Secondary Education Transfer, A.A.

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Program Code: EDU.AA.TES

This program prepares students to transfer to a four-year institution to major in secondary education and teach seventh through 12th grade. Students should familiarize themselves with the program requirements of the institution to which they plan to transfer. In order to graduate, students must obtain a grade point average of 2.75 or better and receive a grade of “C” or better in all required courses. They must also obtain the following minimum scores in one of the following standardized tests: Praxis Core individual scores of 156 in reading, 162 in writing and 150 in mathematics; SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) combined reading and mathematics score of 1,180; ACT (American College Testing) composite score of 24; or GRE (Graduate Record Examination) combined verbal and quantitative score of 297.

First Year

Summer II

SDV 100 - Fundamentals of College Study (1 Credit)

Fall

ENG 101 - Fundamentals of English I (3 Credits) *
PHE 106 - Integrated Health and Fitness (3 Credits)
GEN ED - Biological/Physical Science Requirement (4 Credits) x
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology (3 Credits)
Elective - History Elective (3 Credits)

Spring

Second Year

Fall

EDU 156 - Educational Psychology (3 Credits) *
Elective - General Elective (3 Credits)
COM 201 - Instructional Communication (3 Credits)
and
Elective - Arts and Humanities Elective (ART 101 , FRN 101 , FRN 102 , MUS 101 , PHL 101 , SPN 101 or SPN 102 )
or
Elective - Social/Behavioral Science Elective (ECO 151 , ECO 201 , GEO 102 , POL 101 or SOC 101 ) (3 Credits)

Spring

EDU 210 - Effective Teaching Methodology (3 Credits) *
Elective - History Elective (3 Credits)
Elective - General Electives (9 Credits)

Symbol(s)

* This course has a prerequisite.

x Each course must be from a different discipline.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program should be able to:

Identify and describe the historical, philosophical, sociological, political and legal foundations of education and explain the structure and organization of schools, roles of classroom teachers, influences on teaching and learning and contemporary educational policy and issues;
Explain and compare the major theories, concepts and principles of human growth and development; and
Identify the basic theories of learning and teaching and apply the theories of teaching to a learning environment.