HELP..Newbie looking for Liberal Arts for Teaching Help!!!

[natshar]

I've done a fair amount of research into this degree since I have a friend who is considering getting going into elementary education. I don't recall reading anything about restrictions on graduation timing, but you could be right. I'll need to check the forums to see if I can find any examples of people who have done it or were denied the option. I know I have seen posts from people completing the RN to BSN program in one term.

If there is an issue with finishing in one term in the teacher's college, it is probably due to the preclinical observation and demonstrative aspects of licensure, particularly when combined with the order of course completion. Plus I expect that it will be hard to find enough relevant transfer credits to make up 90 credits, so more than likely it will just be the GE's and perhaps some of the foundational education courses transferred in.

There was a post about someone on this fourm finishing their degree coursework in one term (after transferring in the rest via CLEP, SDC, etc.). However, you also need to do student teaching which is one term and has to be done after your courses are done. This may be what you are talking about.

So it would look like this:

1 term of online coursework + 1 separate term of student teaching = minimum of 2 terms to finish a degree

Yeah, that is basically what I hinted at in my post above, but I don't recall reading the post you mentioned. The student teaching is referred to as preclinical experiences (minimum of 75 hours of observation I believe) and demonstrative teaching (a supervised teaching and professional assessment required for licensure). But it does sound like at least the latter part of that is taken care of after the coursework is completed. So that sounds right.

Here is someone who finished in one term that I was referring to: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid245093

Here is a breakdown of credits: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid236448