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Associate in Math Education - DTA

(for future secondary math teachers)

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.

A. BASIC REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)

  • Communication Skills (10 credits). Must include ENGL 101
  • Mathematics — 5 credits of calculus

B. DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS (60 credits)

Humanities (HM)

15-20 credits selected from at least two disciplines with no more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline. No more than five credits in foreign language at the 100 level and no more than five credits in performance/skills courses are allowed. Credits must be GER approved as designated on the Pierce College AA degree.

Social Science (SS)

15-20 credits selected from at least two disciplines and no more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline. PSYCH 110 and a multicultural elective required. Credits must be GER approved as designated on the Pierce College AA degree.

Natural Sciences (NS)

MATH 125 (5 credits) and 10 credits from other science areas. One course must be a lab.

Additional Math Requirements

MATH 126 (3rd quarter calculus), MATH 205 (Linear Algebra) and MATH 224 (Multivariate Calculus) — five credits each.

C. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (6-10 credits)

Introduction to Education and Education Field Experience required.

D. GENERAL ELECTIVES

Additional college-level courses so that 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. PSYCH 205 and MATH 238 strongly recommended.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Communication Skills (10 credits)

  • ENGL 101, Composition – Exposition (required) (5)
  • ENGL 102, English Comp. – Writing about Literature (5) OR ENGL 103 Composition – Argumentation & Research (5)

Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills (5 credits)

Prerequisites required.

  • MATH 124, Analytical Geometry & Calculus I (5)

Humanities (15-20 credits)

  • SPCH 110, Fundamentals of Public Speaking (5)
  • Humanities (GER-HM) electives† (10)

†At least two disciplines with no more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline required. No more than five credits in foreign language at the 100 level and no more than five credits in performance/skills courses are allowed.

Social Sciences (SS) (15-20 credits)

  • PSYCH 110, General Psychology (5)
  • Multicultural elective by advisement (5)
  • Social Science (GER-SS) electives† (5)

†Credits selected must be from at least two disciplines and no more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline. PSYCH 205 strongly recommended.

Natural Sciences (NS) (15-20 credits)

  • MATH 125, Analytical Geometry & Calculus II (5)
  • Natural Science (GER-NS) elective with lab† (5)
  • Natural Science (GER-NS) elective† (5)

†No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline. At least 10 credits in physical, biological and/or earth sciences (i.e., physics, chemistry, geology or biology).

Additional Math Requirements (15-20 credits)

  • MATH 126, Analytical Geometry & Calculus III (5)
  • MATH 205, Linear Algebra (5)
  • MATH 224, Multivariate Calculus (5)
  • MATH 238, Differential Equations (recommended) (5)

Education Requirements (6-10 credits)

  • EDUC 201, Intro to Education (5)
  • EDUC 202, Education Practicum (1-5)

General Electives (10 quarter credits)

Additional college-level courses so that 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.

Total Credits Required 91-115

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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/world language requirements, as required by the transfer institution, must be met prior to the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
  3. A maximum of five quarter credits of “gray area” courses will be accepted in the General Electives category.
  4. Students are responsible for checking specific major requirements of baccalaureate institutions in the year prior to transferring.

Program Outcomes

Associate in Math Education (AS-T) Degree Outcomes:

  1. 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 mathematics teacher and the disposition to adhere to the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities of being a secondary education mathematics teacher.
  2. Graduates will acquire the necessary knowledge base in mathematics and sciences, as recommended by participating state college or university teacher preparation programs, for future secondary education mathematics 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.