Education: Elementary Education Major, A.S.
This curriculum is designed for students seeking licensure in either PreK-3rd Grade or PreK-6th Grade. Upon completion of endorsement courses, students should take the Praxis II: Elementary Education Multiple Subjects. This curriculum prepares students to transfer to any four-year college or university teacher preparation program. Courses in this degree are designed to satisfy some of the endorsement and professional course requirements of a Virginia teaching license. In EDU 200 Foundations of Education , students will identify the endorsement (content) courses they need to earn a teaching license.
Courses
- ART 100 — Art Appreciation
- ART 101 — History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic
- ART 150 — History of Film & Animation
- ART 215 — History of Modern Art
- BIO 101 — General Biology I
- CHM 101 — Introductory Chemistry I
- CST 100 — Principles of Public Speaking
- CST 110 — Introduction to Human Communication
- EDU 200 — Foundations of Education
- EDU 204 — Teaching in a Diverse Society
- EDU 206 — Classroom and Behavioral Management
- EDU 207 — Human Growth and Development
- EDU 250 — Foundations of Exceptional Education
- EDU 280 — Introduction to Instructional Technologies
- ENG 111 — College Composition I
- ENG 112 — College Composition II
- ENG 250 — Children's Literature
- ENV 121 — Foundations of Environmental Science
- GEO 220 — World Regional Geography
- GOL 105 — Physical Geology
- GOL 106 — Historical Geology
- HIS 111 — World Civilizations Pre-1500 CE
- HIS 112 — World Civilizations Post-1500 CE
- HIS 121 — United States History to 1877
- HIS 122 — United States History Since 1865
- MTH 154 — Quantitative Reasoning
- MTH 155 — Statistical Reasoning
- MTH 161 — PreCalculus I
- MTH 245 — Statistics I
- MTH 261 — Applied Calculus I
- MTH 262 — Applied Calculus II
- MTH 263 — Calculus I
- MTH 264 — Calculus II
- MUS 121 — Music in Society
- MUS 221 — History of Western Music pre-1750
- MUS 222 — History of Western Music 1750 to Present
- MUS 225 — The History of Jazz
- PHI 100 — Introduction to Philosophy
- PHI 111 — Logic
- PHI 220 — Ethics and Society
- PHI 227 — Biomedical Ethics
- PHY 150 — Elements of Astronomy
- PLS 135 — U.S. Government and Politics
- PLS 136 — State and Local Government and Politics
- REL 100 — Introduction to the Study of Religion
- REL 233 — Introduction to Islam
- REL 237 — Religions of the East
- REL 238 — Religions of the West
- SDV 100 — College Success Skills
- SDV 101 — Orientation to: