College of the Great Smoky Mountains - Southwestern Community College, serving Jackson, Macon,  and Swain Counties and Cherokee/ Qually Boundary

 

 




Barb Putman, Dean
Barb Putman, Dean

B.A., Davidson College
M.A., Ph.D., Univ of Connecticut

828.586.4091, ext. 496
800.447.4091, ext. 496
Oaks Hall, 1st floor
bputman@southwesterncc.edu

 

 
 
Pre-Major Associate in Arts Degree
Physical Education

 

The Pre-Major Associate in Arts - Physical Education program at SCC has been cooperatively designed with four-year state institutions to achieve a seamless junior-level transfer into one of several majors. Only those students who complete one of these pre-major packages at SCC may be guaranteed transfer with full junior status into a baccalaureate major. These programs of study are strongly recommended for SCC transfer students who feel sure of their eventual majors.

Associate in Arts Degree (AA) - A1010J

COURSE AND HOUR REQUIREMENTS:
English Composition
6
 
Humanities / Fine Arts
12
 
Social / Behavioral Sciences
12
 
Natural Sciences

8

 
Mathematics
6
 
Other Required
20-21
 
TOTAL
64-65
 
Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.
3 SHC in Speech/Communication may be substituted for 3 SHC in Humanities/Fine Arts. Speech/Communication may not substitute for the literature requirement.

Application to a University
Admission application deadlines vary; students must meet the deadline for the university to which they plan to transfer. Upon successful completion of the associate in arts degree, students who meet the requirements outlined in this pre-major transfer agreement for Physical Education will be eligible to be considered for admission as juniors to the universities offering the baccalaureate degree.

Admission to the Major
Grade point average requirements vary, and admission is competitive across the several programs in Physical Education. Admission to teacher licensure programs requires satisfactory scores on PRAXIS I.

ENGLISH / COMMUNICATION (6 SHC)
Two English composition courses are required.
       
  Prefix Number Title
Class
Lab
Clin
Credit
Required course:        
click on title for course description
  ENG 111 Expository Writing 3 0 0 3
The second composition course must be selected from the following:
  ENG 113 Argument-Based Research 3 0 0 3
  ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting 3 0 0 3
                
HUMANITIES / FINE ARTS (12 SHC)        
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.        
One course must be a literature course.        
Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: music, art, drama, dance, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, literature, philosophy, and religion.
 — The following course is recommended to substitute for 3 SHC of Humanities/Fine Arts:
  COM 231 Public Speaking 3 0 0 3
           
SOCIAL / BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (12 SHC)        
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.        
One course must be a history course.        
Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology.
The following course is recommended.        
  PSY 150 General Psychology 3 0 0 3
               
NATURAL SCIENCE / MATHEMATICS (14 SHC)        
Natural Sciences (8 SHC):        
 — Two courses from the biological and physical science disciplines, including accompanying laboratory work, are required.
 — The following sequence of courses is recommended:        
  BIO 111 General Biology I 3 3 0 4
  BIO 112 General Biology II 3 3 0 4
Mathematics (6 SHC):        
Two courses required.
One course must be in introductory mathematics (college algebra, trigonometry, calculus, etc.)
One of the following courses is recommended as the second mathematics course:
  CIS 110 Introduction to Computers 2 2 0 3
  MAT 151 Statistics I 3 0 0 3
               
OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 SHC):        
The following courses are required:        
  PED 110 Fit and Well for Life 1 2 0 2
  PED *** 2 SHC of electives        
16 additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required. Pre-education majors should select additional courses from Humanities/ Fine Arts, Social/Behavioral Sciences, Natural Sciences/Mathematics and electives that meet the requirements of the academic concentration, based on the requirements of the receiving institution.
Foundations of Education (EDU 216) is a recommended course for all pre-majors in education.
               
Total Semester Hour Credits: 64-65  
Award: Associate in Arts Degree

 

 


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