An Associate of Arts in Teaching is a specialized academic associate degree program designed to transfer in its entirety to a baccalaureate program that leads to initial Texas teacher certification.
This Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board-approved collegiate degree offers a structured, two-year program to gain an initial understanding of theories and methods in educational instruction.
Students should work with their advisor to tailor course selections to align with their chosen transfer university. The transfer plans on this page shows a tailored example for a university commonly chosen by Lee College students. However, students may choose to continue their education at any university.
What will I learn?
- ED15 AAT — Prepares potential teachers for early childhood to sixth grade that plan to transfer to UHCL, UH Main, or UH-Downtown. Students interested in other transfer schools should work directly with an advisor.
- ED25 AAT — Prepares potential teachers for early childhood to sixth grade, as a Generalist, Bilingual Generalist, ESL Generalist, or Special Education Generalist.
- ED35 AAT — Future teachers interested in 4th to 8th-grade teaching.
- ED45 AAT — Students interested in pursuing an area of specialization applied to early childhood through grade 12 (Music, Physical Education, Art, etc.) or grades 8 through 12 (Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Business, Languages, etc.).