Teacher Education
STCC has established joint admission with the Westfield State College School of Education. After completing the curriculum here you would transfer as a junior.
State licensure requires that Elementary and Early Childhood licensure students complete two majors before graduating from WSC. Your first major will be in education, and your second major in Liberal Studies, an interdisciplinary liberal arts major or one of the liberal arts disciplines: English, History, Science, Math, Economics, or Political Science in addition to others. Early Childhood Education majors may also select either psychology or arts as a second major. While at STCC, you will begin working on your second major by taking three major courses from one of the liberal arts disciplines.
Students seeking licensure to teach in middle or secondary school levels must choose a major subject (for which there is a teaching licensure) as their one major at WSC. These students will also need to complete the professional sequence of education courses for licensure at WSC.
Other colleges
If you are interested in obtaining licensure in teacher education at a four-year college other than Westfield State, it is essential that you decide on the college to which you wish to transfer early in your career here. Obtain a catalog from the other college and bring it to your advisor for an advisor meeting. If you are undecided regarding a four-year college, you may wish to major in Liberal Arts Transfer (LTTR.AA) here, especially if you intend to go into secondary education.
| Semester 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL-100 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 | 3 |
| BIOL-104 | HUMAN BIOLOGY 1 (or) | 4 |
| BIOL-113 | FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC-100 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| HIST-110 | SURVEY OF EARLY U.S. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT | 3 |
| ELEDEL | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION HUMANITIES ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total: | 16 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL-200 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION 2: AN INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 3 |
| PHYS-125 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE | 4 |
| PSYC-305 | CHILD PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| HIST-300 | HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION TO 1650 | 3 |
| EDUC-319 | INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL NEEDS | 3 |
| Total: | 16 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL-302 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1620-1860 | 3 |
| MATH-126 | EXPL. FOUNDATIONS/MATHEMATICAL REASONING | 3 |
| ELEDEL | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION HUMANITIES ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ECON-100 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 1 (or) | 3 |
| ENGL-305 | CHILDREN’S LITERATURE | 3 |
| BIOL-142 | NUTRITION | 3 |
| Total: | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL-402 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1860-PRESENT | 3 |
| EDUC-320 | FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION: URBAN PERSPECTIVES | 3 |
| STAT-142 | STATISTICS | 3 |
| ELMAT | GENERAL MATH ELECTIVE (or) | 3 |
| ELSCI4 | GENERAL LAB SCIENCE ELECTIVE | 4 |
| CMPA-160 | COMPUTER BASICS: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS | 3 |
| Total: | 15-16 | |
Notes:
- Students may substitute THTR-312 College Theater Workshop
- Another Foreign Language may be taken through Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield
- Areas of Concentration include: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science, Mathematics, English/Theater Arts, French, Spanish, Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies, Multicultural and Ethnic Studies. Students at WSC will be required to earn 18 credits in one of these areas to complete a Liberal Studies Major.
Education Transfer Program Goals
- have begun fulfilling requirements for their Liberal Arts major that they will complete at the senior institution.
- will pass the Communication and Literacy Skills Test for Massachusetts educator licensure prior to admission to the school of education at the senior institution.
| Semester 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL-100 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 | 3 |
| PSYC-100 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| HIST-110 | SURVEY OF EARLY U.S. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT (or) | 3 |
| HIST-210 | SURVEY OF MODERN U.S. HISTORY | 3 |
| ELMAT | GENERAL MATH ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ELSCI4 | GENERAL LAB SCIENCE ELECTIVE | 4 |
| Total: | 16 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ENGL-200 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION 2: AN INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 3 |
| EDUC-320 | FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION: URBAN PERSPECTIVES | 3 |
| HIST-100 | SURVEY OF EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION (or) | 3 |
| HIST-200 | SURVEY OF MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| ELHUM | GENERAL HUMANITIES ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ELMAJ | SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR COURSE | 3 |
| EDUC-319 | INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL NEEDS | 3 |
| Total: | 18 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| PSYC-350 | ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| ELSCI4 | GENERAL LAB SCIENCE ELECTIVE | 4 |
| ELHUM | GENERAL HUMANITIES ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ELLPH | LITERATURE OR PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ELMAJ | SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR COURSE | 3 |
| Total: | 16 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| No. | Course Title | Credits |
| ELLPH | LITERATURE OR PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ELGLB | GLOBAL DIVERSITY COURSE | 3 |
| CMPA-160 | COMPUTER BASICS: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS | 3 |
| ELMAJ | SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR COURSE | 3 |
| Total: | 12 | |
Notes:
- CHOICES: MATH-124 - MATH-224 Math for a Technical Society 1 or 2 or MATH-157 - MATH-257 Calculus For Bus./Life/Soc. Sci. 1 Or 2
- BIOL-102 - Principles of Biology, BIOL-202 - Principles of Biology 2, BIOL-106 - General Biology 1, BIOL-206 - General Biology 2, PHYS-125 - Physical Science, CHEM-101 - Survey of Chemistry 1, CHEM-103 - General Chemistry 1
- CHOICES: ARTS-146 Design: Introduction to Art, ARTS-140 Art History, ARTS-240 Art History 2 or MUSC-130 Music Appreciation.
- PHIL-110 Philosophy or HONR-505 Ethics Colloquium OR ENGL-300 Literature of the Western World
- GLOBAL DIVERSITY COURSE CHOICES: ENGL-308-ENGL-408 Women in Literature 1 or 2
Upon successful completion of the requirements for this program, the degree of Associate in Arts in Liberal Arts Transfer will be awarded.