Career Tech Workforce Education, Specialization in Family and Consumer Sciences Education, BSED

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A graduate completing a Career Tech Workforce Education major is eligible for a career-technical teaching license providing that he or she has met all program requirements, has successfully completed the state-required assessments, and meets all license requirements.

Students must complete one of the following two specializations:

Business and Marketing Education (leads to integrated business and marketing licensure) or
Family and Consumer Sciences Education (leads to family and consumer sciences education licensure)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in Career Tech Workforce Education are expected to:

Demonstrate understanding of student learning and development and diversity of students;
Apply skills in planning and delivering effective instruction, assessing students, creating learning environments, and collaborating and communicating with students, their parents, other educators, administrators and the community to support student learning;
Demonstrate understanding of the importance of assuming responsibility for professional growth, performance and involvement as individuals and as members of a learning community;
Demonstrate understanding of content for which they will have instructional responsibility as a teacher.

Bachelor of Science in Education; Leads to Family and Consumer Sciences licensure in grades 4 and beyond. This degree program is designed to be completed in 4 years. Changing majors, academic issues or other unforeseen circumstances may require additional semesters for completion.

BG Perspective (BGP) Requirements

Must complete at least 1 course in each of the following:

English Composition and Oral Communication
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Quantitative Literacy
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Must Complete at least 2 courses in each of the following:

Humanities and the Arts
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Natural Sciences - at least one Lab Science required
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Complete total required BGP credit hours by selecting courses from any of the above categories:

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University Requirements

Designated courses in Humanities and the Arts and the Social and Behavioral Sciences domains may be used to fulfill both the BGP requirement and one of the following university requirements:

Cultural Diversity in the US ____________
International Perspective ____________

Composition Requirement:
WRIT 1120 - Seminar in Research Writing

Total BGP Credits: Must be at least 36

Content for Teaching Specialty## (58 Hours)

Professional Education## (58 Hours)

Years I - II: What does it mean to be a teacher? Who are my students?

Year III: How do I teach so all students can learn?

EDFI 2980 - Schools, Society, and Cultural Diversity
EDFI 2990 - Field Experience in Cultural and Community Contexts
Methods Block One (Spring only, courses taken concurrently)
EDTL 3400 - Instruction and Differentiation in Middle and High School Classrooms
EDTL 4200 - Disciplinary Literacy 4-12
EDTL 3021 - Digital Technologies for Middle and AYA Teachers

Year IV: The Professional Year: “Who am I as a teacher?”

Methods Block Two (Fall only, courses taken concurrently)
EDWF 4670 - Teaching and Learning in Career Tech Workforce Education
EDWF 4690 - Program and Laboratory-based Management
EDWF 4770 - Internship for Advanced Methods of Teaching and Learning
EDFI 4020 - Assessment and Evaluation in Education
EDL 4090 - Teaching as a Profession: Organization, Administration, and Policy in Schools
Student Teaching
EDWF 4960 - Advanced Seminar in Career Tech Workforce Education
EDTL 4970 - Teaching Internship
## All courses under Content for Teaching Specialty & Professional Education must be taken for a letter grade (not S/U) except EDTL 4970

Note:

Important Checklists

Application for the Methods Block One and Student Teaching is made at a sign up meeting held the Fall of the junior year. The Methods Block One is offered Spring semester only, Methods Block Two is offered Fall semester only, and Student Teaching is offered Spring semester only.
Methods Block One Eligibility
- A cumulative BGSU GPA of at least 2.8
- A content specialty GPA of at least 3.0
Methods Block Two Eligibility
- Attainment of 60 semester hours
- A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Completion of the following courses with a grade of “C” or better:
  - COMM 1020
  - EDFI 3020
  - EDIS 2310
  - EDTL 2010
  - EDTL 3400
  - EDWF 2000
  - WRIT 1120
Prerequisites for Student Teaching (EDWF 4960 and EDTL 4970 )
- Completion of 90 semester hours
- Accumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Completion of the following courses with a grade of “C” or better:
  - EDWF 4670
  - EDWF 4690
  - EDWF 4770
  - EDFI 4020
  - EDL 4090

______ Passing score on required OAEs (see #7 in “Reminders”)

Reminders

HDFS 1930 is a prerequisite to EDFI 3020 , a required education course, and can be used as a social and behavioral science elective.
HDFS 2020 is a required course and can be used as a social and behavioral science elective.
FN 2070 /FN 2080 is a required course and can be used as a natural science/lab science.
Meet with your advisor at least once each year. The name of your advisor appears in the MyBGSU web page, click on “My Advisor”
BCI/FBI background checks must be renewed annually and send directly to the Office of Student Experience and Support by July 1.
SENIOR YEAR: You must apply for graduation online prior to the term deadline; complete applications for licensure during your student teaching semester (you will receive instructions for doing so during a required meeting that precedes student teaching).
Eligibility for Professional Year Internship: A passing score on all required Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) as determined each year by the Department of Education is required to be eligible for the Professional Year Internship (student teaching). (Note: OAE test requirements are subject to change, so continue to check with your program and the Ohio Department of Education for updates).
Complete at least 30 hours of coursework at BGSU.
For the MyBGSU web page, click on “My Degree Audit” link to access your degree audit.

NOTE: Undergraduate students and degree holders seeking licensure must meet all specified requirements, including successful completion of all state required assessments to qualify for the Family and Consumer Sciences licensure.