Secondary Education

Associate of Arts Degree

TG-XR 60202

For Advising: Check for advisor contact information in the curriculum description corresponding to the discipline you plan to teach. For example, if you plan to teach mathematics, look up one of the mathematics curricula for the name of a faculty member advising math majors.

EAC offers many curricula that provide the first two years of a four-year program leading to a bachelor's degree and a secondary teaching certificate. Secondary education is by nature discipline specific. You should choose a university and a discipline you wish to teach as quickly as possible. Then obtain the catalog and/or transfer guide from that institution and follow their curriculum as closely as possible. Rather than this degree, you may wish to obtain the EAC Liberal Arts Degree or discipline specific EAC Degree if these allow you to more closely follow the curriculum at your chosen transfer institution. Since program requirements differ between universities, the official transfer guide of the school which you plan to attend upon leaving EAC should be consulted in order to adjust this program to your personal needs. Web addresses for the transfer guides of Arizona’s three public universities are included below.

Discipline areas which offer the program described above include:

Art Education
Biology
Business Education
Chemistry
English
Foreign Languages
Geology
Health and Physical Education
History
Mathematics
Music Education
Political Science
Technology Education

Arizona State University and the University of Arizona require that all applicants to their teacher programs pass the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST). Northern Arizona University no longer requires this test. You should check with your advisor at least two full semesters before transferring to determine when the PPST will be offered at EAC and how to register for the three parts of the test, which cover mathematics, reading and writing.

Curriculum Requirements

EDU 200	Introduction to Education	3 credits
POS 221	Arizona Constitution and Government	1 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

4 credits

General Education Requirements

AGEC-A

To complete your General Education requirements, one of the courses taken to fulfill degree requirements must be designated as an Intensive Writing/Critical Inquiry course and another must be designated as a Global/International/Historical Awareness course.

English	ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits
	ENG 102 Written Communications II	3 credits
Mathematics	Select one course from list	3 credits
Lab Science	Two lab science courses from list. Courses from two different departments must be selected.	8 credits
Humanities	Select from Humanities list. Choose courses from more than one Department and one course must be in the Arts.	9 credits
Social Science	PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology	3 credits
	Select two additional Social Science courses from the list. Choose courses from more than one department.	6 credits

Total General Education Requirements

35 credits

Courses qualifying for General Education credit that are listed as curriculum requirements may be counted toward completion of General Education requirements only if other courses are not specified in the General Education distribution area.

Electives Requirements

Select 25 credits of elective courses to complete the 64 credits required for the degree.

Electives Requirements

25 credits

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing the required courses listed above with a grade of "C" or better, you must meet the following general graduation requirements to obtain this degree:

Complete at least 16 degree credits at Eastern Arizona College.
Attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Demonstrate a reading competency at the twelfth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 76 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 40 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 18 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 113, College Reading, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 12 or higher as demonstrated by the Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE tests*

*Your EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor. If you took the ASSET test or submitted an ACT, SAT, Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE score, a derived EAC Compass score has been placed in your record and is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor.

File a Graduation Petition at least 60 calendar days prior to the end of the semester in which graduation is anticipated and pay the Graduation Fee of $25.
Remove any indebtedness to the College.
Complete the Sophomore Qualifying Examination that is administered each semester to students who have petitioned to graduate. The Sophomore Qualifying Examination is used as a measure of EAC's institutional effectiveness, and your score has no effect on your graduation status.

Transfer Guides:

ASU - 2001/2002
ASU - 2000/2001
ASU - 1999/2000
ASU - 1998/1999

NAU - 2001/2002 - No transfer guide available
NAU - 2000/2001 - No transfer guide available
NAU - 1999/2000 - No transfer guide available
NAU - 1998/1999 - No transfer guide available

U of A - 2001/2002
U of A - 2000/2001
U of A - 1999/2000
U of A - 1998/1999