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Oct 06, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Secondary Education, Social Studies, 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 social studies prepares students to teach in both public and private middle, junior high, and high schools. Students will be able to teach social studies, history, economics, and geography. 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 social studies 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.
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Freshman Year - Fall Semester
Subtotal: 15
Freshman Year - Fall Semester Notes:
- In addition to ENGL 1010 , students may be required to also take ENGL 1011 (2 credits) due to placement, adding 2 additional credits to their graduation total.
Freshman Year - Spring Semester
Subtotal: 17
Freshman Year - Spring Semester Notes:
Sophomore Year - Fall Semester
Subtotal: 17
Sophomore Year - Fall Semester Notes:
Sophomore Year - Spring Semester
Subtotal: 16
Sophomore Year - Spring Semester Notes:
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: 65
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