Family and Consumer Sciences Education

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2022
General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)
Launch Seminar (1 Hour)
Reflection Seminar (1 Hour)
Foundations (22-25 Hours)
- Writing & Information Literacy (3)
- Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
- Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
- Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
- Natural Science (4-5)
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
- Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)
Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)
Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.
- Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
- Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
- Lived Environments
- Origins & Evolution
- Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
- Sustainability
- Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
- Health & Wellbeing
- Number, Nature, Mind
EHE 1100 College Survey (1 Hour)
Content Requirements (35-36 Hours)
Minimum 2.75 GPA required in Content Requirements
- HDFS 2200 Family Development (3)
- PSYCH 1100 Introduction to Psychology (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
- HUMNNTR 2410 Science of Nutrition (can overlap with GE Natural Science) (4), or HUMNNTR 2210 (transfer equivalent only) (3)
- HDFS 2400 Life Span Development (3)
- HDFS 2410 Child Development (3)
- HDFS 3440 Human Sexuality & Intersectionality Across the Lifespan (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnic, & Gender Div.) (3)
- HDFS 2350 Parenting (3)
- HUMNNTR 3313 Food in Different Cultures (2), or HUMNNTR 3415 Global Nutrition Issues (2)
- HUMNNTR 2314 Fundamentals of Food (3)
- CSFRST 2371 Textiles (3)
- CONSCI 2910 Consumer Problems & Perspectives (3)
- CSCFFS 2260 Family Financial Management (3)
Major Requirements (43 Hours)
- ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
- ESWDE 5624 Foundations of Workforce Development & Education (3)
- ESWDE 5622 Introduction to Software Applications for Teachers & Trainers (3), or ESWDE 5701 Fundamentals of Teaching Adults Online (3), or ESWDE 5623 Advanced Software Applications for Teachers & Trainers (3)
- EDUTL 5442 Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum (3)
- ESSPED 2251 Introduction to the Special Education Profession (3)
- ESWDE 5189.01 Career & Technical Education Field Experience I (C grade or higher required) (2)
- ESWDE 5189.02 Career & Technical Education Field Experience II (C grade or higher required) (2)
- ESWDE 5655 Coordination of Work-Based Learning for Career & Technical Education (3)
- ESWDE 5665 Teaching Methods for Career & Technical Education (3)
- ESWDE 5667 Curriculum/Instruction & Assessment in Career & Technical Education (3)
- ESWDE 5672 Lifelong Learning in the Adult Years (3)
- ESWDE 5784 Student Teaching in Career & Technical Education (12)
Cumulative GPA of 2.75 and 2.75 content GPA required in order to be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure.
Total Hours: 101-119
Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 1-19
Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.