Associate's Degree and University Transfer - Associate in Biology Education (AS-T)
General Degree Requirements
- A minimum of 90 quarter hours of transferable credit.
- A college cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 is required.
- English 101 (Composition – Exposition) is required.
- A minimum of 25 of the last 45 credits must be earned at Pierce College.
- A 1.5 grade (C-) or better for all requirements is required unless prerequisites state otherwise.
- "Pass" (P) grades may be used for General Elective credits only.
- Independent Study credits may be used only for General Elective credits.
- Cooperative work experience/work-based learning credits may be applied to the General Elective area only.
- Once a course has been successfully completed, credits obtained may be used only once, even if that course is listed in more than one category.
Course Requirements (116-121 total credits required) |
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Communication Skills (10 credits) |
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| ENGL& 101 English Composition I (required) ( 5 credits) ENGL 103 Composition – Argumentation & Research (5 credits) OR ENGL 107 Composition – Writing about Literature (5 credits) |
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| Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills (5 credits) | |
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MATH& 151 Calculus I (5 credits) |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (15 credits) | |
CMST& 220 Public Speaking (5 credits) |
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| Specific Pre-Major Requirements (68-71 credits) | |
CHEM& 161-163 General Chemistry w/lab I-III (15 credits) |
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| Education Requirements (8-10 credits) | |
EDUC& 202 Intro to Education (5 credits) |
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| General Electives (0-5 credits) | |
PSYC& 200 strongly recommended. Additional college-level courses so that a total earned is at least 90 credits. May include prerequisites for major courses (e.g., pre-calculus, additional major coursework, or specific general education or other university requirements, as approved by the advisor |
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Notes
- Students completing this degree will receive the same priority consideration for admission to the baccalaureate institution as they would for completing the direct transfer associate’s degree and will be given junior status by the receiving institution.
- Courses in Humanities/Social Science must come from the current ICRC distribution list in order to count as General Education or General University Requirements (GERs/GURs) at the receiving institution. Additional general educational requirements, cultural diversity requirements, and foreign language requirements, as required by the transfer institution, must be met prior to the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
- Students should be advised that some baccalaureate institutions require physics with calculus to meet specific pre-major science category.
- Biology majors should select organic chemistry or physics for specific pre-major requirements.
- Pre-calculus cannot be used to satisfy the mathematics requirement (2 above).
- Students are responsible for checking specific major requirements of baccalaureate institutions in the year prior to transferring.
Program Outcomes
Associate in Biology Education (AS-T) Degree Outcomes:
- Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning and develop beliefs of what it means to be a competent, ethical, professional secondary education biology teacher and the disposition to adhere to the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities of being a secondary education biology teacher.
- Graduates will acquire the necessary knowledge base in biology, mathematics and sciences, as recommended by participating state college or university teacher preparation programs, for future secondary education biology teachers.
Core Abilities Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking:
Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action.
Responsibility:
Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation.
Information Competency:
Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.
Effective Communication:
Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Multiculturalism:
Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures and experiences and the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to engage others with civility and empathy.
Fundamental Areas of Knowledge Outcomes
Communication:
Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and other’s writing in order to communicate effectively.
Humanities:
Graduates acquire skills to critically interpret, analyze and evaluate forms of human expression, and create and perform as an expression of the human experience.
Social Sciences:
Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.
Natural Sciences:
Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.
Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning:
Graduates utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, geometric, or statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.
