Secondary Education (English) - A.S.T. (TTP)

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For more information on this program, contact the Social Science and Education division at 615-230-3231.

The Associate of Science in Teaching Secondary Education-English is a two-year program that focuses study on coursework necessary to keep students on par with other students entering their junior year majoring in Secondary Education-English at a four year institution. Students majoring in Secondary Education typically get their Bachelor of Science degree and teach English at the secondary level in public or private schools.

Transfer Options
The Tennessee Transfer Pathway (TTP) degree is designed to create a smooth transition to all public universities offering a Baccalaureate degree in this major by guaranteeing the transferability of all courses. For transfer to other four-year institutions, contact an advisor at the senior institution.

Note: There are to be no course substitutions in this program.

Additional AST Degree Requirements:

Attainment of a 2.75 cumulative grade point average.
Minimum ACT cumulative score of 21 (SAT 1020) or successful completion of approved standardized examination (Praxis Core). MTSU requires a minimum ACT score of 22.
Submission of three Disposition Assessment Forms with satisfactory ratings on an index of suitability for the teaching profession to the Social Science & Education Division.

Note: Students transferring to a public university in Tennessee may need to meet additional requirements to gain admittance to the university.

All students graduating with a degree from VSCC are required to take the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile (ETSP) to meet graduation requirements. More information can be found at https://www.volstate.edu/testing.

General Education Requirements - Credits (41)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts (Must include at least one Literature course) Credits: (9)
Social/Behavioral Sciences Credits: (3)
Natural Sciences with lab Credits: (8)
History Credits: (6)¹
Mathematics Credits: (3)²

ENGL 1010 - ^English Composition I Credits: (3)
ENGL 1020 - ^English Composition II Credits: (3)
COMM 2025 - ^Fundamentals of Communication Credits: (3)
OR COMM 2045 - ^Public Speaking Credits: (3)
PSYC 1030 - ^Introduction to Psychology Credits: (3)

Area of Emphasis Requirements - Credits (19)

Foreign Language (one-year sequence in a single foreign language) Credits: (6)
University Parallel Elective Credits: (1)

EDU 101 - Introduction to Education Credits: (3) ³
EDU 264 - Education of Exceptional Children Credits: (3)
OR EDUC 2210 - Educational Psychology Credits: (3) ³
ENGL 2110 - ^Early American Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 2120 - ^Modern American Literature Credits: (3)

Total Degree Requirements - Credits (60)

Career and Salary Information

The following is a list of some of the career choices that may be obtained upon completion of this program. Please visit the following website http://www.onetonline.org or speak to an advisor for additional career opportunities, salary information and education requirements. Salaries are not guaranteed.

Career	Entry Level Salary with Bachelor Degree	Median Salary with Bachelor Degree
Middle School Teacher	$39,090	$58,600
High School Teacher	$39,740	$60,320

Recommended Schedule

This is a recommended schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

DegreeWorks, along with the correct catalog, should be utilized by students for all of their educational planning. Students can monitor their progress toward a degree or certificate and view missing requirements with the DegreeWorks audit, which is accessible through My Volstate.

First Year - Fall Semester - Credits (15)

Humanities/Fine Arts Credits: (3)
History Credits: (3)¹

ENGL 1010 - ^English Composition I Credits: (3)
PSYC 1030 - ^Introduction to Psychology Credits: (3)
EDU 101 - Introduction to Education Credits: (3)

First Year - Spring Semester - Credits (15)

Mathematics: Credits: (3)²
History Credits: (3)¹

ENGL 1020 - ^English Composition II Credits: (3)
COMM 2025 - ^Fundamentals of Communication Credits: (3)
OR COMM 2045 - ^Public Speaking Credits: (3)
EDU 264 - Education of Exceptional Children Credits: (3)
OR EDUC 2210 - Educational Psychology Credits: (3)

Second Year - Fall Semester - Credits (16)

Natural Science with lab Credits: (4)
Foreign Language (One year Sequence in Single Foreign Language) Credits: (3)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (Literature) Credits: (3)⁴
Social/Behavioral Science Credits: (3)

ENGL 2110 - ^Early American Literature Credits: (3)

Second Year - Spring Semester - Credits (14)

Humanities and/or Fines Arts Credits: (3)
Natural Science with lab Credits: (4)
Foreign Language (One year Sequence in Single Foreign Language) Credits: (3)
University Parallel Elective Credits: (1)

ENGL 2120 - ^Modern American Literature Credits: (3)

Footnotes

¹Students 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.
²Students who intend to transfer to UTC should take MATH 1530: Introductory Statistics.
³Students 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, UTK and MTSU requires that students take education courses after transfer.
⁴Students 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.
NOTE: Students who intend to take the Praxis exam should take MATH 1420 to prepare.