University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Special Education/Communication Disorders:

Early Childhood Special Education -
Teaching Subject Endorsement -
Bachelor of Arts in Education

ED BAE 2806

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by Teacher Education:

ENG 101GS, Expository Writing - 3 hours

ENG 102GS, Expository Writing - 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:

Geographical Perspective, Behavioral Perspective, or Social Perspective - 3 hours

General Studies required by endorsement

PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours

Professional Sequence = 30

PTE 390EC, Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience - 1 hour

Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.

Endorsement = 32

Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30

Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 137

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE in Early Childhood/Special Education-Teaching Subject Endorsement = 137

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. Early Childhood/Special Education- Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements

Take in the following sequence

Take all of the following:

SPED 406, Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education - 3 hours

CDIS 251, Normal and Disordered Communication: 0-5 Years - 4 hours

ELED 262, Introduction to Early Childhood Education - 3 hours
(Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in PTE 390 PreK or K)

SPED 312, Families, Professionals, and Collaborative Consultation - 3 hours

ELED 362, Early Childhood Curriculum Foundations - 3 hours

SPED 367, Behavior Analysis and Intervention Strategies - 3 hours

PSY 453, Developmental Psychology - 3 hours

SPED 445, Assessment of Young Children: Birth to Five - 4 hours

SPED 415, Intervention Methods: Three to Five Years - 3 hours

SPED 425, Intervention Methods: Birth to Two Years - 3 hours