Find out more about Associate of Science in Elementary Education

Program Details

The Associate of Science in Elementary Education degree allows graduates to work with children from kindergarten through sixth grade. The curriculum includes studies of innovative teaching practices including service learning projects, technology inclusion, and project-based learning. 

Future teachers will learn essential skills such as classroom management, literacy, lesson design, and math and science preparation. Hands-on student teaching allows for practice of learned skills. Western’s online Elementary Education degree has specific pathways to allow graduates to transfer into four-year degree programs to pursue teaching licensure.

A sample of course topics includes:

• Numbers and operations for elementary school teachers
• Foundations of education
• Current issues in biology
• Special education
• Literature for children
• Educational psychology

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