Associate in Arts for Transfer Degree in Elementary Teacher Education
2025-2026 Map
Total Units: 60 - 62
Term 1
16.00 - 18.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| CDF 14: Child Growth and Development | 3.00 | Meets Area 4. | |
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course examines the progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. Emphasis on interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students will observe children, evaluate individual differences, and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories. (C-ID CDEV 100). |
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| EDUC 2: Introduction to Education | 3.00 | ||
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course introduces students to the concepts and issues related to teaching diverse learners in today???s contemporary schools, Transitional Kindergarten (TK) and Kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12). Topics include teaching as a profession and career, historical and philosophical foundations of the American education system, contemporary educational issues, California???s Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP), and Teacher Performance Standards (TPS). In addition to class time, the course requires 51 hours of structured fieldwork in public school elementary classrooms that represent California???s diverse student population, and includes cooperation with at least one carefully selected and campus-approved certificated classroom teacher. (C-ID EDUC 200). |
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| Select one: Meets Area 1A | 4.00 | ||
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| Area 2 Choice (See GE Guide) | 3.00 - 5.00 | ||
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| Area 6 Choice (See GE Guide) | 3.00 | ||
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Term 2
15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| COMM C1000: Introduction to Public Speaking | 3.00 | Meets Area 1C. | |
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Unit(s): 3.00
In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. (C-ID COMM 110). |
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| HIST 8: United States History to 1877 | 3.00 | Meets Area 3B. | |
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Unit(s): 3.00
A survey of the history of the United States, from pre-colonial North America to the end of Reconstruction, that addresses important political, economic, social, and cultural developments. The course also introduces students to the historical reasoning skills necessary to form their own understanding of the past, and of contemporary society. (C-ID HIST 130). |
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| Select one: | 3.00 | ||
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| List B (Select one): Meets Area 3A | 3.00 | ||
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| Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999) | 3.00 | Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options. | |
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Term 3
14 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| BIOL 1: Introduction to Biology | 4.00 | Meets Area 5B/5C. | |
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Unit(s): 4.00
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of biology, focusing on the flow of genetic information through cells and generations and the flow of energy through cells and ecosystems. Topics include processes of science, cell structure and function, genetics, molecular biology, evolution, ecology, and a survey of the diversity of life. An emphasis is placed on the critical analysis of current biological issues, including threats to biodiversity and applications of biotechnology in agriculture and medicine. |
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| POLS C1000: American Government and Politics | 3.00 | Meets Area 4 and US-2. | |
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Unit(s): 3.00
This course is an introduction to government and politics in the United States and California. Students examine the constitutions, structure, and operation of governing institutions, civil liberties and civil rights, political behaviors, political issues, and public policy using political science theory and methodology. (C-ID POLS 110). |
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| List A (Select one): | 4.00 | ||
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| Area 1B Choice (See GE Guide) | 3.00 | ||
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Term 4
15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999) | 15.00 | Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options. | |
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