Truman College: Recommended Courses for Education

Communications ¹ 6-9sh
English 101 & 102
Speech 101 (required for secondary English teachers)

Mathematics ¹ 3-6sh
Math 118 & above (except 121)
Math 121 (required for Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Education majors)
Math 122 (required for Elementary Education majors, recommended for Early Childhood and Special Education majors)

Physical & Life Sciences ¹ 7sh
Choose one life & one physical science; include one lab

Biology (except 105, 107, 120, 123, 261, 262, 270)
Botany
Microbiology
Zoology
Astronomy
Chemistry
Geology
Oceanography 101
Physical Science (except 299)
Physics (except 224)

Humanities & Fine Arts ^1,2 9sh
Art
English 107 and above (except 150, 151, 152, 153, 299)
Fine Arts
Foreign Language
History
Humanities
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Speech
Theater Arts (except 242, 252)

Social & Behavioral Sciences ^1,2 9sh
Anthropology
Economics (except 133)
Geography 101, 102
Political Science (except 205)
Psychology
Social Science (except 088 & 103)
Sociology

Recommended electives ^1,3
Child Development 101, 102
Education 101, 102
Child Development 205 or Education 103 (Not both)
History 111 or 112
Political Science 201

¹ Grade of C or better
² Take one multicultural course from either: Art 130; English 242, Fine Arts 106; History 114-15, 212, 215, 243, 24-48; Literature 121
³ Limit of 12 credit hours in transfer for Education major courses.

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