Education Guided Pathway to Success Associate of Arts

The Education Pathway is designed to help students determine if the education field is the appropriate pathway for them. The pathway has a focused area within some of the Core 42 coursework to match general education requirements at most Ed. Preparation institutions. There are designed milestones in this pathway to assist the student in making some of the decisions regarding their future in the education field.
Completion of just an AA Pathway does not mean the student will have a seamless transfer to a 4 - year partner’s certification program. Once a student is certain the Education Field is their future pathway, they should transition into the AAT pathway. Extra-Curricular/Cocurricular Opportunities at ECC: East Central College has an active SMSTA Chapter on campus that participates and hosts numerous Cocurricular activities throughout the year. Some examples: SMSTA Legislative Day, MSTA Convention, ECC’s Messy Play Night, and a routine schedule of guest speakers at chapter meetings.

Fall Semester (16 Hours)

COL 100 - Campus Orientation Hours: 0
COL 101 - Falcon Seminar Hours: 1
PSC CIVICS - Civics Achievement Exam Hours: 0
ENG 101 - English Comp I Hours: 3
Core 42 Humanities Fine Arts Hours 3
COM 101 - Oral Communications Hours: 3
MTH 140 - Contemporary Mathematics Hours: 3 MTH 150 - Statistics , MTH 170 - College Algebra , or higher
Core 42 Civics Hours 3

Spring Semester (15 Hours)

ENG 102 - English Comp II Hours: 3
PSY 101 - General Psychology Hours: 3
EDU 201 - Foundations of Education in a Diverse Society Hours: 3
PHL 203 - Ethics Hours: 3 or Core 42 Humanities Fine Arts Hours 3
Education Pathway Elective* Hours 3

Fall Semester (16 Hours)

BIO 101 - Introduction to Life Science Hours: 3 or Core 42 Natural Sciences Hours 3
EDU 203 - Educational Technology Hours: 3 or Education Pathway Elective* Hours 3
EDU 212 - Teaching Professional/Field Experience Hours: 3 or Education Pathway Elective* Hours 3
SPN 101 - Elementary Spanish I Hours: 4 or Core 42 Humanities Fine Arts Hours 3
PSY 250 - Human Development Hours: 3

Spring Semester (14 Hours)

PHY 110 - Survey of Physical Science Lecture & Lab Hours: 5 or Core 42 Natural Sciences with lab Hours 5
GRY 101 - World Geography Hours: 3
or Education Pathway Elective* Hours 3
EDU 241 - Educational Psychology Hours: 3
Ecuation Pathway Elective* Hours 3

Education Pathway Electives*

Early Childhood Education Pathway Electives:

EDU 107 Family, School & Community, EDU 115 Child Health, Nutrition & Safety, EDU 125 Child Development, EDU 213 (Spring) Literature for Children, EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education of the Exceptional Learners

Elementary Education Pathway Electives:

EDU 115 Child Health, Nutrition & Safety, EDU 125 Child Development, EDU 213 (Spring) - Literature for Children, EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education of the Exceptional Learners, MTH 131 Metric & Nonmetric Geometry

Middle/Secondary Education Pathway Electives (Take 9 hours from an approved concentration elective area. See DESE website for appropriate courses):

ART: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, ART 125 Two Dimensional Dsgn, ART 128 Drawing I, ART 141 Painting I, ART-251 Three Dimen Dsgn

BIOLOGY: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, EVR 103 Intro Environ. Science, CHM 105 Intro to Chemistry, CHM 111 Gen Chemistry I Lec & Lab, BIO 122 Prin of Biology II Lec & Lab

BUSINESS: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, BUS 111 Prin of Marketing, BUS 181 Business Communications, ACC 101 Financial Accounting I, ACC 102 Financial Accounting II, ECO 101 Prin Macroeconomics, ECO 102 Prin Microeconomics

CHEMISTRY: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, CHM 111 Gen Chemistry I Lec & Lab, CHM 112 Gen Chemistry II Lec & Lab, CHM 205 Organic Chemistry I Lec & Lab 

EARTH SCIENCE: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, EVR 103 Intro Environmental Science, GEO 101 Intro Phys Geo Lec, GEO 102 Intro Phys Geo Lab

ENGLISH: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, ENG 221 Surv Am Lit: Col-1865, ENG 222 Surv Am Lit: 1865-Present, ENG 124 World Literature I, ENG 125 World Literature II, ENG 210 Surv British Lit: Beg-1784, ENG 211 Surv British Lit: Romant-Pres

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, EDU 107 Family, School & Community, EDU 125 Child Development, EDU 115 Child Hlth, Nutri & Safety, CHM 103 Chemistry of Food, HSC 103 Nutrition

MATH: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/ Exceptional Learners, MTH 150 Statistics, MTH 190 Anlytc Geom & Calc I, MTH 210 Anlytc Geom & Calc II, MTH 131 Metric & Nonmetric Geometry 

MUSIC: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, MUS 172 Music History to 1800, MUS 171 Music History From 1800, MUS 102 Music Theory I, MUS 101 Music Appreciation

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, PED 211 Hist & Philos of PE & Sport, PED 151 Stress Management

PHYSICS: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, EVR 103 Intro Environmental Science, CHM 111 Gen Chemistry I Lec & Lab, PHY 121 College Physics II Lec, PHY 122 College Physics II Lab

SOCIAL SCIENCE: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, ANT 110 Intro to Cultural Anthropology, ECO 101 Prin of Macroeconomics, GRY 101 World Geography, HST 101 US History to 1877, HST 102 US History Since 1877, HST 103 U.S. History 1945-Present, HST 201 World History to 1300, HST 202 World History since 1300, PSC 102 US Govt I: Nat & State, PSC 201 International Relations, PSY 252 Adolescent Psychology, SOC 101 Gen Sociology, SOC 104 American Social Problems, SOC 212 Marriage and Family

SPEECH & THEATER: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, THE 121 Acting I, THE 131 Directing I, THE 281 Theatre Practicum-Musical Prod

UNIFIED SCIENCE: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, EVR 103 Intro Environmental Science, CHM 111 Gen Chemistry I Lec & Lab, GEO 101 Intro Phys Geo Lec, GEO 102 Intro Phys Geo Lab

WORLD LANGUAGES - SPANISH: EDU 214 (Summer) Multicultural Education, EDU 244 (Fall) Education/Exceptional Learners, SPN 201 Interm Spanish I, SPN 202 Interm Spanish II