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2024-2025 CATALOG 
    
2024-2025 CATALOG

Secondary Education A.S.T. Mathematics (TTP)


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Associate of Science in Teaching (AST): Secondary Education - Mathematics, TTP 

This A.S.T. (Associate of Science in Teaching) program prepares students for a successful transfer into a 4-year university’s College of Education to obtain a bachelor’s degree and a teaching license for Secondary Mathematics. This license will allow them to teach Mathematics grades 6-12. This A.S.T. provides seamless transition into the College of Education at the university level by requiring the GPA of 2.75 and the entrance testing requirement of an ACT > 21 or successful scores on the PRAXIS CORE exams. This program provides an exploration of Mathematics to include Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations. Graduates from this program can work as teachers’ assistants and tutors to aid students who struggle with Math.

Summary of Required Hours


Freshman


First Fall (16 Credit Hours)


First Spring (16 Credit Hours)


Sophomore


Second Fall (17 Credit Hours)


Second Spring (13 Credit Hours)


Notes


NOTES:

Tennessee Transfer Pathways (TTPs) are advising tools designed to help community college students plan for transferring to a Tennessee public university or select regionally accredited, non-profit Tennessee private colleges and universities to complete their baccalaureate degree. The TTPs also constitute an agreement between community colleges and four-year colleges/universities confirming that community college courses meet major preparation requirements. For transfer to other four-year institutions, contact an advisor at the senior institution. Note: Due to the transferability to a four-year institution, there are to be no course substitutions.

(TTP website https://www.tntransferpathway.org/ )

Observation/Field Work is required as well as a successful background check, successful disposition assessments, and the purchase of liability insurance.

Additional AST Degree Requirements

1. Students earning an AST degree must meet the following: Attainment of a 2.75 cumulative grade point average , ACT cumulative score of 21 (SAT 1020) or successful completion of approved standardized examination (Praxis Core) for admission to university College of Education, Note: MTSU and TSU require a 22 ACT score, Satisfactory ratings on an index of suitability for the teaching profession 2. Students transferring to a public university in Tennessee may need to meet additional requirements to gain admittance to the university

*Students should confer with their advisor or a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended history courses. Students who intend to transfer to UTK should take 6 credit hours of a non-U.S. History sequence to fulfill the History requirements. UTC requires that one of the History courses be U.S. History.

**Students who intend to transfer to UTC should take MATH 1530: Introductory Statistics. ***Students who intend to transfer to MTSU’s, TSU’s, ETSU’s or UTK’s secondary education program should follow the English AA/AS TTP and not the AST TTP. ETSU and UTK recommend and MTSU requires that students take education courses after transfer.

****Students should confer with their advisor or with a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended literature courses. A sequence is recommended. *****Students who intend to take the Praxis exam should take MATH 1420 to prepare.

Total Hours: 63


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