General Education Course Requirements

• ENC 1101 - English Composition I
    3 Credit Hours ♦ ▲ ¶
• ENC 1102 - English Composition II
    3 Credit Hours ¶
• HUM 1020 - Humanities – lntroduction
    recommended or other Core Humanities 3 Credit Hours
• ____ ____ - General or Core Humanities 3 Credit Hours
• MAC 1105 - College Algebra
    recommended or other Core Mathematics  3 Credit Hours ♦ 
• MGF 1106 - Mathematics for Liberal Arts I
    recommended or other General or Core Math  3 Credit Hours ♦  
• ____ ____ - General Education Biological Sciences 4 Credit Hours**
• GLY_ ___C - Geological Sciences recommended or Physical Sciences 4 Credit Hours**
• ____ ____ - History/Government Social Sciences (AMH or POS recommended) 3 Credit Hours***
• ____ ____ - Behavioral Social Sciences (GEA or ECO recommended) 3 Credit Hours***
• ____ ____ - Additional General Education Credits 4 Credit Hours

It is recommended that at least one physical or biological science include a lab.

The two recommended Social Science courses of AMH, POS, GEA or ECO courses not taken to meet General Education requirements should be taken as Lower Division Electives.
 

** One or both of the Biological or Physical Sciences must come from a core group.  See AA Degree General Education Requirements  for details.

*** One or both of the Social Sciences must come from a core group.  See AA Degree General Education Requirements  for details.

State-Mandated Prerequisites

• EDF 1005 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 Credit Hours
• EDF 2085 - Introduction to Diversity for Educators 3 Credit Hours
• EME 2040 - Introduction to Technology for Educators 3 Credit Hours

Lower Division Electives

Select 15 credits as electives; the following are recommended choices.

• AMH ____ American History I or II 3 Credit Hours
• DEP 2100 - Child Growth and Development 3 Credit Hours
• ECO ____ Economics I or II 3 Credit Hours
• EDP 2002 - Educational Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• EEX 2010 - Introduction to Exceptional Children 3 Credit Hours
• GEA 1000 - World Regional Geography 3 Credit Hours ❖
• LIT 2335 - Introduction to Children’s and Adolescent Literature 3 Credit Hours ❖
• POS 1041 - American Government 3 Credit Hours ♦ ¶
• PSY 2012 - Psychology 3 Credit Hours ♦
• SPC 1608 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours †
• SYG 2010 - Social Problems 3 Credit Hours ❖ ¶

Diversity Requirement

Within the AA or AS coursework, students must meet the state-mandated diversity requirement of 9 credit hours with an international or diversity focus, including EDF 2085 - Introduction to Diversity for Educators .

Diversity courses:  

Total Lower Division (Associate Degree) Credits Required: 60

Program Content Courses

• EDE 4223 - Integrating Art, Music, and Physical Education 3 Credit Hours
• EDE 4226C - Integrated Language Arts, Social Science and Literature 3 Credit Hours
• EDE 4930C - Seminar in Elementary Education 1 Credit Hour
• EDF 3214 - Human Development and Learning 3 Credit Hours
• EDF 3430 - Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment in Education 3 Credit Hours
• EDG 3410C - Classroom Management, School Safety, Law, and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
• EDG 3343 - Instructional Strategies 3 Credit Hours
• EDG 4940 - Internship 9 Credit Hours
• EEX 3070 - Methods of Inclusion and Collaboration 3 Credit Hours
• LAE 4343C - Writing Across the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours
• MAE 3350C - Principles and Methods for Teaching Mathematics K-8 3 Credit Hours
• RED 3309C - Early and Emergent Literacy K-2 3 Credit Hours
• RED 3511C - Intermediate Literacy 3-6: Reading and Thinking 3 Credit Hours
• RED 4312 - Integration of Assessment into Classroom Reading 3 Credit Hours
• RED 4519C - Diagnostic and Instructional Interventions in Reading 3 Credit Hours
• RED 4854C - Reading Field Experience 2 Credit Hours
• SCE 3350C - Principles and Methods for Teaching Science K-8 3 Credit Hours
• TSL 3081C - TESOL Issues and Practice 3 Credit Hours
• TSL 4140C - ESOL Methods, Curriculum and Assessment 3 Credit Hours

Total Upper Division Credits Required: 60