English-secondary Education, AA

Program Requirements

The following advisement plan is a recommended course of study. An academic advisor may alter course sequence to meet individual student needs. In addition, an academic advisor may recommend additional or different courses depending upon student career plans and/or requirements of the college or university to which the student plans to transfer.

For specific information for the university of your choice, consult the MATT tool at http://matttransfertool.com/about/default.aspx.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

PSY 2553 - Psychology of Personal Adjustment Semester Credit Hours: 3
MAT 1313 - College Algebra Semester Credit Hours: 3
BIO 1114 - Principles of Biology I Semester Credit Hours: 4 **
ENG 1113 - English Composition I Semester Credit Hours: 3
MFL 1213 - Spanish I Semester Credit Hours: 3 *

Total Hours: 16

Spring Semester

HIS 1113 - Western Civilization I Semester Credit Hours: 3 or another social science elective***
ENG 1123 - English Composition II Semester Credit Hours: 3
PHY 2244 - Physical Science I Semester Credit Hours: 4 **
PSY 1513 - General Psychology Semester Credit Hours: 3
MFL 1223 - Spanish II Semester Credit Hours: 3 *

Total Hours: 16

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

HIS 1113 - Western Civilization I Semester Credit Hours: 3 or another social science elective***
SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I Semester Credit Hours: 3 ****
MFL 2213 - Spanish III Semester Credit Hours: 3 or other humanities elective*
ENG 2413 - Survey of World Literature Semester Credit Hours: 3 *****
ART 1113 - Art Appreciation Semester Credit Hours: 3
or
MUS 1113 - Music Appreciation Semester Credit Hours: 3

Total Hours: 15

Spring Semester

PHI 2113 - Introduction to Philosophy Semester Credit Hours: 3 or social science or humanities elective
GEO 1123 - Principles of Geography Semester Credit Hours: 3 or another social science or humanities elective
ENG 2323 - British Literature I Semester Credit Hours: 3 *****
MFL 2223 - Spanish IV Semester Credit Hours: 3 or other humanities elective*
3 Credit Hour Elective in Endorsement Area Semester Credit Hours: 3
Elective of 1 or more credit hours Semester Credit Hours: 1

Total Hours: 16

Note(s)

*USM requires 4 semesters of foreign language. MSU, UM, DSU, and MVSU do not require foreign language. All other state universities require 6 hours.

**USM requires 2 lab sciences of the student’s choice. All other state universities require Principles of Bio I and Physical Science I.

***MSU is the only state university that requires Western Civilization I and II in progression.

****MSU and UM are the only two state universities that do NOT require speech.

*****USM requires 6 hours of literature. UM requires 12 hours. MSU requires 15 hours.