Family and Consumer Sciences Education 7-12
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Science in Education
BT BSE 1412
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
- English Language minimum = 9
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech - 3
hours
- Humanities minimum = 12 including:
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
- HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- Take any GS course from:
- Social Perspective,
- Geographical Perspective or
- Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
- Professional Sequence = 30
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
- Specialized Professional Sequence = 14
- FCSC 330, Organization of Family and Consumer Sciences
Programs - 4 hours (Prereq: PTE 200 and PTE 300)
- FCSC 430, Teaching of Consumer and Homemaking
Education - 4 hours (Prereq: PTE 300 and before admission
to student teaching)
- VOED 432, Foundations and Contemporary Issues in
Vocational Education - 3 hours
- VOED 434, Introduction to Students with Special Needs
- 3 hours
- Endorsement = 40
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 129
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BSE in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
7-12Teaching Field Endorsement = 129
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- PLAN I
- A. Family and Consumer Sciences Ed Endorsement Option-Core Requirements (25 hours
required)
- Take all the following:
- FCSC 104, Family and Consumer Sciences Orientation - 1
hour
- FCSC 340, Family Life Education - 3 hours
- FCSC 364, Consumer in the Market - 3 hours
- FCSC 406, Family Resource Management - 3 hours
- Take 3 hours from:
- FCSC 100, Apparel Analysis: Theory and Practice - 3
hours
- FCSC 108GS*, Space for Family Living - 3 hours
- FCSC 200, Textiles - 3 hours
- FCSC 308, Comparative Studies in Housing and Families
- 3 hours
- FCSC 404, Psychology of Clothing - 3 hours
- Take 3 hours from:
- FCSC 110GS*, Introduction to Nutrition - 3 hours
- FCSC 220, Food Preparation - 3 hours (Prereq: CHEM 145GS , CHEM 160GS, CHEM 160LGS and FCSC 110GS)
- FCSC 315, Cultural Perspectives in Food &
Nutrition - 3 hours
- FCSC 335, Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle - 4
hours (Prereq: BIOL 211GS, BIOL
215GS, BIOL 225, BIOL
226, FCSC 110GS, CHEM
160GS and CHEM 160LGS)
- FCSC 375, Diet in Health/Disease - 3 hours (Prereq: FCSC 110GS, FCSC 335, CHEM 250, BIOL 215GS, BIOL 225 and BIOL 226)
- FCSC 420, Community Nutrition - 3 hours (Prereq: FCSC 110GS and FCSC 335)
- Take 9 hours from:
- FCSC 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3
hours
- FCSC 151GS*, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours
- FCSC 250, Infant Development - 3 hours
- FCSC 253, Child Development - 3 hours
- FCSC 351GS*, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3
hours
- FCSC 371, Parent Education - 3 hours (Prereq: Six
hours in Human Development and Relationships)
- FCSC 402, Selected Readings in Marriage and Family
Relationships - 3 hours
- FCSC 450, Gerontology - 3 hours (Prereq: FCSC 402 or SOWK 377 or SOC 335 or PSY 462)
- FCSC 481, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns - 3 hours
- FCSC 486, Families in Crisis - 3 hours (Prereq: FCSC 402)
- B. Family and Consumer Sciences Ed Endorsement Option-Electives (15 hours required)
- Take 15 hours from the above course lists to total 40 hours for the endorsement.
- *Course may be used to satisfy both the General Studies and Family and Consumer
Sciences requirements. Only 6 hours of FCSC courses may apply to General Studies.
- PLAN II
- Supplemental Endorsement in Family and Consumer Sciences Related Occupations
AD 2014
- Students may elect to receive the supplemental endorsement by complying with the
requirements for Plan I and completion of the VOED 431
Coordinating Techniques course. In addition, they must comply with the requirements set
forth in the Nebraska State Plan for Vocational Education. This will include 1000 verified
hours of paid work experience in any combination of Family and Consumer Sciences related
occupational area (exclusive of teaching). Hours must be verified and approved by the
Director of the Center for Vocational Education. For more information contact: Director of Center for Vocational Education.
16 May 2005
