Program Description

Students who complete the Associate in Arts in Elementary Teacher Education for Transfer degree will be ensured preferential transfer status to CSUs for Elementary Teacher Education/Liberal Studies majors. The degree requirements will fulfill the lower division major requirements at many CSUs. Students are advised, however, to meet with a counselor to assess the course requirements for specific local CSUs and to validate which CSUs are considered local.

Learn more about the program on the Child Development and Education website.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Students will display an understanding of elementary education and teaching, and will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of children's growth and development from utero through adolescence.
• Students will leave with a broad, liberal study background, which will help prepare them to teach in an elementary classroom.

Units Required

• Major: 80-80.5

Associate Degree Requirements

Associate in Arts in Elementary Teacher Education for Transfer requires completion of a minimum of 90 units to include:

• CSU General Education Breadth Requirements or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)¹ (49-58 units) (full certification is required)
• Core and support courses (80-80.5 units, of which 49-50 units may satisfy the GE requirement)
• Transferable electives necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement

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Important Note: Although it is possible to fulfill the requirements for the Associate Degree for Transfer by completing the IGETC for UC pattern, admission to CSU requires completion of an Oral Communication course (IGETC Area 1C; CSU GE Area A-1); therefore, students who plan to transfer to CSU should complete this course as part of their GE or elective units.

Note: All courses pertaining to the major must be completed with a grade of "C" (or "P") or better. In addition, the student must obtain a minimum GPA of 2.0.

Core and Support Courses 

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Core Courses
BIOL 10	GENERAL BIOLOGY: BASIC PRINCIPLES	5
or BIOL 14	HUMAN BIOLOGY
CHLD 1	CHILD GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT: PRENATAL THROUGH EARLY CHILDHOOD	4
CHLD 2	CHILD GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT II: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD THROUGH ADOLESCENCE	4
COMM 1A	PUBLIC SPEAKING	5
or COMM 1AH	HONORS PUBLIC SPEAKING
EDUC 2	INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY EDUCATION	5
ENGL 1A	COMPOSITION & READING	5
or ENGL 1AH	HONORS COMPOSITION & READING
or ESLL 26	ADVANCED COMPOSITION & READING
ENGL 16	INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE	4
GEOG 10	WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY	4
GEOG 20	INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE	4
HIST 3A	WORLD HISTORY FROM PREHISTORY TO 750 CE	4
HIST 3B	WORLD HISTORY FROM 750 CE TO 1750 CE	4
HIST 17A	HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1815	4
HIST 17B	HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1812 TO 1914	4
MATH 42	MATH FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS	5
POLI 1	POLITICAL SCIENCE: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	5
PSE 20	INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE	5
Support Courses
List A
Complete one course from List A:		5
ENGL 1B	COMPOSITION, CRITICAL READING & THINKING THROUGH LITERATURE
or ENGL 1BH	HONORS COMPOSITION, CRITICAL READING & THINKING THROUGH LITERATURE
ENGL 1C	ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING & CRITICAL THINKING
or ENGL 1CH	HONORS ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING & CRITICAL THINKING
PHIL 1	CRITICAL THINKING & WRITING
PHIL 7	INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC
List B
And complete one course from List B:		4-4.5
ART 1	INTRODUCTION TO ART
MUS 1	INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
THTR 1	INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE
List C
And complete optional courses from List C: 1
GEOG 2	HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
HIST 10	HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA: THE MULTICULTURAL STATE
HLTH 21	CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CONCERNS
SOC 1	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
or SOC 1H	HONORS INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
PSYC 49	HUMAN SEXUALITY
Total Units		80-80.5

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As noted, List C courses are optional, and are not required to satisfy the degree requirements. Please contact a counselor if you have any questions.