Career and Technical Educator Preparation BS Degree - Family and Consumer Sciences Education (7-12) Major

CTE - Family and Consumer Sciences Education (7-12)

The Family and Consumer Sciences Education major is designed for students with a specialty in related occupations. The curriculum is intended to provide the student with the opportunity to become a certified Family and Consumer Science subject teacher. The specialty may be verified by an associates degree and related experience or by related experience and successful completion of an appropriate occupational competency exam.

A. Core Requirements* 31 cr

CTE 307 - Introduction to Vocational Education Credit: 3
CTE 309 - Vocational Curriculum Development Credit: 3
CTE 312 - Methods of Teaching Vocational Subjects Credit: 3
CTE 313 - Instructional Assessment in Vocational Education Credit: 3
CTE 314 - Classroom and Laboratory Organization and Management Credit: 3
CTE 444 - Serving Special Needs Learners in Vocational Education Credit: 3
CTE 445 - Language Arts and Literacy in the Vocational Classroom Credit: 3
** CTE 485 - Vocational Supervised Student Teaching I Credit: 5
** CTE 490 - Vocational Supervised Student Teaching-II Credit: 5

B. Elective Requirements 0 cr

Emphasis is on courses that enhance the general education development and interests of the individual

C. Cognate Requirements 12 cr

PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Credit: 3
HDV 323 - Adolescent Development Credit: 3
PSY 330 - Educational Psychology Credit: 3
Select one of the following or equivalency, under advisement: (3 cr)
COM 210 - Critical Thinking and Public Speaking Credit: 3
COM 212 - Interpersonal Communication Credit: 3
COM 240 - Group Interaction and Discussion Credit: 3

D. Non-credit Requirements

DASA 1020 - DASA Training Credit: 0
SSHS 1020 - Safe Schools, Healthy Students Credit: 0

E. Content Area Specialization 36 cr

Common Family and Consumer Sciences Education specializations are:

Food and Nutrition
Human Services and Family Studies Cluster
Textile and Design Cluster

*All CTE pre-student teaching courses require 15 to 25 hours of embedded field experience.

**Eligibility for Student Teaching
Elgibility for student teaching for Career and Technical Educator Preparation majors will be evaluated at the end of the semester or quarter preceding the student teaching assignment. To be considered eligible, candidates must meet the following criteria:
1. A cumulative index of 2.50 or above.
2. Completion of the core requirements (excluding student teaching).
3. Completion of the cognate requirements.
4. Submission of required student teaching application forms to the appropriate office, with required documentation, by the specified deadline.