Licensure

The family and consumer sciences teacher education licensure program provides appropriate learning experiences to meet the needs, capabilities, and interests of middle and high school students studying family and consumer sciences. The program is designed to assist individuals in acquiring knowledge, developing skills and dispositions within a learning environment focused on active involvement and integrated learning activities.

Requirements
To earn family and consumer sciences teacher licensure, students must complete the requirements for general education and their chosen major, as well as the following licensure requirements.

Students must be admitted in the Teacher Education Program to enroll.

Refer to the Undergraduate Course Catalogue for official information about licensure requirements.

From the General Education Requirements

The general education requirements of the College including these specific courses in the following areas:

Humanities and Social Sciences

PSY-312: Psychology of Exceptional Individuals (3 cr.)

SOC-335: Race and Ethnic Relations (3 cr.)

EDU-345: Language Minorities in Public Schools (3 cr.)

Concentration in Major

Minimum semester hours in Family and Consumer Sciences courses: 50 semester hours chosen from the following:

Child Development

-: ( cr.)

Clothing and Fashion Merchandising

-: ( cr.)

Food and Nutrition

-: ( cr.)

Interior Design and Housing

-: ( cr.)

ART-144: Interior Design I (3 cr.)

Consumer Resource Management

-: ( cr.)

Additional Required Courses

-: ( cr.)

Professional Education Requirements

Professional Education, General

EDU-232: Schools and Social Change (3 cr.)

EDU-234: Teaching and Learning (3 cr.)

EDU-305: Teaching with Technology (1 cr.)