Associate in Arts, Elementary Education

Part-time Sequence

Part-time status is 11 credit hours or less.

A list of additional requirements for this pathway map

Awareness Areas
In addition to the requirements identified in the sequence below, students must complete the following awareness areas if not otherwise met by other program requirements: Cultural [C] and Global [G] or Historical [H] Students are strongly encouraged to visit with an academic advisor to ensure completion of all graduation requirements.

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Term 1

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 1

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
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	Prerequisites: Writing placement or (C/ better in ESL097 or WAC101) or (B/better in ALT100) or (C in ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (C/better in ESL202 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+). or Prerequisites: Writing test score or (C/better in ESL097 or WAC101),or (B/better in ALT100) or (C in ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (C/better in ESL202 and Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+).	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

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 2

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
ENG102 or ENG108	First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL	Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENG101. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG107.	Critical course	FYC or FYC	3
MAT14+ or MAT15+ or MAT187	College Mathematics or College Algebra/Functions or Precalculus	No requisites or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of B or better in MAT12+, OR an appropriate district placement.	Or any approved general education course in the Mathematical Applications [MA] area for which MAT15+ is a prerequisite. Note: MAT182, MAT206, MAT256, and MAT257 do not meet the [MA] requirement.	MA or MA or MA	3–6

Term 3

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 3

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
EDU221 or EDU230	Introduction to Education or Cultural Diversity In Education		Critical course Gateway course	SB or C, HU	3
COM225	Public Speaking	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101, or ENG107, or equivalent.		L	3
CRE101	College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in [(ENG101 or ENG107) and (RDG095 or RDG100 or RDG100LL or RDG111 or RDG112 or RDG113)] or a grade of B or better in ALT100 or an appropriate district placement or permission of Instructor.		L	0–3

Term 4

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 4

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
CFS205 or CFS/ECH176 or ECN211 or ECN212 or GCU121WG or HIS104 or PSY101	Human Development or Child Development or Macroeconomic Principles or Microeconomic Principles or World Geography: People, Places, and Culture 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 H, SB or SB	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	No requisites or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101. or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101.	EDU291 or ENH291 recommended	HU or C, HU or C, HU, L or HU or H, HU, L or H, HU, L	3

Term 5

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 5

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
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	No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101, or ENG107, or equivalent.		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
SQ	Natural Sciences Quantitative		Select from BIO. At least one Natural Sciences course must be SQ.	SQ	4

Term 6

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 6

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
EDU222	Introduction to the Exceptional Learner			C, SB	3
MAT256	Investigating Quantity: Number, Operations and Numeration Systems	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (MAT15+ or higher), or (MAT12+ and MAT14+), or [MAT14+ and (MAT114 or MAT115)], or (MAT14+ and an appropriate District placement into MAT150, MAT151, or MAT152), or permission of Department/Division Chair.			4

Term 7

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 7

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
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		EDU115 or EED115 recommended	CS or CS or CS	3
RE	Restricted Elective EDU Course		Select one additional EDU course (other than EDU221, EDU222, EDU230 or EDU250). Recommend EDU220, EDU236, or (EDU292, HUM292, or STO292).		3

Term 8

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 8

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
GCU/POS113 or HIS103 or POS110	United States and Arizona Social Studies or United States History to 1865 or American National Government		Select one of the following US History/Government courses. These courses satisfy the United States Constitution requirement for state teacher certification.	H, SB or H, HU, SB or SB	3
SG or SQ	Natural Sciences General or Natural Sciences Quantitative		Select from AGS, ASM, AST, CHM, GPH, GLG, PHS or PHY. At least one Natural Science must be SQ.	SG or SQ	4

Term 9

A sequence of suggested courses that should be taken during Term 9

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
RE	Restricted Elective Content Area		Course(s) selected must be different from those used to fulfill a requirement of the AGEC-A and/or those used to fulfill Required Courses.		3
MAT257	Investigating Geometry, Probability and Statistics	Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT256 or permission of Department/Division Chair.	Note: MAT257 is required for Maricopa, NAU and U of A bachelor`s degree. MAT257 should only be bypassed if transferring to ASU		0–4