art Appreciation - 3 hours
MUS 100GS, Introduction to Music - 3 hours
THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours

Professional Sequence = 30
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
PTE 390A-390E Must be in middle grades 4-9.
Endorsement = 57-75
The lower hour requirements for the Endorsement may be achieved with careful planning and advising in the selection of General Studies courses and Special Areas of Academic Concentration.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 134-152
Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE in Middle Grades Education - Teaching Field Endorsement = 134-152
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.

A. Middle Grades Core Requirements
Take all of the following:
ELED 370**, Teaching Elementary School Mathematics - 3 hours
ELED 371**, Teaching Elementary School Language Arts - 3 hours
ELED 372**, Teaching Elementary School Science - 3 hours
ELED 373**, Teaching Elementary School Social Sciences - 3 hours
ELED 410, History and Philosophy of the Middle School - 3 hours
ELED 474, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas - 3 hours
MATH 230, Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3 hours
MATH 330, Math for Elementary Teachers II - 3 hours
**One corresponding secondary methods course will be selected in lieu of one of these courses.
Take 1 course from:
ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours

B. Middle Grades Academic Concentration

Students must have 18 distinct (i.e., not included in another Special Area) hours in each of two Special Areas and 12 distinct semester hours in one other. Special Areas may be chosen from any of the four Broad Fields:

  1. Fine and Practical Arts,
  2. Humanities,
  3. Sciences,
  4. Social Sciences.
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