Family & Consumer Science Teacher Education Major (FCSJ)

The Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Education major is designed to prepare teachers for family and consumer science-related subjects in middle, junior and senior high schools. The student must complete the major in Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Education. No minor is required.

1. Minimum Hours Required for this Major (69 hours)

2. Family and Consumer Science Teacher Education Content Courses (33 hours)

FCS 1650 - Culinary Skills Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2090 - Family Resource Management Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2100 - Human Sexuality Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2150 - Adolescent Development Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2660 - Personal Nutrition Credits: 3 hours
FCS 3180 - Intimate Relationships: Friends, Family, and Marriage Credits: 3 hours
FCS 4130 - Later Life Family Relationships Credits: 3 hours
FCS 4150 - Parenting Roles, Relations, and Partnerships Credits: 3 hours
FCS 5680 - Gender, Culture, and Families Credits: 3 hours
HOL 1000 - Choices in Living Credits: 3 hours

Select one of the following:

FCS 1240 - Apparel Construction I Credits: 3 hours
FCS 1550 - Design Principles Credits: 3 hours
FCS 5240 - Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress Credits: 3 hours

3. 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 Disciplinary Literacy Credits: 3 hours

Select Either:

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

4. Directed Internship (12 hours)

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

5. Minor

No minor is required

6. Vocational Certification Option

Vocational Certification is not required.

Students who want to earn a Standard CTE Teaching Certificate to teach Family and Consumer Sciences at a Career and Technical Center, must complete 4,000 hours of recent (within 10 years) and relevant work experience in addition to the requirements listed above. Some of the work experience can be completed as part of the undergraduate degree. See a College of Education and Human Development advisor or faculty program coordinator for more information.