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Career and Technical Education B.S.

Work and Human Resource Education
College of Education and Human Development
  • Program Type: Baccalaureate
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2013
  • Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120
  • Required credits within the major: 90
  • Degree: Bachelor of Science
The major in career and technical education (CTE) is a professional development degree program offering professional preparation in the field. Students may select one of several program options. The licensure program option prepares students for Minnesota teaching licensure for grades 9-12 in one of eight career and technical education fields: * communication technology careers * construction careers * creative design careers * early childhood careers * hospitality service careers * manufacturing careers * medical careers * transportation careers The general career and technical education option prepares students to teach in technical and community college CTE programs. For more information on program and licensure requirements, contact the program adviser at 612-625-7250.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
Students must complete 30 credits before admission to the program.
Students must have completed at least 30 semester credits or sufficient verified and approved technical work experience to be awarded 30 credits toward the degree. Applicants to the postsecondary general career and technical education option must have a minimum 2.00 GPA.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the liberal education requirements. Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
A minimum 2.00 overall GPA with no grade lower than C- is required for major courses with the following designators: BIE, EDHD, HRD, and WHRE. A minimum grade of C- is also required for general psychology. A minimum 2.50 overall GPA is required for recommendation for Minnesota teaching licensure. Electives to complete the 120 credits must be selected in consultation with an adviser.
Foundation Courses
BA 3033W - Business Communication [WI] (3.0 cr)
or WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing [WI] (4.0 cr)
CI 5452 - Reading in the Content Areas for Initial Licensure Candidates (1.0-2.0 cr)
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking [CIV] (3.0 cr)
PSTL 1281 {Inactive} [SOCS] (4.0 cr)
or PSY 1001 - Introduction to Psychology [SOCS] (4.0 cr)
MATH 1001 - Excursions in Mathematics [MATH] (3.0 cr)
or MATH 1031 - College Algebra and Probability [MATH] (3.0 cr)
Pedagogical Studies
OLPD 1496 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
EPSY 5001 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment (3.0 cr)
OLPD 1801 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
OLPD 3808 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
or OLPD 5808 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
OLPD 3829 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
or OLPD 5829 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
OLPD 3861 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
or OLPD 5861 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
OLPD 3801 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
or OLPD 5806 {Inactive} (2.0 cr)
Career Content Proficiency
Up to 32 credits may be completed before enrollment in the CTE program. Credits may include occupational experience, formal technical college coursework, military or industrial experience, or workshops related to the field. Credits will be evaluated for transfer to BIE 3151. The remainder of credits in this requirement must be completed after enrollment. Complete a total of 44 credits from the following or adviser approved:
OLPD 3451 {Inactive} (1.0-32.0 cr)
OLPD 5454 {Inactive} (1.0-12.0 cr)
OLPD 5496 {Inactive} (1.0-10.0 cr)
OLPD 5493 {Inactive} (1.0-4.0 cr)
Additional Requirements
OLPD 5009 - Human Relations: Applied Skills for School and Society (1.0 cr)
PUBH 3005 {Inactive} (1.0 cr)
or PUBH 3003 - Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (2.0 cr)
CI 2311W - Introduction to Technology and Ethics in Society [CIV, WI] (3.0 cr)
or CI 4311W - Technology and Ethics in Society [CIV, WI] (3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors UHP
This is an honors sub-plan.
Students admitted to the University Honors Program (UHP) must fulfill UHP requirements in addition to degree program requirements. Honors courses used to fulfill degree program requirements will also fulfill UHP requirements. Current departmental honors course offerings are listed at: http://www.honors.umn.edu/academics/curriculum/dept_courses_current.html Honors students complete an honors thesis project in the final year, most often in conjunction with an honors thesis course, or with an honors directed studies or honors directed research course. Students select honors courses and plan for a thesis project in consultation with their UHP adviser and their departmental faculty adviser.
