Family and Consumer Sciences Education Major (FCED), BS

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 34 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts program. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

Biology and mathematics satisfy 6 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning.
ART 1010 satisfies 3 hours of Aesthetics and the Creative Spirit.
FCS 2050 and FCS 3400 satisfy 4 hours of Self and Society.

Major: 53 Hours

FCS Program Core: 7 Hours

FCS 1000 - Family and Consumer Sciences as a Profession Credit Hours: 1
FCS 2050 - Families in Global Society Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4250 - Administration, Leadership, and Management Credit Hours: 3

Family and Consumer Sciences: 46 Hours

ART 1010 - Art Appreciation Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1200 - Human Structure and Function Credit Hours: 3
or BIOL 1100 - General Biology Credit Hours: 3
FCS 1010/1010L - Apparel Concepts and Construction Credit Hours: 3
FCS 1020/1020L - Culinary Skills and Food Science I Credit Hours: 3
FCS 2030/2030L - Textiles Credit Hours: 3
FCS 2400/2400L - Family Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
FCS 2510 - Family Relationships Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3220/3220L - Guidance in Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3230/3230L - Lifespan Human Development Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3310 - Human Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3400 - Family Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4010 - Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 1
FCS 4050 - Commercial, Housing, and Interior Design Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4130/4130L - Advanced Apparel and Textiles Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4300 - Parenting Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1330 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
or MATH 2300 - Precalculus Credit Hours: 5

Licensure: 28 Hours

EDFD 2020 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 3110 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 4400 - Education Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
SEED 4140 - Managing the Learning Environment - Internship I Credit Hours: 2
SEED 4170 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 2
SEED 4240 - Teaching Vocational Family Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 3
SEED 4510 - Supervised Teaching: Secondary 7-12 Internship II Credit Hours: 6-12
SEED 4800 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
SPED 3180 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Note(s):

Students seeking teaching licensure should consult the Cannon-Clary College of Education, Department of Teacher Preparation catalog section for eligibility criteria for admission and retention as well as additional licensure information.

Remaining Bible/Electives: 6 Hours

EDFD 4400 , counted above in the major, satisfies the Bible Class Enrollment requirement in the semester it is taken. Bible is not required during the supervised teaching semester.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

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