Education/Teaching

NOTE: Please check with a counselor first, before beginning this program, as requirements are subject to change.

DEGREE
A.A. — Liberal Studies for Elementary Education

Required Program (Units)

ART 430 Art and Children (3)
BIOL 307 Biology of Organisms (4)
COMM 361 The Communication Experience (3)
ECE 312/PSYC 372 Child Development (3) or
ECE 350 Intro to Elem Teaching with Field Exper (3)
ECON 302 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
ENGED 305 Structure of English (3)
ENGED 320 Tutoring Elem Children in Reading (3)
ENGWR 300 College Composition (3)
ENGWR 301 College Composition & Literature (3) or
ENGWR 302 Adv Composition & Critical Thinking (3)
GEOL 305 Earth Science (3)
GEOL 306 Earth Science Laboratory (1)
HIST 307 History of World Civ from 1500 (3)
HIST 308 History of World Civ 1500 to present (3)
HIST 312 History of U.S. to 1865 (3)
MATH 310 Mathematical Discovery (3)
POLS 301 Intro to Govt: United States (3)
SOC 321 Race, Ethnicity & Inequality in the U.S. or
COMM 325 Intercultural Communication (3) or
PSYC 368 Cross Cultural Psychology (3)

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED 53

This A.A. degree may be obtained by completion of the Required Program, plus General Education Requirements, plus sufficient electives to meet a 60-unit total.

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge, skills, and abilities toward successful completion of coursework at transfer institutions.
- Seek employment as an instructional or classroom aide in an elementary school.
- Develop a reasoned solution to a problem and defend it using appropriate language, methods, and/or notation.
- Evaluate new and accepted ideas about the natural universe using testable methodology.
- Write and speak effectively, demonstrating the ability to evaluate audience and appeal to it persuasively.
- Conduct library research and compose research papers with a clear thesis, sound critical thinking, correct usage, and proper documentation.
- Apply knowledge of world history and cultures to identify the values of a culture and work with others of a diverse background.
- Analyze the Constitution of the United States and other founding documents.
- Describe the nature of government and compare and contrast political institutions.
- Apply basic economic concepts.
- Apply knowledge of child development theories to assess the characteristics of teaching practices and learning conditions.

Updated 12/5/11