Career and Technical Education (IET) – Master of Science

Admission Requirements

  1. General admission to graduate study.
  2. Satisfy one of the following:
    1. A minimum GRE score of 285 (verbal and quantitative),
    2. Undergraduate GPA X GRE = 855, or
    3. Earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher after completing 12 hours of MSCTE required coursework.

Program Competencies

  1. Knowledge of the development, objectives, philosophy and administration of career and technical education.
  2. The ability to analyze and understand the correct trends and status of career and technical education.
  3. The ability to recognize different types of data derived from an examination and to measure and evaluate individual student performance.
  4. The ability to manage personnel training and facilities in educational and industrial organizations.
  5. Apply technical management functions in business, industry, education and government.
  6. Apply theories, concepts and principles of related disciplines to develop communication skills required for technical trainers.
  7. Apply scientific and technological concepts to solving technological problems.
  8. Apply concepts and skills developed in a variety of technical and professional disciplines.

Assessment

  1. Students are required to complete a thesis or to pass both an oral and written exit examination (passing grade for written examination = 70 percent).
  2. Complete an annual survey of employers of recent graduates as to their satisfaction with the employee's performance as related to subject knowledge.

Requirements for the Degree

  1. Be unconditionally admitted to the program.
  2. Successfully complete and defend a thesis or pass both a written and oral comprehensive exit examination (passing grade for written examination = 70 percent).
  3. Must complete the required course work with a minimum graduate cumulative 3.0 GPA.

Program Requirements

Core Courses

AGR 603Quality Assurance in Science & Technology

3

or

IET 603Quality Assurance in Science and Technology

3

 

CTE 630Evaluation Techniques

3

CTE 660Trends and Issues in CTE

3

CTE 685Principles and Philosophy of CTE

3

CTE 698Career Guidance and Development

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Concentration

Graduate level courses to be selected and approved by the student and faculty advisor in the CTE concentration.

Total Credit Hours:9

Electives

IET 670Directed Research

1-6

IET 676Directed Study

1-6

IET 699Thesis

6

AGR 605Farm Business Analysis

3

AGR 612Conservation Workshop

3

AGR 615Animal Nutrition

3

AGR 672Methods in Teaching Vocational Agriculture

4

AGR 674Adult and Young Farmer Education

3

AGR 685Teaching Agricultural Mechanics

3

AGR 686Planning Programs in Vocational Agriculture

3

AGR 688Curriculum Development and Content Selections

3

AGR 692Supervision in Agriculture

3

CTE 640Administration and Supervision of CTE

3

CTE 650Organization and Administration of CTE

3

EDF 600Research Methods in Education

3

EDF 610Advanced Human Growth and Development

3

EDF 611Adolescent Development

3

EDF 680History and Philosophy of Education

3

EDIL 601Introduction to School Leadership Administration

3

EDIL 618School Finance and Support Services

3

EDIL 628School Law and Ethics

3

EDUC 635Teaching Critical Thinking and Decision Making

3

IET 619Total Quality Control

3

IET 620Industrial Education for the Elementary Teacher

3

IET 621Experimental Design for Industry

3

IET 622Industrial Project Management

3

IET 630Design for Manufacturability

3

IET 644Wireless Networking and Systems

3

IET 645Computer Interfacing and Applications

3

IET 680Networking Technology

3

IET 688Computer Integrated Manufacturing

3

IET 698Research Methods in Technology

3

Total Credit Hours:6

IET Approved Concentration Electives:

IET 600Impact of Technology

3

IET 619Total Quality Control

3

IET 620Industrial Education for the Elementary Teacher

3

IET 621Experimental Design for Industry

3

IET 622Industrial Project Management

3

IET 630Design for Manufacturability

3

IET 644Wireless Networking and Systems

3

IET 645Computer Interfacing and Applications

3

IET 680Networking Technology

3

IET 688Computer Integrated Manufacturing

3

IET 690Supervised Internship (Industry or Administration)

