EducationThom O'Mara, Education Advisor, Assistant Professor, Education/Early Childhood
757-789-1766
mailto:tomara@es.vccs.edu
Purpose: The Education Degree offers future teachers flexibility in planning the two-year, general education component required for transfer to a senior institution granting state licensure. Upon completion of this phase of the course work, students will transfer to a four-year college or university to complete their subject area course work, teacher preparation courses, student teaching and licensure. Students should do their best to design their classes at ESCC according to transfer requirements, receive a course grade of "C" or better, attain the required GPA (a 2.50+ is recommened), and pass Praxis I before transferring. Program Requirments | Course Credits | ENG 111-112 | College Composition I-II | 6 | ENG 241 or 242 ENG 243 or 244 | Survey of American Literature I or II Survey of English Literature I or II | | | ENG 251 or 252 | Survey of World Literature I or II | | | SPD 110 | Introduction to Speech Communication | 3 | ART 101 | History of Art I OR | | | MUS 121 | Music Appreciation I | 3 | | MTH 163 | Precalculus I | 3 | | MTH 241 | Statistics | 3 | HIS 111 or 112 | History of World Civilization I or II | 3 | | HIS 121 | U. S. History I | 3 | | HIS 122 | U.S. History II | 3 | | GEO 210 | People and the Land: Introduction to Cultural Geography | 3 | | ECO 201 or 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | | PLS 135 | American National Politics | 3 | | ITE 115 | Basic Computer Literacy | 3 | | BIO 101 | General Biology I | 3 | | BIO 102 | General Biology II | 4 | | CHM 111 | College Chemistry I OR | | | | Lab or Non-Lab Science, not Biology | 3-4 | | HLT 160 | Personal Health and Fitness | 3 | | SDV 100 | College Success Skills | 1 | | EDU 200 | Introduction to Teaching as a Profession | 3 | STD 100 or 101 | Orientation or Orientation for EDUC Majors | 1 | | | | | General Electives | (Suggested courses - course number 100 or above) | | | GEO 200 | Introduction to Physical Geography | | | PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy I | | | PSY 201 | Introduction to Psychology I | | | PSY 235 | Child Psychology | 3 |
Total Minimum Credits Required
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63/64
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Recommended Sequence | 1st Year Fall | ENG 111 | 3 | HIS 121 | 3 | BIO 101 | 4 | MTH 163 | 3 | ITE 115 | 3 | SDV 100 | 1 | Total Credits | 17 |
| 1st Year Spring | ENG 112 | 3 | HIS 122 | 3 | BIO 102 | 4 | MTH 241 | 3 | Humanities/Fine Art | |  (ART 101, MUS 121)
| 3 | Total Credits | 16 |
| 2nd Year Fall | Science Elective2 | 3-4 | ECO 201 or 202 | 3 | His 111 or 112 | 3 | SPD 100 | 3 | EDU 2005 | 3 | | | | Total Credits | 15/16 |
| 2nd Year Spring | GEO 210 | 3 | General Elective3,4 | 3 | HLT 160 | 3 | Literature (ENG 241,242 | | 243, 244, 251, or 252) | 3 | PLS 135 | 3 | | Total Credits | 15 |
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| Secondary Education majors are recommended to take a second semester of precalculus (MTH 164.) | | | | 2ODU requires the third natural science be Chemistry I (CHM 111 - a lab science); other schools may require that the third natural science be a non-lab or lab science other than biology. | | 3Education majors are urged to refer to transfer college's requirements and to consult with their faculty advisor in these course selections. | | 4Recommended General Elective courses: GEO 200, PHI 101, PSY 201 or 235. | | 5EDU 200 presently transfer to ODU in place of ECI 301 and to Salisbury University as ECED 215. |
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