Plan of Study – Family and Consumer Sciences**

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Family and Consumer Sci - Interim Occ Cert: Bach Sci

Family and Consumer Sci - Interim Occupational Certificate: Bachelor of Science

Occupational Edu Courses (Majors in Family and Consumer Sciences who use this major in a plan for Secondary teacher certification must add the requirements for an Interim Occupational Certificate (IOC) to their program. To the major must be added an additional four semester hours of practicum exp

Practicum Courses (Minimum of 4 semester hours required.)

FCS 2930 Practicum in Children and Youth Services (1 s.h.)

Fifty hours of experience working with children and/or youth.

FCS 2940 Practicum in Educational Services (1 s.h.)

Fifty hours of experience in an educational setting.

FCS 3930 Practicum in Family Services (1 s.h.)

Fifty hours of experience in a family service agency.

FCS 3940 Practicum in Consumer Services (1 s.h.)

Fifty hours of experience in consumer services.

Career Tech Edu Courses (Minimum of 6 semester hours required.)

EDU 4450 Foundations of Vocational Education (2 s.h.)

Principles of vocational education; understanding the learning process in the vocational education classroom, particularly as applied to work-based learning; working with individual differences (developmental, cultural, motivational) as students are guided to increasingly complex work-based learning. Prerequisites: EDU 3120, EDU 3300, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.

EDU 4540 Theory & Techniques of Instruction CTE (2 s.h.)

Theory of instruction, methods, and materials in the secondary subject-matter fields in which students expect to teach; observations of classroom procedures; and participation in a field placement in which students plan, teach, and assess student performance. Emphasis is on the application of effective instructional theory and practice for diverse student populations. Students develop unit plans within their disciplines that demonstrate their competence in lesson planning, while employing a variety of teaching and assessment strategies. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 1 hour. In special circumstances (such as extended student teaching), courses may be taken for smaller increments, with approval of the Dean's Office. Offered Fall only. Prerequisites: EDU 2000 and EDU 3120 and admission to the Teacher Education Program.