1-6

IET 698Research Methods in Technology

3

ITCD 615Advanced Computer Aided Design

3

ITEC 600Digital Signal Processing I

3

ITEC 650Digital Signal Processing II

3

ITMT 684Manufacturing Information Systems

3

ACCT 600Survey of Accounting

3

ACCT 611Accounting Analysis for Decision Making

3

ACCT 687Tax Accounting Research and Planning

3

BIS 620Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning

3

BIS 621Instructional Innovations in Business and Information Technology Education

3

BIS 630Managerial Communications

3

CIS 615Managing Information Technology

3

CIS 625Web Information Systems and Internet Technologies

3

CIS 628E-Business Application Programming

3

CIS 632Desktop Computing and Web Collaboration

3

CIS 634Management of Telecommunications and Networking

3

CIS 635Seminar in Information Systems

3

CIS 636Global Information Systems

3

CIS 638Database Systems

3

CIS 640Systems Planning and Implementation

3

CIS 641Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods

3

CIS 642Systems Security

3

CIS 645Customer Relationship Management Systems

3

CIS 650Innovation, Technology and Organizational Change

3

CIS 655Management of Healthcare Information Systems

3

CIS 660Enterprise Systems

3

CIS 699AThesis

3 or 6

CS 620Data Mining Concepts

3

CS 640Data Mining Methodologies

3

CS 650Applied Data Mining

3

CTE 640Administration and Supervision of CTE

3

CTE 650Organization and Administration of CTE

3

EDAH 641Administrative and Management Issues in Higher Education

3

EDAH 642Student Personnel in Higher Education

3

EDAH 643Seminar in Higher Education

3

EDAH 644Principles of Higher Education

3

EDAH 647Principles of Adult Education

3

EDAH 650Developmental Education for Adult Students

3

EDAH 651Human Development in Adulthood

3

EDAH 653Program/Curriculum Development and Evaluation

3

EDAH 660Survey of Community College

3

EDAH 661The Community College Student

3

EDAH 662Seminar in Community College

3

EDAH 688Seminar in Adult Education

3

EDF 600Research Methods in Education

3

EDF 610Advanced Human Growth and Development

3

EDF 611Adolescent Development

3

EDF 680History and Philosophy of Education

3

EDF 681Advanced Seminar in Contemporary Educational Thought

3

EDGC 619Career Counseling

3

EDGC 620Psycho-Social and Multicultural Factors in Counseling

3

EDGC 656Introduction to Counseling

3

EDGC 661Measurement Principles and Techniques

3

EDGC 662Assessment in Counseling

3

EDGC 665Philosophy and Practice of School Counseling

3

EDGC 674Seminar in Guidance and Counseling

1-3

EDGC 680Family Counseling

3

EDIL 601Introduction to School Leadership Administration

3

EDIL 618School Finance and Support Services

3

EDIL 619Technology and Best Practices for School Improvement

3

EDIL 621Research for Instructional Leadership

3

EDIL 628School Law and Ethics

3

EDIL 634Leadership for Human Resources Development in Schools

3

EDIL 635Understanding Professional Responsibilities of Teacher Leaders

3

EDIL 636Mentoring for Improved Results

3

EDIL 637Leadership for School Program Collaboration

3

EDIL 638Designing and Implementing Professional Development

3

EDIL 647Leadership for School Community Relations

3

EDIL 649School District Management

3

EDIL 650Leadership for School Program Improvement

3

EDIL 659Systems for Change

3

EDIL 669Leadership for School Problem Solving

3

EDSP 600Workshop

1-3

EDSP 601Survey of Exceptional Children

3

EDSP 602Speech and Language Problems

3

EDSP 603Assessment Methodology for the Handicapped

3

EDSP 604Resource Concepts for the Handicapped

3

EDSP 605Early Childhood Special Education

3

EDSP 621Operation of Special Education Programs

3

EDSP 622Instructional Leadership in Special Education

3

EDSP 623Special Education Program Coordination

3

EDSP 630Universal Design for Learning

3

EDSP 641Conceptions and Identification of Gifted Children and Youth

3

