University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Modern Languages:

Teaching English as a Second Language -
Subject Endorsement -
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 3404
A new program in Professional Teacher Education supersedes this; contact Department of Professional Teacher Education for details.

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:

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

Professional Sequence = 30

Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.

Endorsement = 30

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 = 135

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE in Teaching English as a second Language - Subject Endorsement135

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. TESOL Requirements

Take all the following:

FORL 470, TESOL I - 3 hours

FORL 472, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages - 3 hours

ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:

ENG 423, Reading Problems of Secondary Schools - 3 hours

ELED 405, Analysis and Correction of Reading Difficulties - 3 hours (Prereq: ELED 374)

Take 12 hours from:

ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours

ENG 311, Advanced Writing I: Writing Processes - 3 hours

ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours

ENG 411, Advanced Writing II: Writing as Social Act - 3 hours

ENG 423, Reading Problems of Secondary Schools - 3 hours

ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours

SPCH 450, General Semantics(Language and Behavior) - 3 hours

ELED 375, Emergent Literacy - 3 hours (Prereq: ELED 362)

ELED 405, Analysis and Correction of Reading Difficulties - 3 hours (Prereq: ELED 374)

B. TESOL Electives

Take 6 hours from:

PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Politics - 3 hours

GEOG 106GS, Cultural Geography - 3 hours

SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours

SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours