Program: Family and Consumer Sciences Education Major (FCSE), BS - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 32 Hours

Liberal Arts requirements must be met by all Harding students. Listed below are specific courses within the liberal arts program that are required of licensure majors. These courses are part of but not all of the liberal arts program.

The following courses are counted below in the major and fulfill the Liberal Arts requirements ART 101 , BIOL 113 , FCS 205 , FCS 323 , MATH 151 or MATH 171 , PHS 111 , PHS 112 , PHS 113 , PHS 115 (only one of these PHS courses) and POLS 205 .

Major: 68 Hours

FCS Program Foundations: 6 Hours

FCS 100 - Family and Consumer Sciences as a Profession Credit Hours: 2
FCS 205 - Families in Global Society Credit Hours: 3
FCS 400 - Professional Image Development Credit Hours: 1

Family and Consumer Sciences Core: 62 Hours

ART 101 - Art Appreciation Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 113 - Human Structure and Function Credit Hours: 3
or BIOL 111 - General Biology Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 114 - General Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
FCS 101 - Clothing Concepts and Construction Credit Hours: 3
FCS 102 - Food Science Credit Hours: 3
FCS 203 - Textiles Credit Hours: 3
FCS 240 - Family Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
FCS 251 - Family Relationships Credit Hours: 3
FCS 311 - Apparel Analysis Credit Hours: 3
or FCS 413 - Advanced Apparel Production Credit Hours: 3
FCS 322 - Guidance in Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3
FCS 323 - Lifespan Human Development Credit Hours: 3
FCS 331 - Human Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
FCS 340 - Family Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
FCS 391 - Consumer Education Credit Hours: 3
FCS 401 - Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 1
FCS 405 - Housing Technology Credit Hours: 3
FCS 406 - Home Furnishings Credit Hours: 3
FCS 430 - Parenting Credit Hours: 3
MATH 151 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
or MATH 171 - Precalculus Credit Hours: 5
PHS 111 - Earth Science Credit Hours: 3
or PHS 112 - Geology Credit Hours: 3
or PHS 113 - Astronomy and Space Science Credit Hours: 3
or PHS 115 - Energy, Pollution and Society Credit Hours: 3
POLS 205 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3

Licensure: 28 Hours

Consult the College of Education catalog section for additional licensure information.

EDFD 200 - Chalk / Wire ePortfolio
EDFD 202 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 311 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
RDNG 415 - Interdisciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
SEED 314 - Classroom Management and Assessment - Field Experience II Credit Hours: 2
SEED 417 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 0, 2
SEED 424 - Teaching Vocational Family Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 3
SEED 451 - Supervised Teaching - Internship II Credit Hours: 8-12
SEED 480 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
SPED 418 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Note(s):

Students seeking teaching licensure must follow eligibility criteria for admission and retention listed in the Cannon-Clary College of Education section of the undergraduate catalog.

Remaining Bible/Electives: 6 Hours

Bible is not required during the supervised teaching semester. See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

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