Nov 21, 2024

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

Career, Technical Education and Training, B.S.

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Introduction
The B.S. in Career, Technical Education and Training prepares teachers for post-high school settings such as junior colleges, public and private technical colleges, and industrial training programs.

A student must obtain a minimum of 4,000 hours of appropriate work experience for provisional certification to teach career, technical and adult education courses in Wisconsin technical colleges.

Students must apply for admission to the education sequence. Candidates must hold a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75.

Articulation Agreement There is an approved articulation agreement for this program with all of the Wisconsin Technical Colleges. The articulation agreement covers all Associate of Applied Art and Associate of Applied Science programs.

Note: This program is designed to meet the requirements for licensure in the State of Wisconsin. If you reside outside of Wisconsin, please note that UW-Stout cannot confirm whether this program (or course) meets requirements for professional licensure in your state. Students from other states will need to contact their state regarding licensure requirements. See the following website for additional information.

General Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree
Total for graduation
120-121 credits

General Education
40 credits

Major Studies
80 credits

Program Requirements

Racial and Ethnic Studies (6 credits*)

Three credits must be selected from RES-A.

Course Selective-1 :
Course Selective-2 :
*Students can select courses that count for more than one requirement within General Education (GE), Racial and Ethnic Studies (RES), and Global Perspectives (GLP).

Global Perspective (6 credits*)

Complete 6 credits of global perspective (GLP) approved courses, including GLP-approved instructor-led study abroad courses, or complete a program of university-approved work or university-approved study abroad not led by UW-Stout instructors.

Course Selective-1 :
Course Selective-2 :
*Students can select courses that count for more than one requirement within General Education (GE), Racial and Ethnic Studies (RES), and Global Perspectives (GLP).

General Education (40 credits)

Communication Skills (9 credits)

ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)

Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences (10 credits)

Courses must be from the areas of analytic reasoning and natural sciences. At least one mathematics or statistics course and a natural science course with a lab are required.

Arts and Humanities (6 credits)

Courses must be from two or more areas including art history/music & theater appreciation, creative/performing arts, foreign language and culture, history, literature, and philosophy.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

Courses must be from two or more areas including anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology and sociology.

Cross-disciplinary Issues (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved Cross-disciplinary issues courses.

Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved social responsibility and ethical reasoning courses.

Course Selective-1 :

Selectives (3 credits)

Courses/credits may be selected from any category to meet the 40-credit requirement.

Course Selective-1 :

Major Studies (80 credits)

Technical (47 credits)

Because each student brings different qualifications as a result of prior training and experience, the student, with the assistance of the program director, will define all 47 technical credits in terms of student and job competency needs.

Core (17 credits)

Minimum grade of “C” required in all professional component courses.

CTE-302 Principles of Career and Technical Education (2-3 cr.) *
CTE-360 Coordination of Work-based Learning (WBL) Programs (3 cr.) *
CTE-405 Teaching Methods in Career and Technical Education (3 cr.) *
CTE-442 Curriculum and Assessment in Career and Technical Education (3 cr.) *
CTE-350 Student Success in CTE (3 cr.) *
EDUC-403 Educational Psychology of the Adult Learner (3 cr.) *

Training and Human Resource Development (12 credits)

CTE-334 Occupational Analysis (3 cr.)
CTE-370 Instructional Technology - Education and Training (3 cr.)
TRHRD-360 Training Systems in Business and Industry (3 cr.)
INMGT-400 Organizational Leadership (3 cr.) or
PSYC-382 Human Resource Management (3 cr.)

Field Experience (4 credits)

CTE-408 Career, Technical Education and Training Capstone (4 cr.) or
TRHRD-389 Training Internship (1-8 cr.)

Note(s):

* Course content is mandated for Wisconsin Technical College System certification.

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