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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
This recommended transfer program
for elementary education students meets the requirements for an associate
in arts degree and the recommendations of the Illinois Articulation Initiative
elementary education major panel. Students should check individual school
requirements before completing the curriculum as outlined. Admission into
baccalaureate elementary education programs is competitive; completion
of these courses alone does not guarantee admission.
General Education Courses
| Communications:
|
| ENG 101 |
Composition I |
3
|
| ENG 102 |
Composition II |
3 |
| SPE 101 |
Fundamentals of Speech Communication
|
3 |
| total: |
|
9
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| Mathematics:
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| MTH 131 |
Mathematics for Elementary
Teaching II |
4
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| Physical
and Life Sciences (1,2) |
7-8
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| Humanities
and Fine Arts (1,3,4) |
9
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| Social
and Behavioral Sciences (1,4,5) |
9
|
| Special
Electives: |
| PED 203 |
Health |
3 |
| Other
special elective (6) |
3 |
| total: |
|
6
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| Approved
Electives: (7) |
| ECE 102 |
Child Development or |
|
| PSY 228 |
Psychology of Human Development
|
3 |
| EDU 201 |
Introduction to Education
|
3 |
| EDU 202 |
Pre-Student Teaching Clinical
Experience |
1 |
| MTH 130 |
Mathematics for Elementary
Teaching I |
4 |
| Area
of concentration (8) |
6 |
| total: |
17 |
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Total |
61
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- See associate in arts requirements listed in Harper’s catalog.
- Select one physical and one life science course. At least one must
include a lab.
- Select at least one course from humanities and one from fine arts.
Interdisciplinary courses may count in either category. One literature
course is recommended.
- Select at least one 3 credit-hour course focusing on multicultural
and global perspectives in either the humanities and fine arts (HUM
103; LIT 208, PHI 160; PHI 205) or the social and behavioral sciences
group (GEG 103, HST 121, HST 243; PSC 280).
- HST 111 or HST 112 and PSC 101, and PSY 101 are recommended.
- Some schools may require a foreign language.
- As part of the Illinois Articulation Initiative (Phase II), participating
schools will accept EDU 201, EDU 202 and ECE 102/PSY 228 in transfer;
however, they may or may not substitute for upper division professional
course work required for certification.
- Select from one academic discipline at the sophomore level or above,
selected in consultation with an advisor. Acceptable disciplines include
art, biology, chemistry, economics, English, foreign language, history,
mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology,
sociology, theater.
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