Elementary Education AA&S DTA map for CWU
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Communications Skills: 10 Credits
Quantitative Skills: 5 Credits (SQR)
Humanities: 15 Credits (HU, HP)
(ART, CMST, ENGL, FREN, GERM, HUM, MUSC, PHIL, REL, SPAN)
Social Science: 15 Credits (SS)
(ANTH, CJ, ECON, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOC)
Additional Breadth: 5 Credits
Natural Science: 15 Credits (NS, LS, MS)
(AGR, ASTR, BIOL, BOT, CHEM, ENGR, ENVS, GEOL, NUTR, PHYS)
Specified Electives: 10 Credits (SE)
Physical Education/Health & Wellness: 3 Credits
General Electives: 12 Credits
Total Credits Required: 90
Diversity Course Requirement:
You must complete one diversity course as part of your degree.
- ART&100: Art Appreciation
- CMST 225: Intercultural Communication
- ENGL 223: Banned Books in Literature: A Cultural Approach
- ENGL 225: Chicanx Literature
- ENGL 261: Women’s Literature
- HIST&215: Women in US History
- HIST&219: Native American History
- HUM 108: Intro to Gender Studies
- HUM 205: Diversity French/German Cinema
- HUM 214: Diversity Issues: Race, Class & Gender
- HUM 220: Diversity in Education
- MUSC 170: History of Jazz
- MUSC 175: Music of the World
- POLS&203: International Relations
- REL 201: World Religion
- SOC 204: Gender & Power
- SOC 220: Marriage and the Family
- SOC&201: Social Problems
Suggested Schedule and checklist
Suggested Schedule:
- ENGL&101: English Composition I
- General Elective: Select with advisor
- PEH 178: Principles of Fitness OR PEH 100: Lifetime Wellness
- MATH&131: Math for Elementary Ed 1
To Do:
- Apply for FAFSA or WASFA for next year
- Set up your Bankmobile account
- Get familiar with your CTCLink student homepage
- Meet with your advisor
Suggested Schedule:
- ENGL&102: English Composition II
- Humanities Breadth: Select with advisor
- PSYC&100: General Psychology
To Do:
- Make an education plan with your advisor
- Apply for BBCC Foundation Scholarships
Suggested Schedule:
- Humanities Breadth: Select with advisor
- Natural Science: Select with advisor
- EDUC&202: Intro to Education
To Do:
- Meet with your advisor
- Apply to CWU
Suggested Schedule:
- Humanities Breadth: Select with advisor
- Lab Science: Select with advisor
- Social Science Breadth: Select with advisor
To Do:
- Update your education plan with your advisor
- Apply for FAFSA or WASFA for next year
- Sign up for your WEST-B Test
Suggested Schedule:
- General Elective: Select with advisor
- Natural Science: Select with advisor
- PSYC&200: Lifespan Psychology
To Do:
- Apply for graduation (After enrolling in your final quarter of classes)
- Apply to CWU Teacher Cert Program
Suggested Schedule:
- MATH&132: Math for Elementary Ed 2
- General Elective: Select with advisor
- Social Science Breadth: Select with advisor
To Do:
- Order cap and gown
- Attend graduation
Elementary Education (AA&S DTA) Pre-Requisite Flow Chart
Start by meeting with your advisor to determine which course to take first based on your placement scores.
English Pathway
ENGL 99 English Skills + CSS 106: Reading Skills → ENG&101: Composition I → ENG&102: Composition II and HUM 214: Diversity Issues
ENGL 99 English Skills + CSS 106: Reading Skills → EDUC&202: Intro to Education → HUM 220: Diversity in Education (F)
Psychology Pathway
PSYC&100: General Psychology → PSYC&200: Lifespan Psychology
Math Pathway
DVS 080: College Transitions Math → MATH094: Intro to Algebra → MATH 098: Intermediate Algebra → MATH&131: Math of Elem Ed I (W) and MATH&132: Math for Elem Ed II (Sp) *Order does not matter
KEY: F = Fall, W = Winter, Sp = Spring, Su = Summer
- Cumulative GPA must be 2.0 or higher
- Earn a grade of 1.0 or higher in each course to use it toward your degree
- CWU requires a minimum GPA of 3.0 for your last 45 credits
CWU ETA+ Program
Apply to CWU before you earn 60 credits to gain:
- Early advising at CWU
- Financial Aid workshops
- Career Counseling
- $60 CWU application fee waiver
- Additional CWU resources!
DTA – Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
El Ed CWU main campus – Fall, Winter, Spring
El Ed BBCC CWU campus – Fall
This degree can be completed entirely online. Courses are offered on-campus, online, or hybrid (part on-campus, part online)
90 Credits = 6 Quarters* if you take 15 credits each quarter
*Your specific route may take longer than 6 quarters depending on the number of credits you take each quarter and where you start in your math and English pathways.
>Teacher Cert Program at CWU is 7 consecutive quarters<
Completion of the Associate of Arts & Sciences degree for Elementary Education (BBCC) and the Elementary Education Teacher Program (CWU) prepares students to teach in grades K-8.
The AA&S DTA represents the broad knowledge generally acquired in the first two years of a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. When students earn the AA&S DTA as lined out here for Elementary Education at CWU, they may transfer to CWU and apply to the Teacher Certification program with all prerequisites met.
Teacher Prep
camille.bello@cwu.eduDTA
micheler@bigbend.eduFor BEdA Students
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Transition to College (new link)
- Attend your orientation and enroll in your 1st quarter classes
- GED & Placement assessments
- Enroll in a Beyond High School class:
- Identify intended pathway (college, military or employment)
- Update High School & Beyond Plan with your Ed Planner
- Meet with Outreach Staff
- Apply for Financial Aid with FASFA or WASFA application
- Research Scholarship/Grant Funding options
- WIOA partner funding applications
- Verify support access across campus
- Finish Graduation Plan
- Ensure placement completion
- Inquiry about college tuition waiver
- Finish High School & Beyond Plan
- Select college pathway course(s) with your Ed Planner
- Complete college course waiver [10 college credit max]
- Make certain funding is in place
- Finish High School credits
- You will complete these with your Ed Planner:
- Complete New Student Enrollment
- Apply for Graduation
- Get coupon to receive your graduation cap and tassel! And, checkout your graduation gown!
BEdA Pathway Course Options
- CMST& 210 – Interpersonal Communication OR CMST& 220 – Public Speaking (F, W, S)
- ENGL& 101 – English Composition I (F, W, S)
- Pre-Req: Placement exam or a grade of 2.0 or better in ENGL 099 or ENGL 094-BS/HU
- FAD 150 – Industrial First Aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Plus Bloodborne Pathogens (F, W, S)
- MAP 117: Applied Math for Workforce Programs (F, W, S)
- Pre-Req: Placement into MAP117/MATH 094 or completion of DVS 080
- PSYC& 100 – General Psychology OR SOC& 101 – Intro to Sociology (F, W, S)
- EDUC& 115 – Child Development (F, W, S)
- Pre Req: Instructor Consent Required
- EDUC& 202 – Intro to Education (F, W, S)
- Note: Credit cannot be earned in both EDUC& 201 and EDUC& 202. Course may include fieldwork.
- Pre Req: Successful completion of ENGL 099 or placement in ENGL& 101. (Formerly: EDUC& 201). SE
- EDUC& 130 – Guiding Behavior (F, W, S)
- Pre Req: Instructor Consent Required