Teaching Specialty - Family and Consumer Sciences
Major Requirements
Major: Family & Consumer Sciences Education
Degree Type: B.S.
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 130
General Education Requirements
| First Year Experience (F): | ||
| HD&E 189 | Skills for Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take HD&E 189.) | 1 |
| Communication (C): | ||
| ENGL 110 | College Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL 120 | College Composition II | 3 |
| ENGL 358 | Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 |
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| Quantitative Reasoning (R): Select from current general education list | 3 | |
| Science & Technology (S): | ||
| CSCI 114 | Microcomputer Packages | 3-4 |
| or CSCI 116 | Business Use of Computers | |
| CHEM 117 | Chemical Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| A one-credit lab must be taken as a co-requisite with a general education science/technology course unless the course includes an embedded lab experience equivalent to a one-credit course. Select from current general education list | 3-4 | |
| Humanities & Fine Arts (A): Select from current general education list | 6 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (B): | ||
| PSYC 111 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Wellness (W): | ||
| HNES 200 | Principles of Nutrition | 3 |
| Cultural Diversity (D): Select from current general education list | ||
| Global Perspectives (G): Select from current general education list | ||
| Total Credits | 41 | |
Major Requirements
The Family & Consumer Sciences Education Specialty requirements also includes those courses listed in the general education categories of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Science & Technology.
| General Education Requirements | 40 | |
| Family & Consumer Sciences Education Teaching Specialty Requirements | ||
| ADHM 155 | Apparel Construction and Fit | 3 |
| or ADHM 101 | Beginning Apparel Construction | |
| ADHM 366 | Textiles | 3 |
| ADHM 410 | Dress in World Cultures | 3 |
| or ADHM 486 | Dress and Human Behavior | |
| HDFS 135 | Family Science | 3 |
| HDFS 186 | Consumer and Society | 3 |
| HDFS 230 | Life Span Development | 3 |
| HDFS 242 | Couples, Marriages and Families | 3 |
| HDFS 341 | Parent-Child Relations | 3 |
| HDFS 357 | Personal and Family Finance | 3 |
| HDFS 462 | Methods of Family Life Education | 3 |
| HDFS 475 | Children and Families Across Cultures | 3 |
| H&CE 469 | Housing Education and Issues | 3 |
| HNES 141 | Food Sanitation | 1 |
| HNES 200 | Principles of Nutrition | 3 |
| HNES 217 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| HNES 261 & 261L | Food Selection and Preparation Principles and Food Selection and Preparation Principles Laboratory | 5 |
| Housing/Design/Consumer Education: Select one of the following: | 1-3 | |
ADHM 150 | ||
| History of Interiors I | ||
| History of Interiors II | ||
| Professional Education Requirements | ||
| EDUC 321 | Introduction to Teaching | 3 |
| EDUC 322 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDUC 451 | Instructional Planning, Methods and Assessment | 3 |
| EDUC 486 | Classroom Management for Diverse Learners | 3 |
| EDUC 489 | Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds | 3 |
| H&CE 232 | Philosophy and Policy | 3 |
| H&CE 467 | Advising Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America | 3 |
| H&CE 468 | Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences I: Techniques | 3 |
| H&CE 482 | Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences II: Professional Practices | 3 |
| H&CE 483 | Student Teaching Seminar | 1 |
| H&CE 487 | Student Teaching | 9 |
| H&CE 488 | Applied Student Teaching | 3 |
| Total Credits | 130-132 | |
Degree Requirements and Notes
- GPA of 2.75 or better in the teaching specialty is required for placement in student teaching and exit from the program.
- A grade of ‘C’ or better is required in all Professional Education Requirement courses.
- A GPA of 2.75 or better in professional education as well as passing the appropriate Praxis II exam are required to exit the program.
- See School of Education for admission requirements.
