Education Department: Family and Consumer Science K-12 Certification

Are you interested in teaching individuals about the everyday responsibilities of life, like balancing a check book or cooking a meal?

The Family and Consumer Sciences Education program will prepare you to teach in elementary, middle, and high school settings. The concepts taught focus on financial resource management, child development, nutrition, and balancing work, family, and career. In our program, you'll have the opportunity to learn through practical application.

Specialty Courses

FCS 145	Behavioral Aspects of Clothing and Housing	3
FCS 251	Family Resource Management	3
EDUC 300	Early Childhood Curriculum I	3
EDUC 301	Early Childhood Curriculum II	3
EDUC 004A	ECE Practicum 1 & 2	.5,.5
FCS 320	Professional Practice for FCS	3
FCS 411B	Methods/Vocational Education	3
FCS 450	Family Services	3
FCS 452	Parentology	3
N D 103	Basic Foods	3
N D 111	Basic Nutrition	3
BIOL 107	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	3
OR
BIOL 130	Principles Anatomy/Physiology	3
SSCI 425	Children’s Rights	3

Professional Education Requirements

EDUC 000	Field Experience	ongoing
EDUC 005D	Practicum	1
EDUC 100/101	Introduction to Education	.5,.5
PSY 251	Developmental Psychology	3
EDUC 311	Educational Psychology	3
EDUC 411A	Effective Instruction in Secondary and K-12 Education	3
EDUC 414	Social Foundations	3
S ED 100	Characteristics of Students with Disabilities	3
S ED 300	Curriculum Adaptations (taken with student teaching)	3
S ED 367	Behavior and Classroom Management	3
EDUC 561	Methods, Materials and Assessment of ELL	3
EDUC 442	Student Teaching	9