Course Sequence by Term
The following is the suggested course sequence by term. Please keep in mind:
- Students should meet with an academic advisor to develop an individual education plan that meets their academic and career goals. Use the Pathway Planner tool in your Student Center to manage your plan.
- The course sequence is laid out by suggested term and may be affected when students enter the program at different times of the year.
- Initial course placement is determined by current district placement measures and/or completion of 100-200 level course and/or program requirements.
- Degree and transfer seeking students may be required to successfully complete a MCCCD First Year Experience Course (FYE) within the first two semesters at a MCCCD College. Courses include FYE101 and FYE103. Course offerings will vary by college. See an academic, program, or faculty advisor for details.
Full-time Sequence
Full-time status is 12 credits to 18 credits per semester.
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Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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EDU222 | Introduction to the Exceptional Learner | C, SB | 3 | ||
COM225 | Public Speaking | L | 3 | ||
MAT256 | Investigating Quantity: Number, Operations and Numeration Systems | 4 | |||
BPC110 or CIS105 or EDU/EED115 |
Computer Usage and Applications or Survey of Computer Information Systems or Digital Literacy for Teaching and Learning in Education | CS or CS or CS | 3 | ||
EDU+++ | EDU Elective | Select one additional EDU course (other than EDU221, 222, 230 or 250). Recommend EDU110, EDU220, EDU236, EDU/HUM/STO292. | 3 |
Term 4
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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SQ or SG |
Natural Sciences Quantitative or Natural Sciences General | Select from AGS, ASM, AST, CHM, GPH, GLG, PHS or PHY. At least one Natural Science must be SQ. | SQ or SG | 4 | |
GCU/POS113 or HIS103 or POS110 |
United States and Arizona Social Studies or United States History to 1865 or American National Government | Students must petition NAU to accept (GCU/POS113) OR (HIS103 and POS221) for POS220. | H, SB or H, HU, SB or SB | 3 | |
RE | Content Area Electives | 5 | |||
MAT257 | Investigating Geometry, Probability and Statistics | Note: MAT257 is required for Maricopa, NAU and UA bachelor`s degree. MAT257 should only be bypassed if transferring to ASU | 0–4 |
Content Area Electives
Select five (5) credits from the following:
Part-time Sequence
Part-time status is 11 credit hours or less.
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Term 1
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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EDU221 or EDU230 |
Introduction to Education or Cultural Diversity In Education | Critical course Gateway course | SB or C, HU | 3 | |
ENG101 or ENG107 |
First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL | Critical course | FYC or FYC | 3 | |
FYE101 or FYE103 |
Introduction to College, Career and Personal Success or Exploration of College, Career and Personal Success | 1–3 |
Term 2
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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EDU221 or EDU230 |
Introduction to Education or Cultural Diversity In Education | Critical course Gateway course | SB or C, HU | 3 | |
ENG102 or ENG108 |
First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL | Critical course | FYC or FYC | 3 | |
CRE101 | College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking | L | 0–3 |
Term 3
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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EDU222 | Introduction to the Exceptional Learner | C, SB | 3 | ||
MAT14+ or MAT15+ or MAT187 |
College Mathematics or College Algebra/Functions or Precalculus |
Or any approved general education course in the Mathematical Applications [MA] area for which MAT15+ is a prerequisite. Note: MAT182, 206, 256, 257 do not meet the [MA] requirement. Students need to complete MAT14x and MAT12x OR MAT14x and satisfactory placement in MAT15x OR MAT15x or higher in order to meet MAT256 prerequisites (in future term). |
MA or MA or MA | 3–6 |
Term 4
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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COM225 | Public Speaking | L | 3 | ||
CFS205 or CFS/ECH176 or ECN211 or ECN212 or GCU121 or GCU122 or HIS104 or PSY101 |
Human Development or Child Development or Macroeconomic Principles or Microeconomic Principles or World Geography I: Eastern Hemisphere or World Geography II: Western Hemisphere or United States History 1865 to Present or Introduction to Psychology | CFS176 or ECH176 recommended | SB or SB or SB or SB or G, SB or G, SB or H, SB or SB | 3 |
Term 5
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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BPC110 or CIS105 or EDU/EED115 |
Computer Usage and Applications or Survey of Computer Information Systems or Digital Literacy for Teaching and Learning in Education | CS or CS or CS | 3 | ||
EDU/ENH291 or ENH110 or ENH241 or ENH242 or HUM250 or HUM251 |
Children's Literature or Introduction to Literature or American Literature Before 1860 or American Literature After 1860 or Ideas and Values in the Humanities: Early Civilizations to the Renaissance or Ideas and Values in the Humanities: Renaissance to the Contemporary World | EDU291 or ENH291 recommended | HU or C, HU or C, HU, L or HU or H, HU or H, HU, L | 3 |
Term 6
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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SQ | Natural Sciences Quantitative | Select from BIO. At least one Natural Sciences course must be SQ. | SQ | 4 | |
MAT256 | Investigating Quantity: Number, Operations and Numeration Systems | 4 |
Term 7
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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MAT257 | Investigating Geometry, Probability and Statistics | Note: MAT257 is required for Maricopa, NAU and UA bachelor`s degree. MAT257 should only be bypassed if transferring to ASU | 0–4 | ||
SQ or SG |
Natural Sciences Quantitative or Natural Sciences General | Select from AGS, ASM, AST, CHM, GPH, GLG, PHS or PHY. At least one Natural Science must be SQ. | SQ or SG | 4 |
Term 8
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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EDU+++ | EDU Elective | Select one additional EDU course (other than EDU221, 222, 230 or 250). Recommend EDU110, EDU220, EDU236, EDU/HUM/STO292. | 3 | ||
ARH100 or ARH101 or ARH102 or DAH100 or DAH201 or DAH250 or MHL140 or MHL145 or MHL146 or MHL153 or THE111 or THE220 |
Introduction to Art or Art from Prehistory Through Middle Ages or Art from Renaissance to Modernism or Introduction to Dance in the United States or Dance, Culture, and Global Contexts or Dance in Popular Culture or Survey of Music History or American Jazz and Popular Music or Survey of Broadway Musicals or Rock Music and Culture or Introduction to Theatre or Modern Drama | HU or H, HU or H, HU or HU or G, HU or C, HU or HU or C, HU or HU or H, HU or HU or HU, L | 3 |
Term 9
Course Number | Course Name | Requisites | Notes | Area | Credits |
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RE | Content Area Electives | 5 | |||
GCU/POS113 or HIS103 or POS110 |
United States and Arizona Social Studies or United States History to 1865 or American National Government | Students must petition NAU to accept (GCU/POS113) OR (HIS103 and POS221) for POS220. | H, SB or H, HU, SB or SB | 3 |
Content Area Electives
Select five (5) credits from the following:
Course Area Key
Gateway Course = Generally the first major-specific course in a pathway.
Critical Course = A course that is highly predictive of future success in a pathway.
- C = Cultural Diversity in the US
- CS = Computer/Statistics/Quantitative Application
- FYC = First Year Composition
- G = Global Awareness
- H = Historical Awareness
- HU = Humanities, Fine Arts, and Design
- L = Literacy & Critical Inquiry
- MA = Mathematics
- SB = Social-Behavioral Sciences
- SG = Natural Sciences General
- SQ = Natural Sciences Quantitative