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Education

Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree

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Education

Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree Do you think you might want to become a teacher? An Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree in Education is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year institution with the goal of teaching at the secondary or collegiate level. It is also a good choice for students whose educational goals may not yet be clearly defined but who have an interest in becoming an educator.

Program Length 2 years (4 semesters) Transfer Objectives Education, pre-professional careers, human services, psychology, social work and undecided majors

Is this degree for you? Yes, if you have interest in pursuing a career as an educator.

Tuition & Fees At only $162.11 per credit hour, you’ll

save $10K to $40K, in tuition costs alone, by starting at VHCC! Out-of-state students living within a 30-mile radius qualify for in-state tuition.

With 25+ years in the classroom and a B.S. as well as a M.S. in Mathematics, Will Galliher has the experience needed to serve as the Program Coordinator for Education.

Will Galliher

Program Coordinator LRC 216 wgalliher@vhcc.edu | 276-739-2416

YOUR PROGRAM PATHWAY | 4 Semesters First Semester (Fall) ENG 111

College Composition I

3

MTH 161

Pre-Calculus I

3

HIS 121

U.S. History I

3

CST 100

Principles of Public Speaking

3

SDV 101

Orientation to College Success

1

HLT 110

Concepts of Personal and Community Health

3

TOTAL CREDITS

16

Second Semester (Spring) ENG 112

College Composition II

3

MTH 245

Statistics I

3

HIS 122

U.S. History II

3

ITE 152

Intro. to Digital & Info. Literacy & Computer Applications3

GEO 210

Introduction to Cultural Geography

3 15

TOTAL CREDITS

Third Semester (Fall) MUS 121

Music in Society

3

BIO 101

General Biology I

4

PSY 200

Principles of Psychology

3

ENG 245 or 246 British Literature or American Literature

3

TOTAL CREDITS

13

Fourth Semester (Spring) ENG 245 or 246 British Literature or American Literature

3

ECO 201

Principles of Microeconomics

3

GOL 105 or CHM 111

Physical Geology or General Chemistry I

4

SOC 200

Principles of Sociology

3

ART 101, 102 or PHI 100

History of Art I, II, or Introduction to Philosophy

3

TOTAL CREDITS

16

For certain courses, substitutions are permitted. Visit vhcc.edu/GenEdCore and talk with your faculty advisor.

Why start at Virginia Highlands?

For more than 50 years, VHCC has been committed to making our region a better place to live, work, and learn!

Beautiful 100 acre campus in Abingdon

Receive Up to $2K Annually

Complete an Associate of Arts & Science at VHCC and you may be eligible to receive up to $2K annually for tuition expenses. Ask us about Transfer Grants.

Guaranteed Admission to 30+ Schools!

Start at VHCC and meet specified transfer agreement requirements and you’ll enjoy guaranteed admission to Virginia Tech, Radford, King University, Emory & Henry College, ETSU and more.

17:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

80+

Programs of Study

84%

of Students Get Financial Aid

#1 College in the Region

Virginia Highlands Community College was recently voted the #1 College in the Region through the Best of Bristol Awards program – from a group of two and four year colleges and universities in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee.

vhcc.edu | (276) 739-2438 | info@vhcc.edu PO BOX 828, Abingdon, VA 24212 VHCC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

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