Program: Career & Technical Education - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Concentration, BS - Appalachian State University

Apr 05, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

Program Code: 456*/456D
CIP Code: 13.1299

Teaching

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

General Education Requirements

Nineteen hours of major requirements may count to fulfill General Education requirements:

Professional Education Requirements (24 Hours)

All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).

C I 2300 - Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (2)
FDN 2400 - Critical Perspectives on Learning and Teaching (2)
PSY 3010 - Psychology Applied to Teaching (3) *
SPE 3300 - Creating Inclusive Learning Communities (3)
C I 3400 - Policies and Practices in Educational Assessment (2)
C I 4900 - Internship/Student Teaching (6-12) [CAP] Students must complete 12 hours of Student Teaching

PRAXIS I Core Academic Skills for Educators (CASE)

CASE Reading
CASE Writing
CASE Mathematics

PRAXIS II Subject/Assessment Exams (s)

5101 Business Education and 5561 Marketing Education

Proficiencies

English
Reading

Career and Technical Education Core Requirements (14 Hours)

+ Must be completed with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0)
* May be double counted in Gen Ed.

Major Requirements (52 Hours)

Introductory Courses (8 Hours)

CHE 1101 - Introductory Chemistry I (3) *
CHE 1110 - Introductory Chemistry Laboratory I (1) *
and
CHE 1102 - Introductory Chemistry II (3) *
CHE 1120 - Introductory Chemistry Laboratory II (1) (Gen Ed theme OR Chemistry Connections to Our Changing World) *
or
BIO 1201 - Biology in Society I (3) *
BIO 1202 - Biology in Society II (3) *
BIO 1203 - Biology in Society Laboratory (2) *

Major Courses (44 Hours)

A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) is required in each major course. 18 hours must be taken at Appalachian.

Major Electives (5 Hours)

Other Family and Consumer Sciences content courses approved by advisor (typically courses with ADM, CTE, FCS, INT, and NUT prefixes).

Free Electives (5 Hours)

Total Required (120 Hours)

Note: CHE 1101 /CHE 1110 , CHE 1102 /CHE 1120 OR BIO 1201 /BIO 1202 /BIO 1203 ; NUT 2202 ; and FCS 2103 taken for the major may count toward General Education

Students are required to take 50 hours from a senior institution.

A student must have at least a 2.70 grade-point average to be admitted to the teacher education program and must maintain a 2.70 grade-point average overall through student teaching.