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.