Associate in Arts, Elementary Education Degree (AAEE)
Maricopa County Community Colleges (MCCCD) 2022-2023
Description
The Maricopa County Community College District Associate in Arts, Elementary Education (AA-EE) degree requires a minimum of 60 semester credits for the program of study. A minimum grade point average of 2.0 and grades of “C” or higher are required to earn the degree. The AA-EE degree is governed by the MCCCD General Academic Policies for Transfer Degrees.
The Associate in Arts, Elementary Education degree includes the following components:
- Required Courses
- Restricted Electives
- Arizona General Education Curriculum for Arts (AGEC-A)
- MCCCD Additional Requirements (Oral Communication and Critical Reading)
Purpose of the Degree
The Associate in Arts, Elementary Education (AA-EE) degree is designed for the student who plans to transfer to an Elementary Education, Early Childhood, Multicultural/Multilingual, or Special Education program at an Arizona public higher education institution and/or who plans to become a classroom instructional aide. Generally, the degree transfers as a block without loss of credit to Arizona’s public universities, and in most cases, its required courses apply to graduation requirements for these Education majors.
Degree Requirements
The requirements for the Associate in Arts in Elementary Education follow. The following websites identify the courses that apply to the different General Education Core and Awareness Areas: AGEC-A and the AGEC matrix. Courses available for both Areas during a current or upcoming semester can also be found using the “Find a Class” tool on maricopa.edu and on each MCCCD college’s website.
Degree Requirements
- Required Courses - Credits: 18-20
Course List Code Title Credits EDU221 Introduction to Education 3 EDU222 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner 3 EDU230 Cultural Diversity In Education 3 FYE101 Introduction to College, Career and Personal Success 1-3 or FYE103 Exploration of College, Career and Personal Success MAT256 Investigating Quantity: Number, Operations and Numeration Systems 4 MAT257 Investigating Geometry, Probability and Statistics 4 - Restricted Electives - Credits: 8
A total of 8 semester credits is required to satisfy the Electives for Arizona Professional Teacher Standards: 3 credits in an additional Education course and 5 credits in Content Area Electives.
Courses must transfer to all public Arizona universities as elective credit, departmental elective, or equivalent to a university course as indicated in the Arizona Course Equivalency Guide in effect when the course is taken. Courses identified as non-transferable in the Arizona Course Equivalency Guide cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
Course List Code Title Credits Restricted Electives Select one additional EDU course: 1 3 Education in Film (Recommended) Introduction to Serving English Language Learners (ELL) (Recommended) Classroom Relationships (Recommended) The Art of Storytelling (Recommended) Content Area Electives Choose any combination from the following list of courses and prefixes to total five (5) credits of additional coursework: 2 5 Creating College Success ARH+++Any ARH Art Humanities course(s)ART+++Any ART Art course(s)BPC+++Any BPC Business-Personal Computers course(s)Child Development Human Development CIS+++Any CIS Computer Information Systems course(s)ECN+++Any ECN Economics course(s)EDU+++Any EDU Education course(s) 1Early Learning: Health, Safety, Nutrition and Fitness Health and Nutrition in Early Childhood Settings
and Safety In Early Childhood SettingsENG+++Any ENG English course(s)ENH+++Any ENH English course(s)GCU+++Any GCU Cultural Geography course(s)GPH+++Any GPH Physical Geography course(s)HIS+++Any HIS History course(s)MAT+++Any MAT Mathematics course(s) 140 or higher 2MHL+++Any MHL Music: History/Literature course(s)MTC+++Any MTC Music: Theory/Composition course(s)POS+++Any POS Political Science course(s)THE+++Any THE Theatre course(s)THF+++Any THF Theatre and Film course(s)THP+++Any THP Theatre Performance/Production course(s)Any Foreign Language course(s)Any Natural Science course(s)- 1
Other than EDU221 Introduction to Education, EDU222 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner, EDU230 Cultural Diversity In Education or EDU250 Teaching and Learning in the Community College
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Course(s) selected must be different from those used to fulfill a requirement of the AGEC-A and/or those used to fulfill Required Courses.
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Except EDU221 Introduction to Education, EDU222 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner, EDU230 Cultural Diversity In Education, and EDU250 Teaching and Learning in the Community College
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Except MAT256 Investigating Quantity: Number, Operations and Numeration Systems and MAT257 Investigating Geometry, Probability and Statistics
- Arizona General Education Curriculum—Arts (AGEC-A) - Credits: 35-441
The AGEC-A requires a minimum of 35 credits (32 if FYC is met by single transfer course)1, however, prerequisite/required/restricted elective courses may also meet AGEC-A requirements and credits count once toward the total for the degree. Therefore, the AGEC-A may be met with fewer than 35 credits (fewer than 32 if FYC is met by single transfer course)1 as long as all requirements listed in this section (III) are completed.
