ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCES DEGREE WITH AN EMPHASIS IN TEACHING 4-8 MIDDLE LEVEL
(GENERALIST)

Degree Code: AS.UTA.4-8.MID/GEN

Students completing all courses in this plan will receive an AS degree and will be assured all courses with a grade of "C" or better will transfer into UTA's College of Education for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. Students will be admitted into the program with a DCCCD GPA (2) of at least 2.75. Students MUST take the THEA (Texas Higher Education Assessment) test and score at least 270 on Reading, 220 on Writing, and 230 on Math in order to be accepted into this program at UTA.

This AS plan incorporates the Core Curriculum plus 20 hours toward the degree. The AS degree will be awarded when students complete all requirements at a minimum of 62 credit hours. Students are also permitted to acquire an additional 11 hours beyond the AS degree before transferring to UTA.

In order to be eligible to receive this AS degree, a student must:

CRITICAL READING AND WRITING
Select EACH of the following:
ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required)    CB010    
HIST 1301     CB060

SPEAKING AND LISTENING
Select ONE of the following: CB011  
SPCH 1311, 1315 or 1321 (a grade of "C" or better required)

QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Select ONE of the following: CB020  
(A grade of "C" or better required)
MATH 1314 or MATH 1414

WELLNESS AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Select ONE of the following: CB090  
ARTS 1311, 1312, 1313, 1316, 2313, 2316, 2326, 2333, 2336, 2341, 2346, 2348, 2356, 2366; BIOL 1322; BUSI 1307; COMM 1316, 1318; DANC 1245, 1341, 1347, 1351; DRAM 1322, 1330, 1351; ECON 1303; MUEN 1122, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1151, 1152, 1153, 2123, 2141; MUSI 1116, 1181, 1183, 1192, 1263, 1300; PHED 1100, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1164, 1165, 1251, 1304, 1306, 1346; SOCI 2301, 2340; SPCH 2341

QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY, AND RESEARCH
Select the following: CB010  
ENGL 1302    

SELF AND SOCIETY

Select ONE of the following: CB070  
PSYC 2301, ECON 2301, ECON 2302

Select the following: CB060  
GOVT 2301

Select ONE of the following: CB080
HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381

HUMANITY, CREATIVITY, AND THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
Select ONE of the following: CB050  
ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304; DRAM 1310, 2361, 2366; HUMA 1311, 1315; MUSI 1306, 1308, 1309, 1310

Select ONE of the following: CB040  
CUST 2370; ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2342, 2343, 2351; HUMA 1302, 1305, 2319; PHIL 1301, 1304, 1316, 1317, 2303, 2306, 2307, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2321; [FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ARAB 2311, 2312; CHIN 2311, 2312; CZEC 2311, 2312; FREN 2311, 2312; GERM 2311, 2312; GREE 2311, 2312; ITAL 2311, 2312; JAPN 2311, 2312; KORE 2311, 2312; LATI 2311, 2312; PORT 2311, 2312; RUSS 2311, 2312; SPAN 2311, 2312, 2321, 2322, 2323; 2324; VIET 2311, 2312]

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Select TWO of the following: CB030  
BIOL 1406 and 1407 or BIOL 1408 and 1409

CRITICAL ISSUES IN LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS
Select the following: CB070  
GOVT 2302

Select EACH of the following:
EDUC 1301* and EDUC 2301*
MATH 1350 and MATH 1351 

Select eight hours from courses with the prefix of BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS. 

*Transfer students must work closely with a UTA advisor/counselor.

OTHER COURSES
Following the completion of the AS degree, students are encouraged to complete the following courses which are guaranteed to transfer into the University of Texas at Arlington BS Degree program for 4-8 Middle Level (Generalist).

Select each of the following:
GEOL 1403 and GEOL 1404
MATH 2342

NOTE: Courses previously taken cannot be used to satisfy both the Core and a requirement in this group.