Industrial Technology

The Industrial Technology group major is designed to prepare teachers of industrial technology (formerly known as industrial arts) for middle, junior, and senior high schools. The student must complete the group major in Industrial Technology and an approved teachable minor offered for Secondary Education Curriculum.

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

2. General Education Requirements (37 hours)

3. Required (6 hours)

MATH 1100 - Algebra I Credits: 3 hours
and
MATH 1110 - Algebra II Credits: 3 hours
(or equivalents)

4. Teaching Major From The Following Courses (36 hours)

AVS 2800 - Transportation Technology: Policy, Perils, and Promise Credits: 3 hours
ECE 1000 - Fundamentals of Circuits and Electronics Credits: 3 hours
ECE 1010 - Fundamentals of Electronics and Machines Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 1050 - Thought and Writing Credits: 4 hours
Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2050 - Topics in Family and Consumer Sciences Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Introduction to the Construction Environment Credits / Units: 3 hours
Introduction to Architectural Drawing Credits: 3 hours
ID 2220 - Wood Furniture Design Credits: 3 hours
ID 3220 - Advanced Woodworking Design Credits: 3 hours
IME 1420 - Engineering Graphics Credits: 3 hours
IME 1500 - Introduction to Manufacturing Credits: 3 hours
IME 2460 - Introduction to Computer-Aided Design Credits: 3 hours
IME 2540 - Machining Processes Credits: 3 hours

5. Approved Minor For Secondary Education Curriculum (20 hours)

Career and Technical Education minors in Drafting, Graphic Arts, Metalworking, Power/Auto Mechanics, and Woodworking require 4000 hours of recent and relevant work experiences for vocational endorsement.

6. Professional Education Courses (24 hours)

Students in the Industrial Technology major should see the advisor to select a course that will satisfy the Baccalaureate Writing requirement.

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

Either

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

7. Directed Internship (12 hours)

CTE 4100 - Seminar in Education Credits: 2 hours
CTE 4750 - Intern Teaching in CTE Credits: 10 hours