Elementary Education Major Guide 2024-2025

Yavapai College

An education major is designed to lead students to elementary education certification in the state of Arizona to teach in grades 1-8. The program covers grades 1-8. Teaching foundations and methods are studied and rounded out with internships to provide students with multiple opportunities to apply what they have learned in a classroom setting.



    Associate's Degree
    An associate's degree is comprised of 60-64 community college credits. Below is information specific to your major.

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  AGEC Requirement
The Arizona General Education Curriulum block for this major is the AGEC-A.

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AGEC-A Course List
  Yavapai College Courses
The courses listed below are recommended if you plan to transfer to a university and study Elementary Education.
COURSES  
Educational TechnologyEDU 180
Intro Special EducationEDU 222
Introduction to EducationEDU 200
Math for Elementary Education Majors IMAT 156*
Math for Elementary Education Majors IIMAT 157*
Multicultural Awareness in EdEDU 210
US and AZ Constitution/GovernmentHIS 231 or AJS 290

  Yavapai College Electives
The elective courses listed below may be applicable to your degree depending on which university you choose.
COURSES  
Cultural or World GeographyOne Course in Cultural or World Geography***
Fine Arts(Art,Mus,Drama,Dance,Theatre)One Course in Fine Arts***
Foundations of SEIEDU 239
Micro or MacroeconomicsECN 235 or ECN 236***
Natural Science/Life ScienceOne Life Science Course with Lab**
Physical ScienceOne Physical Science Course with Lab**
Political ScienceOne Course in Political Science***
Psychology or SociologyOne Course in Psychology or Sociology***

* UA - Is not a direct equivalent at UA. Students may have to take the required university course upon transfer.
** Students must complete at least one Physical Science and one Life Science Lab course that is transferrable to the universities. These courses could be used to fulfill the Biological and Physical Sciences requirement in AGEC.
*** Courses must transfer to the universities. These courses may be applicable to the AGEC-A as well. See your community college advisor for more information.

Bachelor's Degrees & Majors

  Bachelor's Degree for Elementary Education
UNIVERSITY / LOCATION DEGREE MAJOR LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
Arizona State UniversityBAEElementary Education
None
Northern Arizona UniversityBSEDElementary Education
None
University of ArizonaBA in EducationElementary Education
4th Semester Proficiency
University of ArizonaBA in EducationElementary Education with Bilingual
4th Semester Proficiency
University of ArizonaBA in EducationElementary Education with ESL
4th Semester Proficiency

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