Students are encouraged to build the North Carolina Community College (NCCC) course recommendations below into the associate degree to best prepare for the intended university and major.
| Recommended NCCC Course |
Credit
Hours |
University Equivalent
|
Associate Degree
Requirement Fulfilled |
University Requirement Fulfilled |
|
ACA 122: College Transfer Success
|
1
|
UNV 1000: Freshman Seminar
|
Academic Transition
|
Required Course
|
|
ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry
|
3
|
ENG 1050: Composition I
|
English Composition
|
Suggested Course, General Education
|
|
ENG 112: Writing/Research in the Disc
|
3
|
ENG 1060: Composition II
|
English Composition
|
Suggested Course, General Education
|
|
MAT 143: Quantitative Literacy
|
3
|
MAT 1050: Intro to College Mathematics
|
UGETC Math
|
Suggested Course, General Education
|
|
EDU 216: Foundations of Education
|
3
|
EDN 2100: Introduction to Education
|
Elective/Pre-Major Courses
|
Suggested Course
|
|
EDU 144: Child Development I
|
3
|
ECE 2030: The Developing Young Child
|
Elective/Pre-Major Courses
|
Suggested Course
|
|
EDU 221: Children With Exceptionalities
|
3
|
SED 3310: Intro to Except Child
|
Elective/Pre-Major Courses
|
Suggested Course
|
In addition to major-specific course recommendations above, students should work with a community college advisor to select additional community college courses to fulfill the remaining associate degree requirements identified below.
| Recommended NCCC Course |
Credit
Hours |
University Equivalent
|
Associate Degree
Requirement Fulfilled |
University Requirement Fulfilled |
|
Student Choice/No Preference
(Approved Course Options)
|
9
|
University Equivalencies
|
UGETC Humanities/Fine Arts
|
General Education
|
|
Student Choice/No Preference
(Approved Course Options)
|
9
|
University Equivalencies
|
UGETC Social/Behavioral Sciences
|
General Education
|
|
Student Choice/No Preference
(Approved Course Options)
|
4
|
University Equivalencies
|
UGETC Natural Sciences
|
General Education
|
|
Any CAA Natural Science Course
(Approved Course Options)
|
4
|
University Equivalencies
|
Additional General Education Courses
|
General Education
|
|
Any CAA Humanities/Fine Arts Course
(Approved Course Options)
|
3
|
University Equivalencies
|
Additional General Education Courses
|
General Education
|
|
Any CAA Social/Behavioral Science Course
(Approved Course Options)
|
3
|
University Equivalencies
|
Additional General Education Courses
|
General Education
|
|
Student Choice/No Preference
(Approved Course Options)
|
4
|
University Equivalencies
|
Additional General Education Courses
|
Elective
|
|
Student Choice/No Preference
(Approved Course Options)
|
5
|
University Equivalencies
|
Elective/Pre-Major Courses
|
Elective
|
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Satisfy University graduation requirements outlined in the academic catalog.
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Writing Intensive Program
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As a requirement for graduation, students must complete nine semester credit hours of Writing Enriched and Writing in the Discipline courses. One course must be a Writing in the Discipline course.
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Indigenous Cultures & Communities (ICC) Requirement
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Students transferring to UNCP with 60 (or more) transfer credit hours are required to take EITHER one (1) approved ICC designated 3-credit hour course
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OR one (1) ICC designated and department-approved co-curricular learning experience.
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Students transferring to UNCP with fewer than 60 transfer credit hours are required to take EITHER two (2) approved ICC designated 3-credit hour courses OR one (1) approved ICC designated 3-credit hour course AND one (1) ICC designated and department-approved co-curricular learning experience.
Program Goals and Objectives
The goal of the Elementary Education program is to guide the professional development of teacher candidates who are morally and ethically committed to the learning, development, and wellbeing of all elementary children and who possess the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to guide the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of diverse learners in ways that inspire, engage, and affirm. The specific objectives for elementary education candidates are delineated in the UNCP Teacher Education Program Teacher Candidate Handbook. Briefly, the objectives of the program are
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to develop a broad, informed worldview sensitive to the values and perspectives of diverse peoples;
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to acquire the key concepts and tools of inquiry in the science disciplines, the literary disciplines, the social studies disciplines, the physical education and health disciplines, and the arts disciplines;
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to acquire knowledge of the theories and principles of human growth and development;
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to understand the major determinants of curriculum in the elementary schools, including the North Carolina Standard Course of Study;
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to know how to plan instruction and employ a variety of instructional strategies including technology to meet the needs of diverse learners;
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to understand the role of assessment in cycles of teaching and learning and to develop the disposition to reflect critically and integrate knowledge and experience into a coherent conceptual framework.