 
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BA 3033W - Business Communication (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: BA 3033W/Mgmt 3033W/IBUS 3033W
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
This course teaches strategies and skills to communicate with confidence, clarity, and impact in business settings. Students develop their abilities in critical thinking (analyzing data, audience, purpose, and context) and craft (honing skills in storytelling, persuasion, writing, diction, tone, presence, data visualization, and visual design). They learn to navigate ambiguity, evaluate the needs of internal and external stakeholders, and communicate solutions to complex business problems. The course is performance- and project-based. Students produce professional-level memos, emails, and research-based proposal decks. They deliver multiple presentations (individual and team) and learn to communicate effectively with data. Students will meet with the instructor in small groups outside of class time for one scheduled lab session. The course culminates in the Case Study Competition where student teams apply their knowledge to address a real challenge from one of our industry partners. prereq: First Year Writing, Carlson School junior or senior.
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
This course introduces students to technical and professional writing through various readings and assignments in which students analyze and create texts that work to communicate complex information, solve problems, and complete tasks. Students gain knowledge of workplace genres as well as to develop skills in composing such genres. This course allows students to practice rhetorically analyzing writing situations and composing genres such as memos, proposals, instructions, research reports, and presentations. Students work in teams to develop collaborative content and to compose in a variety of modes including text, graphics, video, audio, and digital. Students also conduct both primary and secondary research and practice usability testing. The course emphasizes creating documents that are goal-driven and appropriate for a specific context and audience.
CI 5452 - Reading in the Content Areas for Initial Licensure Candidates
Credits: 1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in licensure area methods course(s), enrolled in Initial Licensure Program, Internet access, basic understanding of [computer use, Web browsers, email, word processing software]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Web-based course. Fostering students' reading related to learning from text. prereq: Concurrent enrollment in licensure area methods course(s), enrolled in Initial Licensure Program, Internet access, basic understanding of [computer use, Web browsers, email, word processing software]
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking (CIV)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Comm 1101/Comm 1101H/PSTL 1461
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Public communication processes, elements, and ethics. Criticism of and response to public discourse. Practice in individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.
PSY 1001 - Introduction to Psychology (SOCS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: PSTL 1281/Psy 1001/Psy 1001H
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Scientific study of human behavior. Problems, methods, findings of modern psychology.
MATH 1001 - Excursions in Mathematics (MATH)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Introduction to the breadth and nature of mathematics and the power of abstract reasoning, with applications to topics that are relevant to the modern world, such as voting, fair division of assets, patterns of growth, and opinion polls. prereq: 3 yrs high school math or placement exam or [grade of at least C- in PSTL 731 or 732]
MATH 1031 - College Algebra and Probability (MATH)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: CI 1806/Math 1031
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Graphs of equations and functions, transformations of graphs; linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions, with applications; inverses and compositions of functions; exponential and logarithmic functions with applications; basic probability rules, conditional probabilities, binomial probabilities. prereq: 3 yrs high school math or satisfactory score on placement exam or grade of at least C- in [PSTL 731 or PSTL 732 or CI 0832]
EPSY 5001 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: EPsy 3119/EdHD 5001
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
In this course, you will learn about: Theories of child development and how they relate to approaches to instruction; Behaviorist, cognitive, and social cognitive learning theories; Approaches to instruction and assessment (teacher-centered vs. student-centered vs. assessment-centered); and Issues related to assessment and measuring student learning (validity, reliability, interpretation, etc.) by participating in assessment design (traditional, performance, formative) and interpretation.
OLPD 5009 - Human Relations: Applied Skills for School and Society
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Issues of prejudice/discrimination in terms of history, power, social perception. Knowledge/skills acquisition in cooperative learning, multicultural education, group dynamics, social influence, leadership, judgment/decision making, prejudice reduction, conflict resolution, teaching in diverse educational settings. prereq: MEd/init lic or CLA music ed or preteaching or instr consent
PUBH 3003 - Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: PubH 3003/PubH 3004/PubH 3005/
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Scientific, sociocultural, and attitudinal aspects of alcohol and other drug abuse problems. Emphasizes incidence, high-risk populations, prevention, and intervention.
CI 2311W - Introduction to Technology and Ethics in Society (CIV, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: CI 2311W/CI 4311
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Values and ethical issues related to technology use in education, workplace, and family/community life.
CI 4311W - Technology and Ethics in Society (CIV, WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: CI 2311W/CI 4311
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Critique of values and ethical issues related to technology use in education, the workplace, and family and community life.