AA Specialization Track - Elementary Education

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Please work with your advisor to ensure smooth transition to your chosen senior institution. See the AA degree for distribution requirements in general education, then choose from the recommended courses below to help meet these requirements.

Elementary Education Majors

Do you want to become a major influence in a child’s life? Become an elementary school teacher. Teachers shape children’s views of the importance of education, while helping to foster the development of a child’s mind and spirit in powerful ways that last a lifetime. As a teacher, you’ll receive rewards from your students over your career that cannot be measured in dollars and cents.

Electives for Elementary Education Majors:
Highly recommended:
EDU 10000 Intro to Teaching 3 cr.
POL 10100 Intro to American Government 3 cr.
Other recommended courses:
AST 10201 Astronomy I Lecture 3 cr. and AST 10202 Astronomy I Laboratory 1 cr.
BIO 10100 General Biology 4 cr.
CIS 10500 Intro to Computers 3 cr. (if required by transfer college)
ECO 20100 Prin of Economics-MACRO 3 cr.
ECO 20200 Prin of Economics-MICRO 3 cr.
GEL 10500 Physical Geology 4 cr.
GEO 10000 World Geography 4 cr.
PSY 10100 Intro to Psychology 3 cr.
SOC 10100 Intro to Sociology 3 cr.