Liberal Arts/Teacher Preparation

The Liberal Arts/Teacher Preparation degree is designed to allow students to transfer to a four-year degree program to become teachers. The program allows students to experience elementary, middle, and secondary education, and has a common first year of coursework. In the second year, students choose courses in any one of the following areas: math, science, social science, English, foreign languages, and elementary education. Completion of these elective courses will demonstrate content expertise required to become eligible for certification once the baccalaureate degree is completed. Elective courses are selected in consultation with the student's advisor. Students are expected to declare their area of focus prior to the beginning of the second year of the program. This degree also meets the requirements for paraprofessionals seeking an Associate Degree in fulfillment of national and state requirements. All students will be required to take the Praxis I exam prior to completion of their first year. An interview with the program faculty advisor is also required as part of the admission process.

Liberal Arts/Teacher Preparation Transfer Credit Policy: In addition to NHCTC Stratham & Portsmouth transfer credit policies, appropriate education courses will be accepted if taken within a five-year period. Exceptions to this policy, based on professional experience, may be granted at the discretion of the department chair.
Proper documentation will be required to initiate this process.

*Math Electives can only be Finite Math, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, and Probability & Statistics. ** Educational Transfer Focus Electives: Any course offered at the College with the exception of courses on the following list. These courses cannot be used for an Educational Transfer Focus elective: any course with an academic level less than 100, any cooperative course (Co-op), any internship, any practicum, any clinical or clinical affiliation, any externship, any self-assessment course, any senior project course, any internship seminar, any capstone course, any professional seminar, BTEC101, GA101.