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)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

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

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

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)
• Choose one:
  • HUMNNTR 2410 Science of Human Nutrition (can overlap with GE Natural Science) (4)
  • HUMNNTR 2210 (transfer equivalent only) (3)
• HDFS 2400 Life Span Human Development (3)
• HDFS 2410 Child Development (3)
• HDFS 3440 Human Sexuality and Intersectionality Across the Lifespan (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnic, & Gender Div.) (3)
• HDFS 2350 Parenting (3)
• Choose one:
  • HUMNNTR 3313 Food in Different Cultures (2)
  • HUMNNTR 3415 Global Nutrition Issues (2)
• HUMNNTR 2314 Fundamentals of Food (3)
• CSFRST 2371 Textiles (3)
• CONSCI 2910 Consumer Problems and Perspectives (3)
• CSCFFS 2260 Healthy Finances and Economic Wellbeing for Individuals and Families (3)

Major Requirements (43 Hours)

• ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
• ESWDE 5624 Foundations of Workforce Development and Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESWDE 5622 Introduction to Software Applications for Teachers and Trainers (3)
  • ESWDE 5701 Fundamentals of Teaching Adults Online (3)
  • ESWDE 5623 Advanced Software Applications for Teachers and Trainers (3)
• EDUTL 5442 Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum (3)
• ESSPED 2251 Introduction to the Special Education Profession (3)
• ESWDE 5189.01 Career and Technical Education Field Experience I (C grade or higher required) (2)
• ESWDE 5189.02 Career and Technical Education Field Experience II (C grade or higher required) (2)
• ESWDE 5655 Coordination of Work-Based Learning for Career and Technical Education (3)
• ESWDE 5665 Teaching Methods for Career and Technical Education (3)
• ESWDE 5667 Curriculum/Instruction and Assessment in Career and Technical Education (3)
• ESWDE 5672 Lifelong Learning in the Adult Years (3)
• ESWDE 5784 Student Teaching in Career and 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.