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St. Clair County Community College Catalog
2006-07 Edition

Program Code: AASPA PARAPROFESSIONAL TEACHER ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE This degree and curriculum has been designed to support, enhance, and train teaching paraprofessionals to work with all K-12 student. The curriculum will focus on increasing paraprofessional knowledge and skills for providing direct instructional and social support to students and teachers in regular and special needs classrooms. The curriculum includes basic educational training in learning styles, technology, behavior management, basic math, reading and writing skills, and instructional content in the basic methods of teaching and learning.
Suggested Program Sequence
FIRST YEAR – 1st Semester			Semester Hours
ENG 101	English Composition I	WR	3
SPC 101	Speech Communication	OC	3
CIS 115	Microcomputer Applications	CL	4
*Humanities Electives (select from approved list)			3-4
ED 100	Methods of Tutoring		3
ED200A	Field Placement		1
2nd Semester			Semester Hours
ENG 102	English Composition II	WR	3
PSY 180	Introduction to Psychology	CT	4
MTH 105	Foundations of Math I	MA CT	3
*Humanities Electives (select from approved list)			3-4
ED 120	Behavior Management		3
ED200B	Field Placement		1
SECOND YEAR – 1st Semester			Semester Hours
PS 101	Introduction to Political Science	GA GP	3
MTH 106	Foundations of Math II	MA CT	3
**Social Science Electives		GA	3-4
ED 220	Introduction to the Exceptional Learner		4
ED220C	Field Placement		1
2nd Semester			Semester Hours
ED 162	Integrative Technology in the Classroom		4
***Education Elective (select from approved list)			3-4
***Education Elective (select from approved list)			3-4
****Lab Science Elective			4
ED 200D	Field Placement		1
Range Total Credit Hours = 63-68
Range Total Contact Hours = 63-68
*Approved Electives:	HUMANITIES (6 credits)		Semester Hours
ART 121	Art of the Western World I	GA	3
ART 122	Art of the Western World II	GA	3
ENG 252	Children's Literature	CT	3
ENG 220	American Literature I	CT	3
ENG 221	American Literature II	CT	3
HIS 101	History of Western Civilization to 1715	GA	4
HIS 102	History of Western Civilization Since 1715	GA	4
THA 101	Fundamentals of Theatre		3
Languages – German (GR), French (FR), Spanish (SP)			4
**Approved Electives:	SOCIAL SCIENCE (3 – 4 credits)		Semester Hours
SOC 101	Principles of Sociology	GA	3
GEO 102	Human Geography	GA	3
GEO 233	World Regional Geography	GA	3
HIS 149	History of the U.S., 1607 to 1876	GA	4
HIS 150	History of the U.S., 1877 to Present	GA	4
***Approved Electives:	EDUCATION ELECTIVE (6-8 credits)		Semester Hours
ED 101	Introduction to a Career in Teaching		3
ED 205	Integrative Arts in the Classroom		3
PSY 170	Psychology of Effective Learning	CT	4
PSY 210	Child Psychology		3
PSY 220	Life Span Developmental Psychology		4
PSY 240	The Psychology of Adjustment and Mental Health		3
PSY 260	Abnormal Psychology		4
PSY 280	Human Sexuality		4
****Approved Electives:	SCIENCE (4 credits – must be a lab course)		Semester Hours
AST 104*	Astronomy of the Solar System		3
or
AST 105*	Astronomy of the Stars		3
and
AST 106	Astronomy,Laboratory		1
BIO 100	Contemporary Biology		4
BIO 150	Natural Biology		4
CHM 101	Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry		4
GEO 101	Earth Science		4
* Must also take AST 106 for lab.
NOTE: Satisfies M.A.C.R.A.O. for transfer (M.A.C.R.A.O. includes 6 credits of English Composition, 8-9 credits of math and science (must include 1 lab science), 8-9 credits of social science, and 8-9 credits of humanities). Students planning to transfer to a four-year university need to follow a transfer program sheet for the respective college to which they wish to transfer. Plan to work closely with an advisor or the discipline coordinator ifyou are planning to transfer.