Mar 19, 2024  
2015-2016 Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Associate of Arts: Early Childhood Teacher Education



Graduate Requirements for Students Seeking Early Childhood Education Licensure

A.  Institutional graduation requirements, including minimum number of hours and minimum grade average.  A transfer student who is seeking Early Childhood Education licensure will meet the same admission and graduation requirements as a native student, including enrollment in an approved teacher preparation program, and enrollment in the required courses for licensure recommendation.  A transfer student from a Colorado public community college who has earned an Associate of Arts (AA) degree as defined in this agreement will need to complete no more than 66 credits to earn the baccalaureate degree at the four-year institution (60 plus 66 transfer agreement).

B.  Universal transfer courses for the Early Childhood Education program.  A community college student who is planning to become an early childhood educator will sign a graduation plan at the community college that identifies the first 54 credit hours that are guaranteed to transfer to particular early childhood education programs that are offered by Colorado public institutions of higher education.  See course listing.

To complete the AA graduation requirements, students who have completed or are currently enrolled in courses that will total the first 54 credits, will apply to a specific early childhood education program and be advised on the final 6 credits guaranteed to transfer.

All courses described herein are guaranteed to transfer into particular early childhood education programs upon admission.  Students need not complete the AA or AS degree to transfer any or all of these courses.

C.  Second Year, Second Semester of Graduation Agreement (Final 6 Credit Hours).  During the first semester of the student’s sophomore year (or the equivalent term when the student will complete the 54 credits outlined in the early childhood education graduation agreement) the student will sign an agreement for the final 6 credits hours that will be co-signed by both community college and the four-year college.

A signed agreement between a community college and a receiving four-year Institution only ensures that the remaining 6 credits are guaranteed to transfer upon admission to the receiving early childhood education program.

This agreement entitles the student to:

  • Advice from the four-year institution on the 6 credit hours that will be guaranteed to apply to the graduation requirements leading to an elementary education license.
  • A graduation plan that meets the community college’s Associate of Arts requirements and transfer of any credits earned at the four-year institution as meeting the AA graduation requirements.
  • Ability to enroll in selected courses offered at the four-year institution, including on-line or on-campus classes,f if not available at the community college.

D.  A transfer student must apply and be successfully admitted to a school of education or the appropriate education program at the receiving four-year institution in order to complete the licensure program in early childhood education.

 Learn more about the Early Childhood Teacher Education Program

 

 

Statewide Transfer Articulation Agreements


The purpose of a statewide articulation agreement is to identify the courses a student at a Colorado public community college must complete as part of an AA/AS degree to be guaranteed to be able to complete the designated Baccalaureate degree program at any public four-year college and university (hereafter referred to as receiving institutions) that offers that program within the minimum number of credits designated by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.  For more information, please see the Colorado Department of Higher Education web site.

The guarantees and limitations below describe the minimum requirements to which all participating institutions have agreed.

An appeal related to denial of transfer credits will follow the Colorado Commission on Higher Education student appeal process.  An appeal may be filed at highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Complaints/.

Guarantees

Students who complete an AA/AS degree and the prescribed curriculum in the articulation agreement and are admitted (with no academic deficiencies that require additional coursework) to a receiving institution participating in this agreement are guaranteed the following:

  • Junior standing with no more than 60 remaining credits to meet the graduation requirements for a Baccalaureate degree in the degree program covered by this articulation agreement.
  • Completion of the receiving institution’s lower-division general education requirements as defined by the gtPathways curriculum.
  • The same graduation requirements as students who begin and complete this degree program at the receiving institution.

Limitations

  • Completion of the curriculum prescribed within this statewide articulation agreement does not guarantee admission to a participating receiving institution.  Students must meet all admission and application requirements at the receiving institution including the submission of all required documentation by stated deadlines.  Please note:  students transferring to a University of Colorado institution (Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver) must satisfy the CU System’s MAPS (Minimum Academic Preparation Standards) requirement.
  • Only courses with grades of C- or higher are guaranteed to transfer.
  • Admission to a receiving institution does not guarantee enrollment in a specific degree program.  Some programs at receiving institutions have controlled entry due either to space limitations or academic requirements.
  • The credit and course transfer guarantees described in the agreement apply to the specific degree program covered by this agreement.  Receiving institutions will evaluate application of the courses designated in this agreement to other degree programs on a course-by-course basis.
  • Students who wish to use credits awarded by exam, such as AP (Advanced Placement) or IB (International Baccalaureate) to fulfill specific course requirements are responsible for consulting with the institution to which they are considering transferring to determine whether the credits they have been awarded by exam meet the standards of the receiving institution for specific course equivalents.
  • The receiving institution will accept all applicable credits earned within ten years of transfer to the receiving institution.  Credits earned more than ten years earlier will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis.
  • All the courses a student needs to take in the discipline covered by this Articulation Agreement are listed in the Prescribed Curriculum.  Any additional courses taken in the discipline covered by this Agreement may not count toward the requirements of the major at the receiving institution.  Students can avoid this problem by either taking no more courses in the discipline than the ones identified in the prescribed curriculum or by consulting first with the receiving institution to assure that any additional courses they take in the discipline will count toward the major.

Because of the limitations above, students must consult with the Office of Admissions at the institution to which they are considering transferring.

 

State Guaranteed General Education Requirements


 35 credits.

Electives


6 credits determined by the receiving 4-year institution.  See “Qualifying Courses that Satisfy ‘Other 6’ Credit Hours” at http://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Transfers/Students.html.

 

 

 

Total Credits Earned


General Education (gtPathways) Requirements (35 credits)

Additional Required Courses (19 credits)

Electives (6 credits)

Total Credit Hours (60 credits)

Note:


◆ State Guaranteed Transfer Course

✽ Applies to CMC AA/AS/AGS Degrees

Note:  Not all programs/courses are available at every campus and may require travel to another campus or access via distance learning (IVS, hybrid, or online).

For more information see Degree & Certificate Descriptions & Requirements .