EDTC 611Introduction to Research and Grant Writing

3

EDTC 631Designing the Learning Environment

3

EDTC 683Creativity in 21st Century Education

3

EDTC 685Principles of Distance Education Delivery

3

EDTL 605Developmental Analysis of Learning

3

EDUC 603National Board Certification Preparation

3

EDUC 629Reading Programs: The Role of the Administrator

3

EDUC 635Teaching Critical Thinking and Decision Making

3

EDUC 682The At-Risk Student

3

EDUC 684Producing Audiovisual Materials

3

FIN 600Survey of Finance

3

FIN 602Survey of Financial Analysis

3

FIN 620Financial Markets

3

FIN 660Financial Management

3

HLTH 603Administration of School Health

3

HLTH 608General School Safety

3

HLTH 614Principles of Epidemiology

3

HLTH 618Use and Abuse of Drugs

3

HPS 600Research Methods in Health, Physical Education and Sport Management

3

HPS 601Interpretation of Data

3

HSM 611Health Economics

3

HSM 630Healthcare Public Policy

3

HSM 650Health IT and Clinical Transformation

3

HSM 655Management of Healthcare Information Systems

3

HSM 680Healthcare Leadership and Ethics

3

HSM 682Trends in the Healthcare Industry

3

HSM 684Healthcare Financial Management

3

MKT 600Survey of Marketing

3

MKT 640Product Design and Development

3

MKT 650Marketing Administration

3

MKT 652Marketing Research and Analysis

3

MKT 665Consumer Psychology in Online Marketing

3

MNGT 600Survey of Management and Organizational Behavior

3

MNGT 602Survey of Quantitative and Financial Analysis

3

MNGT 606Operations Analysis

3

MNGT 609International Management

3

MNGT 610Legal Issues in Business Transactions

3

MNGT 612Organizational Theory

3

MNGT 620Quantitative Business Analysis

3

MNGT 650Innovation, Technology and Organizational Change

3

MNGT 655Social Responsibilities of Business

3

MNGT 656Small Business Institute Field Project

3

MNGT 667Women and Men in Management

3

MNGT 680Health Care Organization and Management

3

PHED 608Seminar in Motor Learning and Development

3

PHED 611Issues in Health and Physical Education

3

PHED 634Sports Nutrition

3

PHED 672Graduate Seminar in Exercise Physiology

3

PSY 609Educational Psychology

3

PSY 610Advanced Human Growth and Development

3

PSY 611Computer Packages for the Life Sciences

3

PSY 633Personality Theory

3

PSY 650Abnormal Psychology

3

PSY 663Marriage and Family Therapy

3

PSY 669Behavior Modification

3

PSY 675Selected Topics

3

PSY 686Motivation

3

PSY 689Psychology of Learning

3

SCI 619Advanced Integrated Math and Science for Teachers

3

SCI 622Chemistry and Your Environment

3

SCI 672Earth Science for Middle and High School Teachers

3

SCI 678History of Science

3

SCI 692Science for the Secondary Teacher

3

SOC 605Mind, Self and Society

3

SOC 616Family Dynamics

3

SOC 620Sociology of Education

3

SOC 625Deviance

3

SOC 626Communities

3

SOC 630Social Inequality

3

SOC 635Organizations in Contemporary Society

3

SOC 640Social Policy in Aging

3

SOC 641Issues in Aging

3

SOC 645Death and Dying

3

SOC 650Social Thought and Theory

3

SOC 655Qualitative Research Methods

3

SOC 659Social Change in Appalachia

3

SOC 661Sociology of the Law

3

SOC 665Environmental Sociology

3

SOC 690Graduate Practicum in Gerontology

3-9

SPMT 600Research Methods in Sport Management

3

SPMT 605Planning and Designing Sport and Physical Activity Facilities

3

SPMT 630Sport Marketing

3

SPMT 632Management and Administration of Sports Programs

3

SPMT 650Financing the Sport Enterprise

3

SPMT 660Socio-Cultural Issues in Sport

3

SPMT 661Sport Relations

3

SWK 620Social Work Administration and Management

3

SWK 635Group Dynamics

3

EDTC 625Assistive Technology

3

EDTC 628Technology, Education and Culture

3

EDTC 644Multimedia Design for the Classroom

3

EDTC 680Introduction to Instructional Design and Technology

3

EDTC 681Individualized Learning Systems

3

EDTC 688Educational Gaming and Simulation

3

Total Credit Hours: 30