Industrial Technology Education Major

The Industrial Technology Education group major is designed to prepare teachers of industrial technology education (formerly known as industrial technology or industrial arts) for middle, junior, and senior high schools. The student must complete the group major in Industrial Technology Education and an approved teachable minor offered for Secondary Education Curriculum or a vocational minor in Drafting or Graphic Arts. Students who complete the requirements for the vocational minor are eligible for vocational certification.

1. Minimum Hours Required For This Curriculum (135 hours)

2. General Education Requirements (37 hours)

3. Required Cognates (5 hours)

PHYS 1070 - Elementary Physics Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 1080 - Elementary Physics Laboratory Credits: 1 hour

4. Industrial Technology Education Teaching Major (37 hours)

AVS 2800 - Transportation Technology: Policy, Perils, and Promise Credits: 3 hours
or
EDMM 1220 - Automobile in Society Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 1050 - Thought and Writing Credits: 4 hours
FCS 1490 - Design Communication I: Architectural Drawing Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2400 - Woodworking Credits: 3 hours
FCS 3530 - Introduction to the Construction Environment Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 1420 - Engineering Graphics Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 1430 - Product Design Fundamentals Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 1500 - Introduction to Manufacturing Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 2001 - Applied Electricity/Electronics Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 2460 - CAD - Solid Modeling Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 2500 - Plastics Properties and Processing Credits: 3 hours
EDMM 2540 - Machining Processes Credits: 3 hours

5. Approved Minor for Secondary Education Curriculum (min 20 hours)

Each student must choose a teachable vocational minor or a secondary education non-vocational minor.

Approved vocational minors are Drafting or Graphic Arts and require 4000 of recent (within 6 years of degree completion) and relevant (drafting or graphic arts) work. Vocational minor requirements are listed in the Vocational-Technical Minor” section of the catalog.

Approved non-vocational minors are listed in the “Secondary Education Curriculum” section of the catalog.

6. Professional Education Courses (24 hours)

WFED 3050 - Career and Employability Skills Credits: 3 hours
WFED 3480 - Student Assessment and Management Credits: 3 hours
WFED 5100 - Special Populations in Workforce Education and Development Credits: 3 hours
WFED 5120 - Principles of Workforce Education and Development Credits: 3 hours
WFED 5130 - Teaching Methods in Workforce Education and Development Credits: 3 hours
WFED 5420 - Curriculum Development in Workforce Education and Development Credits: 3 hours
LS 3050 - K-12 Content Area Literacy Credits: 3 hours

Either

ED 2500 - Human Development: Applications in Education Credits: 3 hours
or
FCS 2140 - Child Development Credits: 3 hours

7. Directed Internship (12 hours)

WFED 4100 - Seminar in Education Credits: 2 hours
WFED 4750 - Intern Teaching in Workforce Education and Development Credits: 10 hours