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Middle School Science Education Option

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Program Snapshot
Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwaySocial, Behavioral, Education
AdvisorAmanda Manning
Instructional Coordinator for Education Programs
850.769.1551 ext. 2869
amanning3@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantKathy Bleday
850.872.3851
kbleday@gulfcoast.edu
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Degree Plan

Middle School Science Education Option, Liberal Arts AA (SCMD-AA)

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
+*ENC 1102English Composition II3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
  •+*See General Education Requirement 6 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
•OCE 1001Fundamentals of Oceanography3 credit hours
•+*BSC 2010Biology for Science Majors I3 credit hours
Additional Common Prerequisites
EDF 1005Intro Teaching Profession3 credit hours
EEX 2010Intro to Exceptional Learners3 credit hours
EME 2040Intro Technology for Teachers3 credit hours
•GLY 1010Physical Geology3 credit hours
+BSC 2010LBiology for Sci Majors I Lab1 credit hours
  

Students must also complete one of the following two‑semester sequences in science:

•+*PHY2053/L, College Physics I and Lab (4 crs.) and
+*PHY2054/L, College Physics II and Lab (4 crs.)

or

•+*CHM1045/L, General Chemistry (4 crs.) and
+* CHM1046/L, General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (5 hrs.)

 8 credit hours
Electives
Total Degree Hours60


Recommended elective

EDF2085, Introduction to Diversity for Educators, 3 crs.


• General Education Core. Students must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study—Communications, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences—as part of the general education course requirements.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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