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

Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)

Students pursuing an Associate for transfer to a university or a MCCCD bachelor's degree should note the following changes to the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) requirements, effective Catalog Years 2026-27 and beyond. Students are strongly encouraged to visit with an academic advisor to assess whether transitioning to the Reimagined AGEC requirements aligns with educational goals and to ensure completion of all graduation requirements. Effective Catalog Year 2026-27 and beyond, AGEC Requirements will include: Oral Communication [OCM] (3 Credits) Quantitative Reasoning [QNR] (3 Credits) Institutions in the Americas [IAM] (3 Credits) Effective Catalog Year 2026-27 and beyond, AGEC Requirements will no longer include: Literacy and Critical Inquiry [L] (3 Credits) Computers/Statistics/Quantitative Applications [CS] (3-5 Credits) Cultural, Global, and Historical Awareness Areas [C, G, H] (0-3 Credits) Subject Options -AGEC-S only (8 Credits) For a full outline of the Reimagined AGEC Requirements, please visit Maricopa’s AGEC Webpage.

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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, SCB or AHM, C, HU	3
ENG101 or ENG107	First-Year Composition or First-Year Composition for ESL	Prerequisites: Writing test score or (C or better in ENG091 or ESL097or WAC101) or (B or better in ALT100) or (ALT100 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+) or (ESL202 & Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL or WAC101 or ENG100A+). or Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or a grade of C or better in ENG091 or ESL097 or WAC101, or a grade of B or better in ALT100, or (a grade of C in ALT100 AND Corequisites: ENG101LL or ENG107LL OR WAC101 OR ENG100A+).	Critical course	FYC, WCM or FYC, WCM	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, WCM or WCM, FYC	3
MAT14+ or MAT15+ or MAT187 or MAT188	College Mathematics or College Algebra/Functions or Precalculus or Precalculus	No requisites or No requisites or Prerequisites: A grade of B or better in MAT12+, OR an appropriate district placement. or Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT15+, or an appropriate district placement.	OR Higher mathematical level Quantitative Reasoning [QNR] approved general education course with a MAT prefix except MAT206. Note: MAT182, MAT206, MAT256, and MAT257 do not meet the [MA] requirement.	QNR or QNR or MA, QNR or QNR, 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, SCB or AHM, C, HU	3
OCM	Oral Communication		COM225 recommended	OCM	3
IAM	Institutions of the Americas			IAM	3

Term 4

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

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
CFS/ECH176 or CFS205 or ECN211 or ECN212 or GCU121WG or HIS104 or PSY101	Child Development or Human 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, SCB or SB, SCB or SB, SCB or G, SB, SCB or H, SB, SCB or SB, SCB	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 AHM, C, HU or AHM, C, HU, L or AHM, HU or AHM, H, HU, L or AHM, 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.		AHM, HU or AHM, H, HU or AHM, H, HU or HU, AHM or AHM, G, HU or AHM, C, HU or AHM, HU or AHM, C, HU or AHM, HU or AHM, H, HU or AHM, HU or AHM, HU, L	3
NSI	Natural Sciences		Life Sciences: Select any approved general education course in the Natural Sciences [NSI] area from the Biology (BIO) prefix	NSI	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, SCB	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		Note: BPC110, CIS105 or EDU/EED115 is required for the BAEE at MCCCD and NAU. BPC110, CIS105 or EDU/EED115 should only be bypassed if transferring to ASU.	CS or CS or CS	3
EDU+++	Any EDU Education 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 or POS220	United States and Arizona Social Studies or United States History to 1865 or American National Government or U.S. and Arizona Constitution		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, IAM, SB or IAM, SB or None	3
NSI	Natural Sciences		Physical Sciences or Earth/Space Sciences: Select any approved general education course in the Natural Sciences [NSI] area from one of the following prefixes AGS, ASM, AST, CHM, GPH, GLG, PHS or PHY.	NSI	4

Term 9

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

Course Number	Course Name	Requisites	Notes	Area	Credits
Content Area	Content Area Electives		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