Jan 07, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Career, Technical Education and Training, B.S.

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Career, Technical Education and Training, B.S.: Accelerated Program Sequence

This program has an accelerated (UG+GR) option, allowing eligible students to begin their master’s degree while completing their bachelor’s degree. For more information and how to apply, see our Accelerated Programs (UG+GR) information page.

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.

General Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree

Total for Graduation	120-121 credits
Stout Core	40 credits
Major Studies	80 credits

Program Requirements

Stout Core (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 Communication (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)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

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 :

Electives to reach 40 Stout Core credits

Course Selective-1 :

Students must also take courses with the following designations:

*Students can choose courses that meet more than one requirement (one Stout Core category and either a RES or GLP designation)

Racial and Ethnic Studies (2 courses)

Global Perspective (2 courses)

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.) (Accelerated Program Option) *
CTE-360 Coordination of Work-based Learning (WBL) Programs (3 cr.) *
CTE-405 Teaching Methods in Career and Technical Education (3 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option) *
CTE-442 Curriculum and Assessment in Career and Technical Education (3 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option) *
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 Foundations of Talent Development (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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