Elementary Education

Education Degree/A.A.

In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Education with a major in Elementary Education, a student needs to complete a minimum of 63 credit hours of required and elective course work.

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.