Offered by Department of Family Studies and Interior Design

Family Studies and Interior Design Major

Early Childhood and Family Advocacy Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science

All College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements must be fulfilled.

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by major = 46
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 28
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6 including:
      • Take 1 course from:
        • ENG 250GS, Introduction to Literature: British Literature - 3 hours
        • ENG 251GS, Introduction to Literature: American Literature - 3 hours
        • ENG 252GS, Introduction to Literature: Western Civilization - 3 hours
        • ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
        • ENG 254GS, Introduction to Literature: Special Topics - 3 hours
    • Social Sciences minimum = 9 including:
      • FSID 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3 hours
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
      • PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 0
• Major Option = 60
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 106
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 14
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Early Childhood and Family Advocacy Comprehensive = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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.

All students completing this major will be required to earn a "C" or better in all courses in the major.

1. Early Childhood and Family Advocacy Requirements
   • Take all of the following:
     • FSID 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3 hours
     • FSID 251, The Developing Child 0-8 - 3 hours
     • FSID 302, Parent Education - 3 hours
     • FSID 340, Family Life Education - 3 hours
     • FSID 362, Families and Social Policy - 3 hours
     • FSID 406, Family Resource Management - 3 hours
     • FSID 476, Child and Family Home Visitation - 3 hours
     • FSID 481, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns - 3 hours
     • FSID 486, Families in Crisis - 3 hours
     • CSP 417, Counseling Skills - 3 hours
     • ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
     • PE 247, Nutrition, Health and Safety for Young Children - 1 hour
     • TE 204, Typical/Atypical Growth and Development - 4 hours
     • TE 206, Instructional Technology and the Preservice Teacher - 3 hours
     • TE 318, Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms - 2 hours
     • TE 341, Foundations of Early Childhood Education - 2 hours
     • TE 343, Methods of Inclusive Education Birth through Age 3 - 3 hours
     • TE 343L, Field Experience: Birth to Age 3 - 0.5 hour
     • TE 344, Methods of Inclusive Education Ages 3 to 5 - 3 hours
     • TE 344L, Field Experience: Ages 3 to 5 - 0.5 hour
     • TE 346, Early Childhood Program Administration - 1 hour
     • TE 347, Literacy Methods 0-3 - 2 hours
     • TE 498, Independent Study - 1 hour
     • TESE 323, Partnerships with Families - 1 hour
     • TESE 330, Collaboration, Consultation, and Co-Teaching - 3 hours