Elementary Teacher Education, AA-T

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The Associate in Arts for Transfer degree in Elementary Teacher Education is designed to provide students a seamless pathway for transfer to a California State University with a major in Liberal Studies. The student will meet introductory content area subject matter requirements for teaching at the elementary school level. Through a broad liberal studies curriculum, students are introduced to elementary school teaching, examine child growth and development, and select courses in the arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, literature and communication.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successfully completing this program, students will be able to:

Demonstrate best practices in the development and implementation of lesson plans and assessments, which are built on state standards.
Develop a professional teaching portfolio to include papers on classroom management, classroom environment, and classroom procedures based on observations and one-on-one tutoring completed in local elementary classrooms.
Demonstrate the ability to integrate and utilize knowledge from multiple disciplines.
Understand and respond to the diversity of the children they will serve.

Major Requirements - Core

Complete 46 units

BIOL 10 Survey of Biology Units: 4
CDEV 21 Child and Adolescent Development Units: 3
CHEM 3A Introduction to Chemistry Units: 4
COM ST 1A Public Speaking Units: 3
EDUC 10 Introduction to Education Units: 3
ENG 1A Reading and Composition Units: 3
ENG 1B College Composition and Literature Units: 3
GEOG 10 World Regional Geography Units: 3
GEOL 5A Earth Science w/Laboratory Units: 4
HIST 2A World History to 1600 Units: 3
HIST 17A History of the United States Units: 3
MATH 17A Concepts and Structures of Mathematics Units: 3
PHYSC 10 Introduction to Physics Units: 4
POLSC 1 American Government and Institutions Units: 3

Area A

Complete 3 units selected from:

COM ST 5 Argumentation and Debate Units: 3
ENG 1D Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking Units: 3
PHILO 30 Introductory Logic Units: 3

Area B

Complete 3 units selected from:

DRAMA 10 Introduction to Theatre Units: 3
MUSIC 4 Exploring Music Units: 3

General Education

Complete one of the following general education patterns:

Students are advised to double-count courses in the major or area of emphasis to also satisfy general education when possible. Course subject credit will be awarded in satisfaction of both major/area of emphasis and lower division general education requirements, but the units will only be counted once in computing the total number of units for the degree.

Minimum Major Units Required: 52

Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better.

Minimum Degree Units Required: 60

For more information:

Contact the Social Science, Education, and Public Service Transfer and Career Pathway (TrAC)