Industrial Education Area (Occupation-Based Career & Technical Education Track) – Bachelor of Science

Program Competencies

Upon completion of the program, the new teacher (student) will be able to:

  1. Teach technical courses in one of the following areas: construction, engineering and technology education, health science education, information technology education, manufacturing technology, media arts or transportation education.
  2. Demonstrate competence in Kentucky's teacher standards.
  3. Apply teacher standards in 5-12 engineering and technology education or secondary or postsecondary occupation-based programs.

Assessment

  1. Student maintaining teacher certification.
  2. Yearly evaluation of occupation-based teacher turn over in the service area. Program faculty will perform the evaluation.

Occupation-based Career and Technical Education: Technical Track 2

Students are required to obtain a grade of "C" in all technical courses.

General Education

General Education Courses(See GNED Course Listings)

Variable

MATH 152 or higher(choose one)

3

Total Credit Hours:33

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).

Area Requirements

Area Core Requirements

ECC 101Introduction to Construction Engineering

3

EEC 141Fundamentals of Electric Circuits

3

EMM 103Engineering Drawing

3

ETM 110Fundamentals of Computer Technology

3

ETM 120Fundamentals of Engineering

3

ETM 300Technology and Society

3

ETM 317Systems Modeling and Simulation

3

ETM 319Quality and Reliability Engineering

3

ETM 320Project Management

3

ETM 327Organizational Management for Engineers

3

ETM 330Engineering Design

3

ETM 419Quality Management Systems

3

ETM 422Industrial Safety Standards and Enforcement

3

ETM 499CSenior Capstone Design Thesis

3

MATH 353Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:45

Technical Track 2 Requirements

CTE 381Related Science, Mathematics and Technology in Occupations

6

CTE 382Manipulative Skills in Occupations

6

CTE 383Knowledge of Related Subjects in Occupations

6

Total Credit Hours:18

Technical Track 2 Electives

Choose one of the following:

CTE 395Special Problems in Career and Technical Education

1-3

ETM 339Cooperative Education I

1-3

ETM 398Supervised Work Experience

1-3

ETM 399Special Class

1-3

ETM 439Cooperative Education II

1-6

ETM 476Special Problems

1-3

Total Credit Hours:1

Professional Education

CTE 207Foundations of Career and Technical Education

3

CTE 372Technical Media Development

3

CTE 388Methods of Curriculum Development*

3

CTE 393Methods of Career and Technical Education

3

CTE 394Practicum in Career and Technical Education

4-8

CTE 396Evaluation in CTE

3

EDUC 476Content Area Literacy*

3

Total Credit Hours:26

CTE 394 is usually taken for four hours at the associate level and taken for an additional four hours at the bachelor's level. If the student is only working on the bachelor's degree, CTE 394 must be taken for eight hours to complete necessary requirements.

Total Credit Hours: 123