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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Secondary Education, English, A.A.


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Teachers change lives by opening new worlds for students and inspiring them to reach their goals. The secondary education degree with an emphasis in English prepares students to teach in both public and private middle, junior high, and high schools. Students will be able to teach English language arts, writing, and literature courses. Western’s teaching preparation focuses on current and innovative teaching theories including the implementation of a service learning project, technology inclusion, and project based learning. The education program also provides the introduction to many important skills and elements of the teaching profession. The development and understanding of which are essential for future success such as: classroom management, special education, lesson design, and educational psychology. The students experience hands-on what it means to be a secondary English teacher because the program provides them the opportunity to participate in public school classroom activities as a practicum student. These experiences have a four-pronged focus: they introduce theories and pedagogical skills that are learned during classes are applied and reinforced by the teachers, they give students real-world teaching practices, they help students decide about their future teaching careers, and they lay the academic foundation needed before entering a bachelor’s degree program. Students wanting to enter the teaching field must obtain at least a bachelor’s degree in education. Therefore, Western’s education program has specific pathways that will create a seamless transfer to any university in the country upon the successful completion of the associate degree requirements.

Degree Requirements


Freshman Year - Fall Semester


Subtotal: 15


Freshman Year - Fall Semester Notes:

Freshman Year - Spring Semester


Subtotal: 20


Freshman Year - Spring Semester Notes:

  • Lab Science can be fulfilled by BIOL 1003 , CHEM 1000 , PHYS 1050 , or GEOL 1100 .
  • SPAN 1010 : Students may replace this course with FREN 1010 ; students transferring out of state and not completing the foreign language courses should take PSYC 1000 .
  • Elective can be fulfilled with any 1000 level course. Students transferring out of state, and not completing the foreign language courses should take ENGL 2251 .

Subtotal: 17


Sophomore Year - Fall Semester Notes:

Sophomore Year - Spring Semester


Subtotal: 16


Sophomore Year - Spring Semester Year:

  • Writing course: Any 2000 Level Writing course. VCSU transfers should take ENGL 2420 , ENGL 2470  or THEA 1100  instead.
  • ENGL 2320 : This requirement may be replaced with ENGL 2310  or ENGL 2251 .
  • SPAN 2030 : Students taking French instead of Spanish (and out of state transfers) should replace this course with ENGL 2230  and choose a 1 credit elective.

All education majors must complete a background check during their first semester in the program by Week 8 (midterms) in order to continue in the education program.

Subtotal: 68

Total Credit Hours: 67


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