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
- 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:
Capstone = 3
BS Science-related course requirements = 0
Major Option = 59
Minimum total hours required coursework = 105
Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 15
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.
- 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 475, Internship - 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
- 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
- TESE 323, Partnerships with Families - 1 hour
- TESE 330, Collaboration, Consultation, and Co-Teaching - 3 hours
