Elementary Education Focus

for City U

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About The Program

If you want to teach – at the elementary, middle, or high school level – begin your studies to complete a bachelor’s degree in general education or a specific subject area. See Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Science fields of study for programs in secondary education.

Degree Requirements

Diversity and Distribution Lists are available in the Lower Columbia College Academic Catalog and at lowercolumbia.edu/catalog.

Total transferable credits required to earn this degree: 90 in courses numbered 100 or above with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0. A course cannot be credited toward more than one distribution or skill area.

Students completing this program should acquire the following skills and abilities:

AA DTA Outcomes

Upon the completion of the AA DTA, students will be prepared for transfer to a four-year institution for the student's intended career pathway, and have the following skills and abilities:

Global Skills (assessed at degree level):

Communication: Express ideas and information in writing and speaking in a manner that is clear and appropriate to the audience, and read and listen effectively.
Critical thinking: Apply objective, valid methods of inquiry and problem-solving to draw rational, ethical, and coherent conclusions.
Interpersonal relations: Interact effectively with individuals and/or within groups.
Numeracy: Achieve competency with numbers and graphical skills to interpret and communicate quantifiable information, and apply mathematical and statistical skills in practical and abstract contexts.

General education outcomes (assessed at course level):

Diversity: Examine the causes and expressions of difference, power, and discrimination.
Humanities: Explore how people process, document, and express their social and cultural experience.
Social Science: Examine society, behavior, and relationships among individuals within a society.
Natural Science: Develop familiarity with various aspects of the physical world and scientific explanations of observed phenomena.

Area of study outcomes:

Utilize a variety of instructional strategies to assist k-12 students in their understanding of mathematical concepts.
Develop skills to apply and teach scientific principles to young children.
Evaluate and assess their own strengths as future teachers and make appropriate career plans.
Construct cross curricular connections through integration of concepts and educational pedagogy.
Examine a variety of teaching techniques, skills, and theories laying a foundation for future education courses.
Develop a working knowledge of contemporary issues in education.
Articulate the science of child development.

Revised June 2019

The distribution lists are in the LCC Catalog. If you are online, click on the links below:

Diversity Course List

Distribution List

Advisor: Ann Williamson, (360) 442-2892, awilliamson@lowercolumbia.edu

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Program planning is based on information available at the time of preparation. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with their LCC advisor and with an advisor at the college to which they plan to transfer for specific requirements. Consult the LCC catalog for LCC graduation requirements.

Most four-year universities require one year of a single foreign language as a graduation requirement.

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