Offered by Department of Special Education/Communication Disorders:

Special Education Major

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

ED BAE 2806
Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
English Language minimum = 9 including:
ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech - 3 hours
Humanities minimum = 12 including:
Take 1 course from:
HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 10
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 3
PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 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 = 31
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 = 136
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0

Minimum total hours required for BAE in Early Childhood/Special Education-Teaching Subject Endorsement = 136
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.

Early Childhood/Special Education Teaching Subject Endorsement Requirements (31 hours required)

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 - 3 hours
SPED 415, Intervention Methods: Three to Five Years - 3 hours
SPED 425, Intervention Methods: Birth to Two Years - 3 hours
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