St. Charles Community College
4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
Cottleville, MO 63376 | 636-922-8000
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St. Charles Community College 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive Cottleville, MO 63376 | 636-922-8000 |
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Associate of
Arts in Teaching Degree (AAT)
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GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS General Education studies at St. Charles Community College guide students into a deeper understanding of themselves and of their responsibilities as citizens, and they provide the knowledge and skills on which to build a richer appreciation of their world. NOTE: The courses below meet the general education requirements for SCC and the state of Missouri. This sequence of courses is for the students who wish to transfer to a 4-year institution and have met their general education requirements. To obtain the Associate of Arts degree from SCC, students must also meet the Institutional Requirements outlined to the right. |
SCC INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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| Discipline | Description | Credit Hours |
Courses |
| COMMUNICATIONS | To develop students' effective use of the English language and quantitative and other symbolic systems essential to their success in school and in the world. Students should be able to read and listen critically and to write and speak with thoughtfulness, clarity, coherence, and persuasiveness. | 9 |
ENG 101, 102 SPE 101 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES | To develop students' understanding of themselves and the world around them through study of content and the processes used by historians and social and behavioral scientists to discover, describe, explain, and predict human behavior and social systems. Students must understand the diversities and complexities of the cultural and social world, past and present, and come to an informed sense of self and others. (Students must fulfill the state statute requirements for the United States and Missouri Constitutions.) | 9 |
PSY 101 POL 101 One Course from Group
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| HUMANITIES | To develop students' understanding of the ways in which humans have addressed their condition through imaginative work in the humanities and fine arts; to deepen their understanding of how that imaginative process is informed and limited by social, cultural, linguistic, and historical circumstances; and to appreciate the world of the creative imagination as a form of knowledge. | 9 |
One Course from Group I: EDU 242 EDU 246 ART 101, 150, 160, 170 MUS 111, 112, 231, 232 MUS 113 or MUS 229 or THE 229 MUS 114 or MUS 230 or THE 230 THE 122, 123, 124 One Course from Group II: EDU 125 EDU 225 One Additional Course from Group I or II |
| MULTICULTURAL/ VALUING |
To develop students' abilities to understand the moral and ethical values of a diverse society and to understand that many courses of action are guided by value judgments about the way things ought to be. Students should be able to make informed decisions through identifying personal values and the values of others and through understanding how such values develop. They should be able to analyze the ethical implications of choices made on the basis of these values. | 3 |
One Course from: GEO 100, 101, 102 |
| MATHEMATICS | To develop students' understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts and their applications. Students should develop a level of quantitative literacy that would enable them to make decisions and solve problems and which could serve as a basis for continued learning. | 4 | MAT 160 |
| NATURAL SCIENCE | To develop students' understanding of the principles and laboratory procedures of life and physical sciences and to cultivate their abilities to apply the empirical methods of scientific inquiry. Students should understand how scientific discovery changes theoretical views of the world, informs our imaginations, and shapes human history. Students should also understand that science is shaped by historical and social contexts. | 8 | BIO 101/103, 110/113, 125/127
(101/103 suggested)
One Course From Group
II:
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| CAPSTONE | To assess acquisition of knowledge and skills. | Pass all areas of C-BASE test |
Higher-Order Thinking - To develop students' ability to distinguish among opinions, facts, and inferences; to identify underlying or implicit assumptions; to make informed judgments; and to solve problems by applying evaluative standards.
Managing Information - To develop students' abilities to locate, organize, store, retrieve, evaluate, synthesize, and annotate information from print, electronic, and other sources in preparation for solving problems and making informed decisions.