Department Co-Chair: Katherine Schuster, 847.376.7118, schuster@oakton.edu

The following pathway is recommended for students who are interested in becoming Paraprofessional Educators in K-12 educational setting.

For more information on course selection or program-specific advising, contact the department co-chair or the Office of Advising, Transitions, and Student Success. General Education courses should be selected from the list of IAI General Education Courses.

Note: Students who earn an A.G.S. and plan to transfer to a baccalaureate program may be subject to a line-by-line audit of their completed coursework to determine transferability.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Semester One (Fall)Hours
EDN 101 Introduction to Education 3
EGL 101 Composition I 3
PED 101 First Aid 2
 Hours8
Semester Two (Spring)
EDN 180 Diversity in School and Society 3
PED 102 Living With Health 2
EGL 102
or EGL 111
 Composition II
or Introduction to Business and Technical Writing
 3
 Hours8
Semester Three (Summer)
SPE 103 Effective Speech 3
Select one of the following: 3
HIS 111
 United States History to 1877
HIS 112
 United States History from 1877
PSC 101
 American Government
 Hours6
Second Year
Semester One (Fall)
EDN 210 Technology in Education 3
Select one of the following: 2
CAB 125
 Word Processing Using Word
CAB 225
 Advanced Word Processing and Publishing
CIS 111
 Fundamentals of the Internet
Select one of the following: 3-4
MAT 111
 Business and Consumer Mathematics
MAT 125
 General Education Mathematics
MAT 128
 Foundations of Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I
MAT 131
 Elementary Statistics
 Hours8-9
Semester Two (Spring)
Select one of the following: 3-4
BIO 101
 Introduction to Life Science
BIO 103
 A Survey of Ecology 1
BIO 106
 Introduction to Environmental Science 1
BIO 112
 Essentials of Nutrition
EAS 100
 Introduction to Earth Science
EAS 101
 Physical Geology
EAS 105
 Introduction to Weather and Climate
EAS 121
 Physical Geography
Select one of the following: 3
SOC 103
 Social Problems 2
SOC 230
 Sociology of Sex and Gender 3
SOC 232
 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 3
 Hours6-7
Semester Three (Summer)
Select one of the following: 3
ANT 102
 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 1
GEG 120
 World Regional Geography 1
GEG 122
 Cultural Geography 1
Select one of the following: 3
HUM 123
 Introduction to Art
HUM 125
 Introduction To Music
HUM 131
 Introduction to Theater
HUM 142
 Women and Creativity 3
HUM 160
 Introduction to Film
HUM 161
 Global Cinema 1
 Hours6
Third Year
Semester One (Fall)
EDN/PSY 201 Educational Psychology 3
Select one of the following: 3
EGL 130
 Introduction to Global Literature 1
EGL 131
 Multicultural Literature in the U.S. 3
EGL 132
 LGBTQ+ Literature 3
EGL 133
 Women and Literature 3
EGL 134
 Introduction to African-American Literature 3
EGL 135
 Introduction to Native American Literature 2
HUM 124
 African-American Culture and the Arts 3
HUM 127
 Introduction to Philosophy
PHL 130
 Religious Diversity in America 3
PHL 205
 World Religions 1
Select one of the following: 3-4
SPE 125
 Basic Sign Language
ART 131
 Drawing I
ART 132
 Painting I
ART 134
 Ceramics I
ART 145
 Watercolor I
THE 103
 Fundamentals of Acting
Modern Language Course (2021 or higher) 4
 Hours9-10
Semester Two (Spring)
EDN 280 Educating Exceptional Learners 3
Select one of the following: 3
BUS 110
 Personal Finance
MGT 106
 Time and Stress Management
MGT 117
 Human Relations in the Workplace
MGT 222
 Conflict Management
Select one of the following: 3
SPE 115
 Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures
SPE 126
 Basic Sign Language II
PSY 234
 Family Systems and the Addictive Process
PSY 238
 Substance Use and Related Disorders
 Hours9
 Total Hours60-63
1

Course fulfills the Global Studies requirement. At least one Global Studies course is required for degree completion.

2

Course fulfills both the Global Studies and U.S. Diversity Studies requirements.

3

Course fulfills the U.S. Diversity Studies requirement. At least one U.S. Diversity Studies course is required for degree completion.

4

Transfer institutions may have a language requirement. Any Modern Language Intermediate II course can meet the Humanities and Global Studies requirements.

Note: Pre-major is a recommended sequence and selection of courses. See Associate in General Studies (A.G.S.) page for degree requirements.