Social Sciences/Teacher Education Programs of StudySecondary Education - English
An Associate of Arts in Teaching Degree Program (Transfer)
(Pending Approval by the Maryland Higher Education Commission)
Application Code 247
For curriculum information contact the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division - room ST-149 410-772-4832
This curriculum prepares students to transfer to a Secondary Education– English program at a four-year college or university in the state of Maryland. The Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree has been articulated with all transfer programs in Secondary Education – English in the state of Maryland. Students who receive the .A.T. degree must have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.75 and pass a required basic skills test.* Upon completion of the AAT degree, students are eligible to be admitted as a Secondary Education – English major at their Maryland transfer institution.
GENERAL EDUCATION CORE
(General education core credits in excess of 36 will transfer as general electives or courses related to the major. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.)
| | Credits |
| Composition | ENGL-121 College Composition I
ENGL-122 College Composition II | 3
3 |
| Arts & Humanities | ENGL-225 Introduction to World Literature
ENGL/THET-250 Shakespeare From Page to Stage
SPCH-105 Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3
3
3 |
| History | HIST-111 or HIST-112 American History | 3 |
Social
Sciences | PSYC-101 General Psychology | 3 |
| Science | Science Core Course (must include one course with lab) | 7-8 |
| Mathematics | MATH-121, 122, 131 or higher | 3-4 |
| Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues Core Courses | Interdisciplinary/Emerging Issues Core | 2-3 |
| REQUIRED COURSES RELATED TO MAJOR | |
| EDUC-110 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| EDUC-200 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
| EDUC-260 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| ENGL-201 | American Literature I OR | |
| ENGL-202 | American Literature II | 3 |
| ENGL-203 | English Literature I or | |
| ENGL-204 | English Literature II | 3 |
| ENGL-240 | Applied English Grammar | 3 |
| English | English Electives | 6 |
| | 60-63 |
*Students in a Teacher Education Transfer Program must submit scores from a required basic skills test to the Social Sciences Division prior to the completion of the 30th credit hour. Scores from the basic skills tests are used for admission to four-year Teacher Education programs and are required for teacher certification in Maryland and most other states. Basic skills test options and Maryland passing scores are:
•Praxis I – 177 in Math, 177 in Reading, 173 in Writing or total composite score
of 527
OR
•SAT – composite score of 1100 in Math and Verbal (prior to 4/95, the SAT score
equivalent is 1000)
OR
•ACT – composite score of 24
OR
•GRE – composite score of 1000 
