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Career and Technical Education (B.S.Ed.)

Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and the following:

General Professional-Technical and Technology Education Requirements

CTE 351

Principles and Philosophy of Career and Technical Education (3 cr)

CTE 430

Leadership and Student Organizations (2 cr)

CTE 431

Supervising CTE Career and Technical Student Organizations (1-3 cr. max 3)

CTE 464

Career Guidance and Transitioning to Work (3 cr)

Completion of one of the following three options:

A. Business and Marketing Education Option

The Business and Marketing Education option is for students interested in teaching business, marketing, and business technology subjects at the high school or post-secondary level. Completers of this option may apply for Idaho secondary teacher certification with endorsements in business technology, marketing technology, and usually economics (based on selected electives).

Requirements include the General Career and Technical Education Requirements, the satisfactory completion of the PRAXIS II Content Area Exam, and the following:

Acct 201

Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr)

Acct 202

Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr)

BLaw 265

Legal Environment of Business (3 cr)

Bus 101

Introduction to Business Enterprises (3 cr)

Bus 311

Introduction to Management (3 cr)

Bus 321

Marketing (3 cr)

Comm 101

Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr)

CTE 413

Retail Merchandising for Marketing Education (3 cr)

CTE 418

Teaching Economics and Personal Finance (3 cr)

CTE 484

Internship in Career and Technical Education Teaching (10 cr)

CTE 492

Business and Marketing Education Methods (3 cr)

CTE 495

Administrative Technology Management and Procedures (3 cr)

Econ 201

Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr)

Econ 202

Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr)

EDCI 201

Contexts of Education (2 cr)

EDCI 301

Learning, Development, and Assessment (3 cr)

EDCI 302

Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners (4 cr)

EDCI 401

Internship Seminar (1 cr)

EDCI 410

Technology, Teaching and Learning (2 cr)

EDCI 453

Phonics, Phonological Awareness, Fluency, and Assessment (1 cr)

EDCI 463

Literacy Methods for Content Learning (3 cr)

EDSP 300

Educating for Exceptionalities (2 cr)

Engl 313

Business Writing (3 cr)

FCS 448

Consumer Economic Issues (3 cr)

Accounting, business, economics or CTE electives (6 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

CTE 415

Microcomputer Applications (3 cr)

CTE 419 or CTE 519

Database Applications and Information Management (3 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

CTE 416

Website Design and Development (3 cr)

CTE 460

Desktop Publishing (3 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Psyc 101

Intro to Psychology (3 cr)

Psyc 305

Developmental Psychology (3 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):*

Math 143

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry (3 cr)

Stat 251

Statistical Methods (3 cr)

*Note: This mathematics elective is in addition to the General Education Mathematics requirements. Students must complete a total of 6 credits.

Courses to total 128 credits for this degree

Note: Students interesting in obtaining a teaching endorsement in Economics need to ensure that 3 credits of the designated elective credits are in economics, finance or accounting, see an advisor for details.

B. Occupational Education Option

This option is designed for those teachers in secondary trade and industrial programs who wish to teach in post-secondary professional-technical programs. Requirements include the General Career and Technical Education Requirements and the following:

CTE 420

Evaluation in Professional-Technical Education (3 cr)

CTE 426

Occupational Analysis and Curriculum Development (3 cr)

CTE 447

Diverse Populations and Individual Differences (2-3 cr)

CTE 472

Teaching and Learning in Occupation Education (3 cr)

Approved course in computer literacy (3 cr)

Courses to total 128 credits for this degree

Professional-technical electives approved by advisor to total 128 credits:

CTE 200, CTE 400

Seminar (cr arr)

CTE 203, CTE 403

Workshop (cr arr)

CTE 204, CTE 404

Special Topics (cr arr)

CTE 299, CTE 499

Directed Study (cr arr)

CTE 306

Preservice for New Professional-Technical Teachers (3 cr)

CTE 307

Inservice for New Professional-Technical Teachers (3 cr)

CTE 418

Teaching Economics and Personal Finance (3 cr)

CTE 470

Technical Competence (1-32 cr)

Additional requirements for CTE Occupational Education students seeking an Idaho Secondary Teaching Certificate include the satisfactory completion of the PRAXIS II Content Area Test, and the following:

Comm 101

Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr)

EDCI 201

Contexts of Education (2 cr)

EDCI 301

Learning, Development, and Assessment (3 cr)

EDCI 302

Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners (4 cr)

EDCI 401

Internship Seminar (1 cr)

EDCI 463

Literacy Methods for Content Learning (3 cr)

EDSP 300

Educating for Exceptionalities (2 cr)

One of the following (10 cr):

EDCI 485

Secondary Internship (10 cr)

CTE 484

Internship in Career and Technical Education Teaching (10 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Psyc 101

Intro to Psychology (3 cr)

Psyc 305

Developmental Psychology (3 cr)

C. Engineering & Technology Education Option

Requirements include the General Career and Technical Education Requirements, the satisfactory completion of the PRAXIS II Content Area Exam, and the following:

ASM 107

Beginning Welding (2 cr)

ASM 202

Agricultural Shop Practices (2 cr)

Comm 101

Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr)

CTE 130

Introduction to Electricity and Electronics (3 cr)

CTE 267

Computer Aided Drafting/Design (3 cr)

CTE 310

Lab Safety, Management, and Liability (4 cr)

CTE 353

Manufacturing Systems (3 cr)

CTE 354

Construction Technology (3 cr)

CTE 370

Transportation & Engineering Technologies (4 cr)

CTE 410

Technology and Society (3 cr)

CTE 415

Microcomputer Applications (3 cr)

CTE 416

Website Design and Development (3 cr)

CTE 417

Teaching & Learning through STEM Integration (3 cr)

CTE 426

Occupational Analysis and Curriculum Development (3 cr)

CTE 428

Computer Integrated Systems (3 cr)

CTE 449

Appropriate Technology and Alternative Energy (3 cr)

CTE 462

Communication Technology (3 cr)

CTE 481

Computer-Integrated and Robotics Manufacturing Technologies (3 cr)

CTE 484

Internship in Career and Technical Education (10 cr)

CTE 494

Senior Project (3 cr)

EDCI 201

Contexts of Education (2 cr)

EDCI 301

Learning, Development, and Assessment (3 cr)

EDCI 302

Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners (4 cr)

EDCI 463

Literacy Methods for Content Learning (3 cr)

EDSP 300

Educating for Exceptionalities (2 cr)

Engl 317

Technical Writing (3 cr)

Math 143

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry (3 cr)

Phys 111, Phys 111L

General Physics I and Lab (4 cr)

Phys 112, Phys 112L

General Physics II and Lab (4 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Psyc 101

Intro to Psychology (3 cr)

Psyc 305

Developmental Psychology (3 cr)

Courses to total 129 credits for this degree