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Earth/Space Education Option

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Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwaySocial, Behavioral, Education
AdvisorJamie Webb
Professor
850.769.1551 ext. 2858
jwebb@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantKathy Bleday
850.872.3851
kbleday@gulfcoast.edu
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Science Education Option: Earth/Space Component, Liberal Arts AA (SEAR-AA)

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
+*ENC 1102English Composition II3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
+*MAC 1140Precalculus Algebra3 credit hours
+*MAC 1114Plane Trigonometry3 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
•OCE 1001Fundamentals of Oceanography3 credit hours
  Biological Science (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
Social Sciences Area
•PSY 2012General Psychology3 credit hours
  OR
SYG 2000Principles of Sociology3 credit hours
EUH 1000Western Civilization I3 credit hours
  OR
EUH 1001Western Civilization II3 credit hours
•@POS 2041Amer National Government3 credit hours
Additional Required Courses
EDF 1005Intro Teaching Profession3 credit hours
EEX 2010Intro to Exceptional Learners3 credit hours
EME 2040Intro Technology for Teachers3 credit hours
SPC 1608Intro to Public Speaking3 credit hours
•GLY 1010Physical Geology3 credit hours
  Science Elective 2 or 3 credit hours
  

Students must select one of the following two-semester sequences

•+*BSC2010, Biology for Science Majors I, 3 crs.
+BSC2010L, Biology for Science Majors I Lab, 1 cr.
+* BSC2011, Biology for Science Majors II, 3 crs.
+BSC2011L, Biology for Science Majors II Lab, 1 cr.
or
•+*CHM1045, General Chemistry, 3 crs.
+CHM1045L, General Chemistry Lab, 1 cr.
+* CHM 1046, Chemistry with Qual. Analysis, 3 crs.
+CHM1046L, Chemistry with Qual. Anal. Lab, 1 crs.
or
•+*PHY2053, College Physics I, 3 crs.
+ PHY2053L, College Physics I Lab, 1 cr.
+* PHY2054, College Physics II, 3 crs.
+PHY2054L, College Physics II Lab, 1 cr.
(If students do not take the BSC2010 sequence above, then they must take
BSC1005 or approved biology to meet the biology requirement for the A.A.)

 7 or 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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