Elementary Education
Education Degree/A.A.
Those students intending to transfer to West Virginia University will select among the following courses to meet the WVU Multi-Subjects K-6 program:
History 152 and 153 and an English literature elective—9 credit-hours.
Psychology 101 and 241, Geography 102, and Sociology 105—12 credit hours.
Biology 101/103, 102/104, and Geology 101/102—12 credit hours.
Physics 105 and Chemistry 111—8 credit hours.
Additional courses are required in each endorsement. Students needing these courses to complement the 63 credit-hour minimum required to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Education should consult with their advisers to determine which courses are best suited to their area of emphasis.
Recommended Two-Year Sequence
FIRST YEAR
|
First Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
ENGL |
101 |
Composition and Rhetoric |
3 |
|
EDUC |
100 |
Education Colloquium |
1 |
|
MATH |
126 |
College Algebra |
3 |
|
BIOL |
101 |
General Biology |
3 |
|
BIOL |
103 |
General Biology Laboratory |
1 |
|
SOCA |
105 |
Introduction to Anthropology |
3 |
|
WVUe |
191* |
First-Year Seminar |
(1) |
|
Total |
|
|
14 |
|
Second Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
ENGL |
102 |
Composition and Rhetoric |
3 |
|
MATH |
128 |
Plane Trigonometry |
3 |
|
PSYC |
101 |
Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
|
BIOL |
102 |
General Biology |
3 |
|
BIOL |
104 |
General Biology Laboratory |
1 |
|
Elective |
|
|
3 |
|
Total |
|
|
16 |
SECOND YEAR
|
First Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
HIST |
152 |
Growth American Nation |
3 |
|
English Literature Elective |
3 |
||
|
GEOG |
102 |
World Regions |
3 |
|
GEOL |
101 |
Planet Earth |
3 |
|
GEOL |
102 |
Planet Earth Laboratory |
1 |
|
CHEM |
111 |
Survey of Chemistry |
4 |
|
Total |
|
|
17 |
|
Second Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
EDUC |
200 |
Professional Inquiry in Education |
3 |
|
HIST |
153 |
Making Modern America |
3 |
|
STAT |
211 |
Elementary Statistical Inference |
3 |
|
PSYC |
241 |
Introduction to Human Development |
3 |
|
PHYS |
105 |
Conceptual Physics |
4 |
|
Total |
|
|
16 |
*Required of first-time, first semester students; not required for graduation.