Courses applied to meet AGEC-A requirements vary by emphasis. Refer to the Program (Degree) Search at curriculum.maricopa.edu for specific course requirements. Some courses may be met by Required Courses or Restricted Electives. Some of these courses also have Awareness Areas designations and can be used to satisfy [C], [G] and/or [H] requirement(s) as well as other AGEC requirements, Required Course(s) or Restricted Elective(s). AGEC designations are subject to change. Courses may meet more than one requirement but are only counted once toward the total credits for the degree. See AGEC matrix for each course's value(s) in the semester it is taken.- 1
FYC may be met with fewer than 6 credits if student has transfer credit from ASU, NAU or UAZ for a single course that meets FYC in full.
Course List Code Title Credits First-Year Composition (FYC) 1 ENG101 First-Year Composition 1 3 or ENG107 First-Year Composition for ESL ENG102 First-Year Composition 1 3 or ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L) COM225 Public Speaking 3 Mathematical Applications (MA) Select one of the following: 2 3-6 College MathematicsCollege Mathematics College Mathematics College Mathematics College Mathematics with Review College Mathematics with Review College AlgebraCollege Algebra/Functions College Algebra/Functions College Algebra/Functions College Algebra/Functions with Review College Algebra/Functions with Review PrecalculusPrecalculus Higher Approved General Education CourseMathematics Applications (MA) area for which MAT15+ is a prerequisiteComputer/Statistics/Quantitative Applications (CS) Select one of the following: 3 Computer Usage and Applications Survey of Computer Information Systems Digital Literacy for Teaching and Learning in Education (Recommended) Humanities, Arts and Design (HU) Note that some of these courses also have Awareness Areas designations and can be used to satisfy (G) and/or (H) requirement as well as (HU). 3 Select one of the following ARH, DAH, MHL or THE courses: 3 Introduction to Art Prehistoric Through Gothic Art Renaissance Through Contemporary Art Introduction to Dance World Dance Studies Dance in Popular Culture Survey of Music History American Jazz and Popular Music Survey of Broadway Musicals Rock Music and Culture Introduction to Theatre Modern Drama Select one of the following EDU, ENH or HUM courses: 3 Children's Literature (Recommended) Introduction to Literature American Literature Before 1860 American Literature After 1860 Ideas and Values in the Humanities: Early Civilizations to the Renaissance Ideas and Values in the Humanities: Renaissance to the Contemporary World Social-Behavioral Sciences (SB) Note that some of these courses also have Awareness Areas designations and can be used to satisfy (G) and/or (H) requirement as well as (SB). 3 Select one of the following US History/Government courses: 4 3 These courses satisfy the United States Constitution requirement for state teacher certification.United States and Arizona Social Studies United States History to 1865 American National Government Select one of the following CFS, ECH, GCU, ECN, HIS or PSY courses: 3 Human Development Child Development (Recommended) Macroeconomic Principles Microeconomic Principles World Geography I: Eastern Hemisphere World Geography II: Western Hemisphere United States History 1865 to Present Introduction to Psychology Natural Sciences (SQ/SG) The lecture courses selected for Natural Sciences must include or be accompanied by the corresponding laboratory course for a total of 4 credits each. At least four (4) credits must be designated as SQ. Eight (8) credits of SG will not satisfy this requirement Life Sciences Select four credits of SQ or SG in Biology (BIO) 4 Physical Sciences or Earth/Space Sciences Select four credits of SQ or SG from one of the following prefixes: 4 AGS, ASM, AST, CHM, GPH, GLG, PHS, or PHYNote: Students are advised to check with the university they plan to attend as specific requirements for lab sciences may vary Awareness Areas Select one of the following: 0-3 Cultural Diversity in the United States (C) 5Global Awareness (G) or Historical Awareness (H) 6- 1
FYC may be met with fewer than 6 credits if student has transfer credit from ASU, NAU or UAZ for a single course that meets FYC in full.
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Note that MAT182 Plane Trigonometry, MAT206 Elements of Statistics, MAT256 Investigating Quantity: Number, Operations and Numeration Systems, MAT257 Investigating Geometry, Probability and Statistics do NOT meet this requirement.
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AGEC designations are subject to change. See AGEC matrix for each course's value(s) in the semester it is taken.
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State certification requirements include courses on the constitutions of U.S. and Arizona. Taking GCU113 United States and Arizona Social Studies/POS113 United States and Arizona Social Studies for (SB) fulfills this requirement completely. Students who instead take HIS103 United States History to 1865 or POS110 American National Government for (SB) should consider taking POS221 as a Content Area Elective so they have completed study of both constitutions. POS220 U.S. and Arizona Constitution meets state certification requirements for both constitutions but does not meet (SB).
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Met by EDU222 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner and EDU230 Cultural Diversity In Education in Required Courses
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May be met by [HU] and/or [SB] course depending on specific courses selected. (AGEC designations are subject to change. See AGEC matrix for each course's value(s) in the semester it is taken.)
- MCCCD Additional Requirements - Credits: 0-3
These requirements may be shared with other AGEC requirements. See AGEC matrix on aztransfer.com for course designations.
Total: 60-641
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64 semester credits is the maximum accepted toward most degree programs at Arizona’s public universities. Some exceptions apply; consult with an academic advisor for additional transfer pathways.