Teacher Assistant, A.A.S.

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Program Code: SS860

Degree Requirements

Numerous professionally rewarding careers are available in the field of education. Teacher assistants support public or private school teachers in daily classroom activities. They provide assistance in regular classrooms, in special education classrooms and in one-on-one situations with special needs students. Teacher assistants are being employed at all levels of education from early childhood through secondary education.

General Education Requirements (Must include the following): 25 Semester Hours

ENG 101 - Rhetoric
ENG 102 - Rhetoric
MATH 123 - Mathematic Structures/Concepts I for Elementary School Teachers
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
SPCH 101 - Principles of Speech Communication

Major Core Requirements: 30 Semester Hours

CIS 128 - Computers for Educators
EDUC 103 - Introduction to Education
EDUC 108 - Teaching the Language Arts
EDUC 240 - Students with Disabilities in Schools
EDUC 251 - Clinical Experience and Seminar
ENG 109 - Children’s Literature
PSYC 101 - General Psychology
PSYC 102 - Educational Psychology
PSYC 210 - Child and Adolescent Development
SOC 290 - Cultural Diversity in America

Major Core Electives (Select from the following): 9 Semester Hours

BIO 103 - Health
HEAL 109 - Principles of Normal Nutrition
CRJ 120 - Juvenile Delinquency
MUS 104 - Fundamentals of Music
PSYC 205 - Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 270 - Health Psychology
SOC 220 - Sex, Gender and Power
SOC 270 - Marriage and the Family
SOC 280 - Sociology of Social Problems