Associate in Arts
Pre-Major
Birth to Kindergarten
Elective Courses

Students in the Associate in Arts Pre-Major, Birth to Kindergarten program offers preparation for work at the baccalaureate level at a 4-year college or university.

To get the course description for a class, click on its name.

PLEASE NOTE:
Based on agreement with Western Carolina University, eight additional credit hours will need to be completed prior to matriculation into the WCU Birth to Kindergarten program.  A certificate in General Occupational Technology will be awarded for these additional hours.  See Early Childhood Advisor for details.

Please consult the semester-by-semester course listings (day) for required courses for the major.

What the Colors Mean...

We have color-coded our classes so you can easily learn required courses and electives.

Electives Groupings

Electives are grouped in the following manner

• History Electives
• Humanities/Fine Arts Electives
• Literature Electives
• Mathematics Electives
• Natural Science Electives
• Social/Behavioral Science Electives
• Other Required Hours Electives

History Electives
(3 Semester Hours Credit)

Students must take at least one history course.

Select from:

• HIS 111 - World Civilizations I
• HIS 112 - World Civilizations II
• HIS 121 - Western Civilization I
• HIS 122 - Western Civilization II
• HIS 131 - American History I
• HIS 132 - American History II

Humanities/Fine Arts Electives
(9 Semester Hours Credit)

Select three courses from at least two of the following discipline areas: art, drama, dance, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, music, philosophy, and religion.

Select from:

• ART 111 - Art Appreciation
• ART 116 - Survey of American Art
• DAN 110 - Dance Appreciation
• DRA 111 - Theatre Appreciation
• FRE 111 - Elementary French I
• FRE 112 - Elementary French II
• GER 111 - Elementary German I
• GER 112 - Elementary German II
• HUM 110 - Technology and Society
• HUM 121 - The Nature of America
• HUM 122 - Southern Culture
• HUM 123 - Appalachian Culture
• HUM 130 - Myth in Human Culture
• HUM 150 - American Women's Studies
• HUM 160 - Introduction to Film
• HUM 220 - Human Values and Meaning
• MUS 110 - Music Appreciation
• MUS 113 - American Music
• PHI 210 - History of Philosophy
• PHI 240 - Introduction to Ethics
• REL 110 - World Religions
• REL 111 - Eastern Religions
• REL 112 - Western Religions
• REL 211 - Introduction to Old Testament
• REL 212 - Introduction to New Testament
• REL 221 - Religion in America
• SPA 111 - Elementary Spanish I
• SPA 112 - Elementary Spanish II

Literature Electives
(3 Semester Hours Credit)

Students must take at least one literature course.

Select from:

• ENG 131 - Introduction to Literature
• ENG 231 - American Literature I
• ENG 232 - American Literature II
• ENG 241 - British Literature I
• ENG 242 - British Literature II

Mathematics Electives
(3 Semester Hours Credit)

Select from:

• MAT 151 - Statistics I
• MAT 151A - Statistics I Lab
• MAT 162 - College Trigonometry
• MAT 165 - Finite Mathematics

Natural Science Electives
(8 Semester Hours Credit)

Select two courses, including accompanying laboratory work, from among the biological and physical science disciplines.

Select From:

• AST 111 - Descriptive Astronomy
• AST 111A - Descriptive Astronomy Lab
• BIO 111 - General Biology I
• BIO 112 - General Biology II
• CHM 151 - General Chemistry I
• CHM 152 - General Chemistry II
• GEL 111 - Introductory Geology
• GEL 113 - Historical Geology
• GEL 120 - Physical Geology
• GEL 230 - Environmental Geology
• PHY 151 - College Physics I
• PHY 152 - College Physics II

Social/Behaviorial Science Electives
(9 Semester Hours Credit)

Select three courses from at least two of the following discipline areas: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Select from:

• ANT 221 - Comparative Cultures
• ECO 151 - Survey of Economics
• ECO 251 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECO 252 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• GEO 111 - World Regional Geography
• GEO 112 - Cultural Geography
• GEO 130 - General Physical Geography
• POL 110 - Introduction to Political Science
• POL 120 - American Government
• POL 210 - Comparative Government
• PSY 150 - General Psychology
• PSY 237 - Social Psychology
• PSY 239 - Psychology of Personality
• PSY 241 - Developmental Psychology
• PSY 281 - Abnormal Psychology
• SOC 210 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 213 - Sociology of the Family
• SOC 220 - Social Problems
• SOC 225 - Social Diversity

Early Childhood Electives
(14 Semester Hours Credit)

Select fourteen (14) semester hours credit from core classes not selected above or any of the following:

• EDU 111 - Early Childhood Credentials I
• EDU 112 - Early Childhood Credentials II
• EDU 119 - Early Childhood Education
• EDU 131 - Child, Family & Community
• EDU 144 - Child Development I
• EDU 145 - Child Development II
• EDU 146 - Child Guidance
• EDU 221 - Children with Special Needs

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