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Associate of Arts
Education Pathway

This program offers coursework leading to an Associate of Arts Degree for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution and pursue a Bachelor degree in Elementary or Secondary Education. Courses are designed to provide the initial foundational program to prepare qualified teachers and related personnel for the public school system.
Part-time students and others who cannot follow this sequence should check course descriptions in the catalog to determine prerequisites and should consult their academic advisor regarding the order in which they take courses.

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Required Core - 63 Total Credits

First Year - Fall Semester (15) Credits
EDU 101 EDU 101 - Teaching and Learning: A Critical Introduction to Public Education This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to develop a critical understanding of public education and the role of the classroom teacher in today’s public schools.	Teaching and Learning (3)
WRIT 101 WRIT 101 - College Writing I This is an introductory writing course with emphasis on writing to a targeted audience. College Writing I prepares students for success in a wide variety of academic and vocational writing concerns. The writing process, formal voice, audience concerns, close reading strategies, effective styles and techniques, and the use of the computer as a writing tool are covered. Asserting and supporting a central claim and using MLA documentation and format are addressed. Pre-requisite: WRIT 095 Developmental Writing, WRIT 097 Reading, Reasoning, and Writing, or WRIT 100 Composing Mindfully: Reading, Reasoning, and Writing or appropriate placement on Accuplacer, ACT or SAT examination scores.	College Writing I (3)
PSYX 100 PSYX 100 - Intro to Psychology This course is an introduction to the methods of study in psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, including an overview of physiological aspects of behavior, sensation, perception, research methodology, statistics, learning principles, motivation, intelligence, cognition, abnormal behavior, personality, therapy, and social psychology.	Intro to Psychology (3)
COMX 111 COMX 111 - Intro to Public Speaking This course is intended to help students develop skills in speaking, organizing thoughts, and listening. Major emphasis is placed on the preparation and presentation of formal speeches.	Intro to Public Speaking (3)
	*Math Core (3)

First Year - Spring Semester (16) Credits
WRIT 201 WRIT 201 - College Writing II This course provides experience in writing essays based on close readings of more demanding texts. Students will come to understand more fully the intellectual demands of an academic discourse community by preparing essays designed to meet more rigorous expectations. WRIT 201 is designed to prepare transfer students to succeed in their junior- and senior-level courses by exposing them to Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) documentation, critical thinking strategies, and logical construction of arguments. Students will complete developed essays that emphasize writing as a process of drafting and revising. Prerequisite: WRIT 101.	College Writing II (3)
CAPP 120 CAPP 120 - Introduction to Computers This course emphasizes the practical aspects of today's computing environment. Instruction includes the basic computer architecture and operation, hardware, operating systems, network communication, ethical issues associated with computers, and aspects of integrated software with an emphasis on business applications. Co-requisite: CAPP 120A Introduction to Computer Applications.	Intro to Computers (3)
	*Humanities Core Requirement (3)
	*Physical Science Core (3)
	*Physical Science Core Lab (1)
	Electives (3)

Second Year - Fall Semester (16) Credits
EDSP 204 EDSP 204 - Introduction to Teaching Exceptional Learners This course prepares the aspiring classroom teacher to be an effective professional delivering appropriate service to the exceptional learner while including them in the regular classroom. Study of the historical origins of special education lays the foundation for understanding the role of federal guidelines when it comes to determining who can receive special education services, and defining exactly how those services must be delivered. Collaboration between teacher, parent and educational team members is emphasized as the student explores the variety of services, appropriate settings for delivery of those services, and the process used for IEP development for each challenged learner.	Introduction to Teaching Exceptional Learners (3)
NASX 105 NASX 105 - Introduction to Native American Studies This is a survey course to acquaint the student with Native American Studies by a general overview of Indian history, culture, philosophy, religious beliefs and contemporary issues.	Introduction to Native American Studies (3)
	*Humanities Core (3)
	*Life Science Core (3)
	*Life Science Core Lab (1)
	Electives (3)

Second Year - Spring Semester (16) Credits
EDU 222 EDU 222 - Educational Psychology and Child Development This course will examine the classroom practices that impact elementary aged children’s learning motivation and development within an educational, familial, and societal context. Topics included will be developmental growth of children, including physical, cognitive and psychosocial. It is recommended that Education Pathway majors co-enroll in EDU 202 Early Field Experience to meet any practical requirements they may encounter at their transfer institutions. Pre-requisite PSYX 100 Intro to Psychology.	Educational Psychology and Child Development (3)
EDU 202 EDU 202 - Early Field Experience This course is designed to provide the beginning student majoring in Education with an opportunity to develop an understanding of the environment, activities and relationships on-going in a regular primary or secondary classroom setting. Students are required to observe 30 hours in a classroom, (i.e. 3 hours of observation for 10 weeks.). Co-requisite EDU 220 Human Growth and Development.	Early Field Experience (1)
HSTA 101 HSTA 101 - American History I This course combines the mainstream historical political diplomatic-economic approach to American history with the historians continuing interest in social and cultural developments. HSTA 101 begins with the pre-Colonial era and continues through the Revolutionary-Constitutional period, westward expansion, the sectional crises, and the Civil War.	American History I (3)
	OR
HSTA 102 HSTA 102 - American History II This course is a survey of American history from the Post bellum era to the present. Topics covered include Reconstruction, the American West, urbanization and industrialization, imperialism, American involvement in the two world wars, the New Deal, and postwar developments. The postwar era focuses on the rapidly changing course of events relative to the nations economy, the Civil Rights era, and the Cold War. The history of social and cultural trends is integrated throughout this course.	American History II (3)
SOCI 101 SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology This course is a study of society and social interaction. Sociological methods, culture, socialization, social groups, social inequality, social institutions, collective behavior, and theories of social change are covered. Social theories are integrated with individual topics.	Introduction to Sociology (3)
	*Directed Elective:* additional *Humanities Core (3)
	Elective (3)

Core Requirements List

Suggested Electives

Health Issues for Education (3)

Enjoyment of Music (3)

Developmental Psychology (3)

Upon completion of this program
students will possess the basic liberal arts educational core to:

Explain the development of a child and the concepts of learning and behavior;

Develop classroom rules and teach proper group behavior;

Assist students with computer technology;

Provide communication support for exceptional learners;

Serve as a teacher's assistant at the elementary or secondary level;

Identify learning challenges for students and describe the Individualized Education Plan (IEP).