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 SSC 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 SSC equivalents:

    SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGETRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGENote?BeginEnd
    ART 107 ART APPRECIATION (3) ART 103 VISUAL CULTURE (3)   
    ART 107 ART APPRECIATION (3) FDN ART FOUNDATION FINE ART CREDIT (3)   
    BIO 102 INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY (4) BIOL 100 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE (3)   
    CHW 115 NUTRITION AND DISEASE (3) NURS 221 NUTRITION (2)   
    DRM 151 THEATRE APPRECIATION (3) COMM 125 PRINCIPLES OF THEATRE (3)   
    EDU 204 INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION (3) SPED 216 INTRO TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (3)   
    ENG 102 COMPOSITION AND RESEARCH (3) FDN TW FOUNDATION THINKING & WRITING CREDIT (3)   
    ENG 102 COMPOSITION AND RESEARCH (3) TW XX THINKING AND WRITING EQUIVALENCY   
    ENG 111 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE I (3) ENGL 105 LITERATURE AND SOCIETY (3)   
    ENG 113 INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (3) ENGL 352 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (3)   
    GEO 103 GEOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD (3) GEOG 201 WORLD GEOGRAPHY (3)   
    GLG 101 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY (4) GEOL 101 EARTH SCIENCE (3)   
    HFA 108 INTRODUCTION TO FILM APPRECIATION (3) COMM 234 AESTHETICS OF CINEMA (3)   
    HFA 201 GENERAL HUMANITIES I (3) FDN ART FOUNDATION FINE ART CREDIT (3)   
    HFA 202 GENERAL HUMANITIES II (3) FDN ART FOUNDATION FINE ART CREDIT (3)   
    HIS 109 EUROPE TO THE 19TH CENTURY (3) HIST 105 HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS (3)   
    HIS 110 HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES) (3) HIST 105 HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS (3)   
    HIS 203 EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY (3) HIST 105 HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS (3)   
    HIS 204 LATER AMERICAN HISTORY (3) HIST 105 HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS (3)   
    MTH 145 MATH CONCEPTS & STRUCTURES I (4) MATH 109 MATH CONCEPTS TEACHERS I (3)   
    MTH 146 MATH CONCEPTS & STRUCTURES II (4) MATH 110 MATH CONCEPTS TEACHERS II (3)   
    MTH 165 COLLEGE ALGEBRA (4) MATH 107 COLLEGE ALGEBRA (3)   
    MUS 115 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC LITERATURE (3) MUSC 111 MUSIC IN CONTEXT (3)   
    MUS 123 MUSIC APPRECIATION (3) FDN ART FOUNDATION FINE ART CREDIT (3)   
    MUS 123 MUSIC APPRECIATION (3) MUSC 111 MUSIC IN CONTEXT (3)   
    NTR 100 BASIC NUTRITION (2) NURS 221 NUTRITION (2)   
    P-E 100 PHYSICAL FITNESS I (1) PERK 110 LIFETIME PHYSICAL WELLNESS ()   
    PHS 101 PHYSICAL SCIENCE (4) PHYS 101 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL SCIENCE (3)   
    PSC 101 AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (3) PLSC 201 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (3)   
    PSY 202 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) EDUC 303 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (3)   
    PSY 211 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (LIFESPAN) (3) PSYC 123 LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT (3)   
    SPN 101 ELEMENTARY SPANISH I (4) SPAN 101 ELEMENTARY SPANISH I (3)   
    SPN 102 ELEMENTARY SPANISH II (4) SPAN 102 ELEMENTARY SPANISH II (3)   
    SPN 203 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (4) SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (3)   
    SPN 204 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (4) SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (3)   
    SPN 213 INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH (3) SPAN 240 CONVERSATION (3)   


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