Apr 30, 2024

2023-2024 Catalog & Student Handbook

Secondary Education - Social Studies (A.S.T.) TTP

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Associate of Science in Teaching Degree

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

Because there are multiple ares of licensure in Social Studies, please read the following statements carefully:

Students seeking secondary education towards licensure in History should follow the History A.S. TTP.
Students who plan to transfer to UTK should follow the History A.S. TTP for all social-studies-related licensures.
Students who attend to transfer to ETSU or MTSU in secondary education should follow the respective A.A. or A.S. TTP for their particular major and not the secondary social studies A.S.T. TTP. MTSU requires that students take education courses after transfer.

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)

One of the following:
ART 1035 - Introduction to Art 3 sem hrs cr
MUS 1030 - Introduction to Music 3 sem hrs cr
And one of the following:
ART 2000 - Art History Survey I 3 sem hrs cr
ART 2020 - Art History Survey II 3 sem hrs cr
THEA 1030 - Introduction to Theatre 3 sem hrs cr
And one of the following Literature courses:
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

Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)

GEOG 2010 - World Regional Geography 3 sem hrs cr
And one of the following:
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology 3 sem hrs cr
POLS 1030 - American Government 3 sem hrs cr
Note: Students pursuing a licensure area in Government or who plan to transfer to UTC or TTU should take POLS 1030 .

History (6 credit hours)

HIST 2010 - Early United States History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History 3 sem hrs cr

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

One of the following:

MATH 1010 - Math for General Studies 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1710 - Precalculus Algebra 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1730 - Precalculus 5 sem cr hrs
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 sem hrs cr

Natural Science (8 credit hours)

(BIOL 1010 cannot be paired with BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1120 .)

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 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
PSCI 1030 - Survey of Physical Science 4 sem hrs cr
Note: For students transferring to UTK, a sequence in natural science is required.

AREA OF EMPHASIS REQUIREMENTS (19 credit hours)

EDUC 1010 - Introduction to Education 3 sem hrs cr
EDUC 2210 - Educational Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2310 - Early World History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2320 - Modern World History 3 sem hrs cr
Elective 1 sem hr cr

Note: Students who attend to transfer to ETSU or MTSU in secondary education should follow the respective A.A. or A.S. TTP for their particular major and not this secondary social studies A.S.T. TTP. MTSU requires that students take education courses after transfer.

Semester Hours Credit: 60*

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

Students who intend to take the PRAXIS exam should take MATH 1420 to prepare.

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
Elective 1 sem hr cr
HIST 2010 - Early United States History 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Two (15 credit hours)

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 sem hrs cr
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Three (16 credit hours)

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2310 - Early World History 3 sem hrs cr
Literature 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Four (13 credit hours)

EDUC 2210 - Educational Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2320 - Modern World History 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 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 (9 credit hours)

EDUC 1010 - Introduction to Education 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2010 - Early United States History 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Two (7 credit hours)

Elective 1 sem hr cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Three (9 credit hours)

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History 3 sem hrs cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Four (6 credit hours)

Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 sem hrs cr

Semester Five (9 credit hours)

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2310 - Early World History 3 sem hrs cr
Literature 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Six (10 credit hours)

ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
EDUC 2210 - Educational Psychology 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Seven (10 credit hours)

ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2320 - Modern World History 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

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