Program: Family and Consumer Sciences Education, B.S. Sequence - University of Wisconsin Stout - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 03, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin (Working)

Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (27-30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.) *
FCSE-101 Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences Education (3 cr.) * (fall only)
HDFS-124 Human Development: Early Childhood (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Arts and Humanities - Fine Arts (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or *
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.) *

Spring Semester (13-15 credits)

EDUC-326 Foundations of Education (2 cr.) *
HDFS-215 Introduction to Families (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Analytic Reasoning - MATH (2-4 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Content Selective: APRL, FN, HDFS or HLTED (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or *
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.) *

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

FASH-167 Textiles: Theory, Fibers, Structures, & Sustainability (3 cr.)
FN-102 Nutrition for Healthy Living (2 cr.)
BIO-132 Human Biology: Our Bodies, Our Health, Our World (4 cr.)
Odd Years:
ECON-201 General Economics (3 cr.) or
ECON-210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Racial and Ethnic Studies (3 cr.)
Even Years:
FCSE-201 Teaching Methods in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (3 cr.) * (fall only)
FCSE-385 Family Housing (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

EDUC-303 Educational Psychology (3 cr.) *
FN-105 Food Service Sanitation (1 cr.)
HDFS-313 Parent Education/Involvement (2 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Arts and Humanities (3 cr.)
Odd Years:
FCSE-355 Seminar: Emerging Practices and Classroom Management (3 cr.) (spring only)
Course Selective-2 : General Education (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Social Responsibilty (3 cr.)
Even Years:
FN-215 Art and Science of Cooking (3 cr.) (spring only)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

FASH-166 Apparel Construction (3 cr.)
HDFS-365 Family Resource Management (3 cr.)
CTE-302 Principles of Career and Technical Education (2-3 cr.) * (2 credits required; fall only)
SPED-430 Inclusion of Students with Exceptional Needs (3 cr.)
Odd Years:
FCSE-380 Consumer Economics (3 cr.) (fall only)
FCSE-341 Prestudent Teaching in FCSE Classrooms (1 cr.) (fall only)
Even Years:
FCSE-201 Teaching Methods in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (3 cr.) (fall only)
FCSE-385 Family Housing (3 cr.) (fall only)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

EDUC-330 Multiculturalism: Dialogue and Field Experience (3 cr.)
FN-123 Science of Food (2 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Social and Behavioral Science (3 cr.)
Odd Years:
Course Selective-2 : General Education (3 cr.)
FCSE-355 Seminar: Emerging Practices and Classroom Management (3 cr.) (spring only)
FN-215 Art and Science of Cooking (3 cr.) (spring only)
Even Years:
CTE-360 Coordination of Work-based Learning (WBL) Programs (3 cr.) * (spring only)
CTE-440 Instructional Evaluation in Career and Technical Education (2-3 cr.) (2 credits required) (spring only)
FCSE-390 Family and Consumer Sciences Education Curriculum (2 cr.) (spring only)

Fourth Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

HDFS-365 Family Resource Management (3 cr.)
RDGED-382 Content Area Reading (2 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Content Selective: APRL, FN, HDFS or HLTED (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : General Education selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Global Perspective Selective (3 cr.)
Odd Years:
FCSE-341 Prestudent Teaching in FCSE Classrooms (1 cr.) (fall only)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

FCSE-448 Student Teaching-Family and Consumer Sciences Education (8-16 cr.) (16 credits required)