THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE and TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE
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	COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENT - 9 hours		Hrs	Gr	Gr Pts	Sem
	ENGL  1301	Composition I	3	†
	ENGL  1302	Composition II        or   ENGL 2311 Technical & Business Writing	3	†
	SPCH  1315	Applied Communication	3	‡
	¹ MATH REQUIREMENT - 3 hours †
	MATH  1314	College Algebra          or
	MATH  1332	Math for Liberal Arts    or
	MATH  1324	Business Algebra        or
		any higher level Math course
	¹ SCIENCE REQUIREMENT - 8 hours
	Select two 4-hour Science courses (3 hours lecture, 1 hour lab)
			3,1
			3,1
	¹ HUMANITIES REQUIREMENT - 6 hours
		Literature  (ENGL 2000 Level)	3
	MUSIU 2313	Teaching Fine Arts in the Elementary School	3
	¹ SOCIAL SCIENCE REQUIREMENT - 12 hours
	HIST   1301	United States to 1877	3
	HIST   1302	United States Since 1877	3
	GOVT  2301	American Government I	3
	GOVT  2302	American Government II	3
	¹ BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE REQUIREMENT - 3 hours
	ANTH  2351	Cultural Anthropology
	BUSI   1301	Introduction to Business
	ECON 2301	Macroeconomics
	GEOG 1303	General World Geography
	PSYC  2301	Introduction to Psychology
	SOCI   1301	Introduction to Sociology
	SOCI   2319	The Mexican American Experience
	² KINESIOLOGY  REQUIREMENT - 1 hour
	KINE 11	Lifetime Fitness or any one hour activity class	1
	¹ MODERN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT - 6 hours
	Six hours of same modern language, other than English at the 1000 level  or higher.  Music Majors/Minors must take FRENCH  and GERMAN.  Selection of Spanish, Bilingual Education and/orTranslation Studies in Spanish requires SPAN 2321 and SPAN 2322.
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			3
	¹ ELECTIVES - 16 hours
	EDUC 1301	Introduction to the Teaching Profession	3
	EDUC 2301	Introduction to Special Populations	3
	MATH  3335	Contemporary Math I	3
	MATH  3336	Contemporary Math II	3
	PSCI   4210	Physical Science for Teachers I	2
	PSCI   4220	Physical Science for Teachers II	2
		TOTAL Semester Credit Hours	64
¹     Dual Language Certification  within the Associate in Arts Degree (General) requires the completion of 15 semester credit hours of coursework in Spanish.  Courses for dual language certification include:  SPAN 2321, SPAN 2322, and three other courses (9 semester credit hours) from the following areas:Mathematics, Science Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences and Electives. Student should check with course schedules and/ or Academic Advising for courses offered in Spanish for Dual Language Certification.
»    THEA Requirement (or other State-approved test) - Student must pass all three sections of State-approved test to graduate with this degree and to be admitted to upper level (3000-4000) classes.
»    Student must graduate within six years from the academic year of entrance or may be placed under the provisions of a later catalog.
†    Grade must be C or better.
‡    Grade of B or better required for admission to Teacher Education Program.
²     KINEU 2255 Health & Motor Development for EC-4 is required for Elementary Teacher Certification Programs.