Accelerated Elementary Education

Program Description

All MNU students must complete general education courses however, completing an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree or the Associate of Science (A.S.) degree at JCCC will satisfy all the general education requirements at MNU, except 3 hours of the Faith Integration requirement. JCCC students transferring to MNU without completing the A.A. or A.S. will have transfer courses evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Therefore, it is recommended that students complete either the AA or the AS before transferring. The JCCC A.A. degree and the JCCC A.S. degree each require completion of 60 credit hours. Meeting with a JCCC counselor is strongly recommended for selection of appropriate courses. 

Admission Requirements

• If students have completed an AA or AS degree, they are only required to fulfill the Faith Integration (3 credit hours total) area of the general education requirements. Please note: MidAmerica Nazarene University is not participating in the Kansas (KBOR) Systemwide General Education framework.
• Certain majors may require specific classes in the general education core. Students should check the major’s specific section of the current MNU catalog for requirements and with a faculty advisor from that department to determine applicability of transfer courses.
• Upper-division credit will NOT be given for lower division courses that are transferred in as equivalents to upper division courses.
• Courses from the Learning Center, Academic Achievement Center, and Learning Strategies will not transfer to MNU. These courses are considered remedial or developmental. With special approval from the Kresge Academic Support Center at MNU, required developmental courses at MNU could be waived with satisfactory completion of courses from these areas. No college credit will be granted for these courses.
• A minimum residency of 30 semester hours taken at MidAmerica is required of all bachelor’s degree candidates. Bachelor's degree students must earn at least eighteen of the final thirty hours at MidAmerica. A minimum of 15 semester hours taken at MidAmerica is required of all associates degree candidates. The residency requirement for the academic major is no less than fifteen hours in the discipline of the major, except where other institutional requirements exist.
• The following students will need to have completed all general education coursework associated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education Unified prior to starting:
  • Students who do not have an Associate of Art or an Associate of Science degree but meet the 60-credit hour requirement.
  • Students who have a bachelor’s degree but desire to earn a second degree in Elementary Education Unified.
  • Please note: The Kansas Statewide Elementary Education transfer program does not apply to MNU.
• Conditional Acceptance: A student may be conditionally accepted into EEU for modules 1 and 2 under the following stipulations:
  • If a candidate’s GPA is below 2.75, the student must receive at least a “B-“ or above in all coursework; if academic excellence is not shown, the student will be dropped from the program.
  • If official transcripts are not provided, a student may start the program. However, the student will be dropped from the program before the third module if transcripts are not received by then.

It is the STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY to check for updates to all transfer information. This transfer guide is provided as a service and is updated as needed. Degree requirements at the four-year colleges are subject to change by those institutions. To ensure you have the most accurate information about the program, you must meet with an advisor at the transfer institution.