Education: VCU Track (AS)

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Associate of Science Degree
Code: 625
Transfer Program

Purpose: The associate of science in education degree program is designed for students who plan to transfer to VCU to complete a baccalaureate degree program in a particular subject and enter the teaching field.

Graduation Requirements: Students entering all degree programs are required to take one Writing Intensive Course (WIC), which has a prerequisite of ENG 111 and ENG 112 , in order to graduate. Approved WICs are specified with a “WI” section designation.

Students in all degree programs are required to take at least one Civic Engagement (CE) course to graduate.

Required Courses

SDV 100 - College Success Skills Credits: 1
ENG 111 - College Composition I Credits: 3
ENG 112 - College Composition II Credits: 3
ENG ___ - Literature Transfer Elective Credits: 3
HIS 121 - United States History to 1877 Credits: 3
HIS 122 - United States History Since 1865 Credits: 3
HIS 111 - World Civilizations Pre-1500 CE Credits: 3
MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3
CHM 101 - Introductory Chemistry Credits: 4 or PHY 100 - Elements of Physics
PLS 135 - U.S. Government and Politics Credits: 3
HLT/PED ___ - Health or Physical Education Elective Credits: 1
___ ___ - Transfer Elective Credits: 3
CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking Credits: 3
PSY 230 - Developmental Psychology Credits: 3 or PSY 235 - Child Psychology
EDU 200 - Introduction to Teaching as a Profession Credits: 3
ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 or ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics
BIO 101 - General Biology I Credits: 4 or BIO 106 - Life Science
GEO 210 - People and the Land: An Introduction to Cultural Geography Credits: 3
GOL 105 - Physical Geology Credits: 4 or GOL 106 - Historical Geology
___ ___ - Humanities Elective Credits: 3
___ ___ - Transfer Elective Credits: 3

Total minimum credits: 62

Literature Transfer Elective: Choose one course from the following options: ENG 225 ENG 245 ENG 246 ENG 250 ENG 255 or ENG 258

Transfer Elective: Choose two courses from the following options: PLS 241 MTH 155 MTH 245 REL 230 REL 237

Humanities Elective: ENG 250 is recommended and will fulfill an upper-level requirement at VCU.

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Education: VCU Track (AS)

Associate of Science Degree Code: 625 Transfer Program

Required Courses

Total minimum credits: 62

Associate of Science Degree
Code: 625
Transfer Program