Apr 30, 2024

2023-2024 Catalog & Student Handbook

Secondary Education - English (A.S.T.) TTP

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Secondary Education - English
Associate of Science in Teaching

Students who wish to teach at the secondary level will generally major in their discipline area and minor in education. Students should check with the university to which they intend to transfer in case there are additional requirements needed for admittance to the program there.

The Associate of Science in Teaching degree has been implemented throughout the Tennessee Board of Regents system to facilitate entry of transfer students from community colleges into university teacher education programs. A common curriculum applicable to all community colleges and acceptable to most Tennessee public universities is prescribed.

Admission, retention, and graduation requirements are the same as those published in the Graduation Requirements section of this catalog with the additional requirement that students who qualify for the A.S.T. must satisfy the following:

Attainment of a cumulative 2.75 grade point average
Successful completion of the PRAXIS Core Academic Skills for Educators (or a composite score of 21 or greater on the enhanced ACT or a combined verbal and mathematical score of 1020 or greater on the re-centered SAT)
Achievement of satisfactory rating on an index of suitability for the teaching profession
Achievement of “C” or better in ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 and in each of the Education (EDU) courses in the curriculum

GENERAL EDUCATION (41 credit hours)

Communications (9 credit hours)

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr

Humanities/Fine Arts (9 credit hours)

At least one course (three credit hours) must be in Literature.

Three of the following:
ART 1035 - Introduction to Art 3 sem hrs cr
ART 2000 - Art History Survey I 3 sem hrs cr
ART 2020 - Art History Survey II 3 sem hrs cr
MUS 1030 - Introduction to Music 3 sem hrs cr
THEA 1030 - Introduction to Theatre 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2045 - Introduction to Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2310 - Early World Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2320 - Modern World Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature 3 sem hrs cr

Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)

PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
And one of the following:
ANTH 1100 - Introduction to Anthropology 3 sem hrs cr
COMM 1010 - Introduction to Mass Communications 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
GEOG 2010 - World Regional Geography 3 sem hrs cr
HPE 2340 - Wellness Perspectives and Lifestyles 3 sem hrs cr
POLS 1030 - American Government 3 sem hrs cr
POLS 2025 - State and Local Government 3 sem hrs cr
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology 3 sem hrs cr
SOCI 1040 - Social Problems 3 sem hrs cr

History (6 credit hours)

See “Area of Emphasis Notes for Transferring Students” below for more information on specific history requirements at four-year universities.

Two of the following:
HIST 2010 - Early United States History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2310 - Early World History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2320 - Modern World History 3 sem hrs cr

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

MATH 1010 - Math for General Studies 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics 3 sem hrs cr (required for UTC transfers)
MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1710 - Precalculus Algebra 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 sem hrs cr

Natural Science (8 credit hours)

BIOL 1010 - Introduction to Biology cannot be paired with BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1120 to meet the General Education science requirement.

Additionally, CHEM 1010 - Introduction to Chemistry cannot be paired with CHEM 1110 or CHEM 1120 to meet the General Education science requirement.

(Unless otherwise noted, a sequence is not required.)

Two of the following:
ASTR 1010 - Solar System Astronomy 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1010 - Introduction to Biology 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1510 - Environmental Science I 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 sem hrs cr
CHEM 1010 - Introduction to Chemistry 4 sem hrs cr
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 sem hrs cr
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 sem hrs cr
GEOL 1030 - Survey of Geology 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus Physics I 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus Physics II 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2120 - Calculus-Based Physics II 4 sem hrs cr
PSCI 1030 - Survey of Physical Science 4 sem hrs cr

AREA OF EMPHASIS REQUIREMENTS (19 credit hours)

Be sure to read “Area of Emphasis Notes for Transferring Students” below.
- Foreign Language Sequence (one year in a single language) 6 sem hrs cr
- General Elective 1 sem hr cr
EDUC 1010 - Introduction to Education 3 sem hrs cr
One of the following:
EDU 2100 - Exceptional Child Development 3 sem hrs cr
EDUC 2210 - Educational Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
And choose two of the following Literature courses:
ENGL 2110 - Early American Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2120 - Modern American Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2220 - Modern British Literature 3 sem hrs cr

AREA OF EMPHASIS Notes for Transferring Students

Students should check with their advisor or a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended history courses. Students who intend to transfer to UTK should take six credit hours of a non-U.S. history sequence to fulfill the history requirements. UTC requires that one of the history courses be U.S. history.
Students who intend to transfer to UTC should take MATH 1530 .
Students who intend to transfer to MTSU, TSU, ETSU, or UTK in secondary education should follow the English A.A./A.S. TTP and not the A.S.T. TTP. ETSU and UTK recommend, and MTSU requires, that students take education courses after transfer.
Students should confer with a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended literature course. A sequence is recommended.
Students who intend to take the PRAXIS exam should take MATH 1420 to prepare.

Semester Hours Credit: 60*

*All secondary education English majors who are required to take Learning Support must also complete MSCC 1300 - First-Year Experience .

Recommended Full-Time Schedule (Fall or Spring Start)

The following is a recommended full-time schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites, and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

GPS (Graduation Planning System), along with the correct catalog, should be utilized by students for all of their educational planning. Students can monitor their progress toward a degree or certificate and view missing requirements with the GPS audit, which is accessible through MyMotlow.

Semester One (16 credit hours)

EDUC 1010 - Introduction to Education 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Two (14 credit hours)

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
Elective 1 sem hr cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Three (15 credit hours)

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr
EDU 2100 - Exceptional Child Development 3 sem hrs cr
Foreign Language Sequence 3 sem hrs cr
Literature (Gen Ed requirement) 3 sem hrs cr
History 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Four (15 credit hours)

ENGL 2110 OR ENGL 2120 OR ENGL 2220 (choose two) 6 sem hrs cr
Foreign Language Sequence 3 sem hrs cr
History 3 sem hrs cr
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 sem hrs cr

Recommended Part-Time Schedule (Fall and Spring Start)

The following is a recommended part-time schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites, and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

Semester One (10 credit hours)

EDUC 1010 - Introduction to Education 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Two (7 credit hours)

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
Elective 1 sem hr cr

Semester Three (9 credit hours)

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Four (10 credit hours)

Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
Literature (Gen Ed) 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Five (9 credit hours)

EDU 2100 - Exceptional Child Development 3 sem hrs cr
Foreign Language Sequence - 3 sem hrs cr
History - 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Six (9 credit hours)

ENGL 2110 OR ENGL 2120 OR ENGL 2220 (choose one) 3 sem hrs cr
Foreign Language Sequence 3 sem hrs cr
History 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Seven (6 credit hours)

ENGL 2110 OR ENGL 2120 OR ENGL 2220 (choose one) 3 sem hrs cr
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 sem hrs cr

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