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Colorado Mesa University

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts with Elementary Education Licensure

Catalog Year: 2021-2022

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Social Studies

Requirement	Course Definition
Social Studies Requirement 01	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 01 is defined as part of the institution's History requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): History Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Social Studies Requirement 02	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 02 is defined as part of the institution's Humanities requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): History, Literature Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Social Studies Requirement 03	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 03 is defined as part of the institution's requirement. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Economics, Geography, Political Science Course(s) recommended by the program include: POLS 101
Social Studies Requirement 04	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 04 is defined as part of the institution's Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Economics, Geography, Political Science Course(s) recommended by the program include: POLS 101
Social Studies Requirement 05	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 05 is defined as part of the institution's Social Studies requirement. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Political Science Course(s) recommended by the program include: POLS 101
Social Studies Requirement 06	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 06 is defined as part of the institution's Social Studies requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Economics, Geography, History Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Social Studies Requirement 07	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 07 is defined as part of the institution's Social Studies requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Economics, Geography, History Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Social Studies Requirement 08	NCTQ's Social Studies Requirement 08 is defined as part of the institution's Program Requirements requirement. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Social Studies Methods Course(s) recommended by the program include: EDUC 461

Science

Requirement	Course Definition
Science Requirement 01	NCTQ's Science Requirement 01 is defined as part of the institution's Natural Sciences requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Biology, Chemistry Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Science Requirement 02	NCTQ's Science Requirement 02 is defined as part of the institution's Natural Sciences requirement. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Science Requirement 03	NCTQ's Science Requirement 03 is defined as part of the institution's Science requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Science Requirement 04	NCTQ's Science Requirement 04 is defined as part of the institution's Science requirement, which is fulfilled by more than one course. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics Course(s) recommended by the program include: none
Science Requirement 05	NCTQ's Science Requirement 05 is defined as part of the institution's Program Requirements requirement. This requirement includes courses in the following subject(s): Social Studies Education Course(s) recommended by the program include: EDUC 461