Lower division general course requirements - 66 credit hours (required at the community college level)
The following general course requirements for an Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) may be fulfilled at a community college. In the Hill Country, Texas Tech has lower-division articulation agreements with Central Texas College, Austin Community College and Howard College. Credits and courses from other institutions will also be considered during the admissions process and rated for equivalency. The requirements to complete an AAT may vary by community college.

English(9 credit hours) ENGL 1301 Composition I ENGL 1302 Compoistion II ENGL 23-- Literature Course Speech(3 credit hours) SPCH Public Speaking Science(15 credit hours) PHYS or CHEM Physical Science BIOL Life Science GEOL Earth Science Humanities(3 credit hours) HIST 2301 History of Texas History(6 credit hours) HIST 1301 U.S. before 1877 HIST 1302 U.S. after 1877 Political Science(6 credit hours) POLS 2301 U.S. Government POLS 2302 State & Local Government

Behavior Science GEOG Regional Geography Fine Arts(6 credit hours) ARTS MUSI Mathematics(9 credit hours) MATH 1314 College Algebra MATH 1350 Fundamentals of Math I Math 1351 Fundamentals of Math II Child Development (3 credit hours) PSYC Additional Requirements(6 credit hours) EDUC 1301 Intro to Teaching EDUC 2301 Special Populations Foreign Language Fulfilled with two years of the same lanugage in high school or with two semesters of the same language at a community college.

Teacher Education Program - 57-60 credit hours (required courses that will be taken through TTU at Fredericksburg, TTU at Highland Lakes, or TTU Center at Junction)
Students will need to have successfully completed most of the general course requirements at a community college before applying to Texas Tech University. Only courses with a grade of C or better will be accepted by Texas Tech University for the B.S. in Multidisciplinary Studies. A GPA of 2.7 is required for admission to the teacher education program.

Special Education Courses(12 credit hours)
EDSP 3302	Assesment and Program Planning for Exceptional Children
EDSP 4304	Methods for Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities
EDSP 3303	Methods for Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities
EDSP 4305	Behaviour Management for Students with Disabilities

Language & Literacy Courses (15 credit hours)
EDLL 3350	Children's Literature
EDLL 3351	Foundations of Reading Instruction
EDLL 3352	Language Literacy Acquisition
EDLL 4380	Literacy in the Content Area
EDLL 3353	Reading at the Middle Level

Elementary Education Courses (24 credit hours)
EDEL 4370	Teaching Mathematics
EDEL 4375	Teaching Science
EDEL 4360	Teaching Social Studies
EDEL 4000	Student Teaching (9 hours)
EDEL 4330	Capstone Course
ESS 3334	Dual Language & Cognitive Development in Bilingual Programs

Educational Technology Course (3 credit hours)
EDIT 3318	Applications of Technology in Elementary Education

Bilingual Courses (3 credit hours)
EDBL 3334	Dual Language & Cognitive Development in Bilingual Programs