TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE


BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

If you feel called to teach the next generation of students, then Trinity’s B.A. in elementary education may be for you. With an education degree from Trinity, you will be prepared to enter the classroom believing that all children can learn; and meeting the demands of increasingly rigorous, standards-based education.


While at Trinity, your hands-on classroom experience includes:
  • 200 hours of field experience
  • 90 additional hours of novice teaching
  • A 16-week student teaching internship


  • FOUNDATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS

    See summary table of foundations requirements for transfer students
    The following must be taken at Trinity:
  • FDN 111
  • FDN 201 (waived w/60 transfer hours)
  • THEO 131
  • THEO 132 (waived w/30 transfer hours)
  • PHIL 101
  • Chicago Connect (may be waived w/60 transfer hours)
  • Interdisciplinary Inquiry (may be waived w/60 transfer hours)


  • PROGRAM COURSEWORK
    Major Requirements with no MVCC equivalents:
  • EDUC 205 Teaching, Learning, and Schooling
  • EDUC 215 Equity and Access for Learning and Life
  • EDUC 310 Elementary Literacy
  • EDUC 312 Middle Grades Education
  • EDUC 380 Diverse and Learner Ready Teaching
  • EDUC 450 Student Teaching: Elementary
  • EDUC 454 Student Teaching Seminar: Contemporary Issues
  • ENGL 288 Elementary English Language Arts Methods
  • HIST 288 Elementary History Methods
  • MATH 108 Inferential Statistics of Elementary Teachers
  • MATH 288 Elementary Math Methods
  • SCI 288 Elementary Science Methods

    A Minor Required:
  • Diverse learners
  • English as a second language
  • Special education
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Spanish

  • See list below for Major and Foundation courses with MVCC equivalents:

    MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGETRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGENote?BeginEnd
    ART-110 ART APPRECIATION (3) FDN ART FOUNDATION FINE ART CREDIT (3)   
    ASL-101 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I (3) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    SPED 111 SIGN LANGUAGE (3)
      
    BIO-111 GENERAL BIOLOGY I (4) BIOL 100 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE (3)   
    EAS-120 INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE (4) GEOL 101 EARTH SCIENCE (3)   
    EDU-111 INTRO TO THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD (3) SPED 216 INTRO TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (3)   
    GEO-102 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (3) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    GEOG 201 WORLD GEOGRAPHY (3)
      
    LIT-205 LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULTS (3) ENGL 352 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (3)   
    LIT-222 ENGLISH LITERATURE II (3) ENGL 105 LITERATURE AND SOCIETY (3)   
    LIT-223 WESTERN LITERATURE I (3) ENGL 105 LITERATURE AND SOCIETY (3)   
    LIT-224 WESTERN LITERATURE II (3) ENGL 105 LITERATURE AND SOCIETY (3)   
    LIT-230 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE (3) ENGL 105 LITERATURE AND SOCIETY (3)   
    MTH-121 MATH FOR TEACHERS I (3) MATH 109 MATH CONCEPTS TEACHERS I (3)   
    MTH-122 MATH FOR TEACHERS II (3) MATH 110 MATH CONCEPTS TEACHERS II (3)   
    MTH-141 COLLEGE ALGEBRA (FUNCTIONS) (4) MATH 107 COLLEGE ALGEBRA (3)   
    MUS-107 MUSIC APPRECIATION (3) FDN ART FOUNDATION FINE ART CREDIT (3)   
    PEH-171 A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND YOU (3) FDN WELL FOUNDATION WELLNESS CREDIT (3)   
    PEH-171 A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND YOU (3) PERK 110 LIFETIME PHYSICAL WELLNESS ()   
    PEH-171 A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND YOU (3) PERK 112 LIFETIME NUTRITIONAL WELLNESS ()   
    PEH-172 NUTRITION FOR TODAY (3) PERK 221 NUTRITION ()   
    PHS-101 PHYSICAL SCIENCE (4) PHYS 101 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL SCIENCE (3)   
    PSC-110 AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (3) PLSC 201 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (3)   
    PSY-104 LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) PSYC 123 LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT (3)   
    PSY-215 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) EDUC 303 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (3)   
    SPA-101 SPANISH I (4) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    SPAN 101 ELEMENTARY SPANISH I (3)
      
    SPA-102 SPANISH II (4) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    SPAN 102 ELEMENTARY SPANISH II (3)
      
    SPA-115 CAREER SPANISH FOR HEALTH CARE I (3) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    SPAN 319 SPANISH FOR THE PROFESSIONS I (3)
      
    SPA-201 SPANISH III (4) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (3)
      
    SPA-202 SPANISH IV (4) FDN WC FOUNDATION WORLD CULTURE CREDIT (3)
    SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (3)
      
    THE-105 THEATER APPRECIATION (3) COMM 125 PRINCIPLES OF THEATRE (3)   


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