Career and Technical Education (CTE)

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The bolded first line begins with a capitalized abbreviation that designates the subject area followed by the course number and title. The number of credits earned by taking the courses is also displayed.

The course description is a brief summary of the purpose of the course and the topics covered. Any requisite courses are listed and could include the following:

Courses showing the abbreviation “COREQ” require simultaneous registration with each course named as a corequisite.
The abbreviation “PRE-or-COREQ” means that each course named may have been taken prior to or may be taken concurrently with the course for which it is required.
Courses showing the abbreviation “PREREQ” require the courses named as prerequisites to have been taken previously.

If the course can be applied towards a General Education Objective, the applicable Objective is listed.

To assist with your academic planning, courses in the Undergraduate Catalog are designated according to the semester they are usually offered. Unanticipated faculty vacancies and academic program changes may affect future course scheduling. Therefore, students should always contact the academic department to verify future course offerings, especially when specific courses are needed for graduation.

The following letters which appear after the course descriptions indicate the anticipated course scheduling:

F = Fall Semester, every year
S = Spring Semester, every year
Se = Sequential; a series of courses is presented until all have been taught.
Su = Summer Semester, every year
EF, ES, ESu = Even-numbered years, Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester
OF, OS, OSu = Odd-numbered years, Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester
D = Students should contact the Department to ask when this course will be offered.
R1 = Course is rotated every year, either Fall or Spring
R2 = Course is rotated every two years, either Fall or Spring
R3 = Course is rotated every three years, either Fall or Spring

How to Read Course Descriptions

Courses

CTE 3341 Leadership and Advising in Career Technical Student Organizations I: 1 semester hour.

This course emphasizes the development, operation, and evaluation of career and technical student organizations. Students participate as a collegiate member and involve themselves with content area post-secondary and secondary competitive events program. Leadership skills are developed through instruction in planning, implementation and supervision of career and technical student organizations. Students will actively assist, up to 6 hours in the CTSO secondary program. Students are responsible for arranging and financing travel to appropriate CTSO events. F, S

CTE 3342 Leadership and Advising in Career Technical Student Organizations II: 1 semester hour.

This course emphasizes the development, operation, and evaluation of career and technical student organizations through active involvement at the secondary and post-secondary level. Students participate as a collegiate member and involve themselves with content area post-secondary CTSO competitive events program. Students will actively assist, up to 8 hours, in supervising a regional CTSO. Students are responsible for arranging and financing travel to appropriate CTSO events. PREREQ: FCS 3341. F, S

CTE 3343 Leadership and Advising in Career Technical Student Organizations III: 1 semester hour.

This course emphasizes the development, operation, and evaluation of career and technical student organizations. Students participate as a collegiate member and involve themselves with content area post-secondary CTSO competitive events program, and are actively involved in the supervision of a secondary regional chapter and/or a state secondary CTSO conference. Students will actively assist, up to 8 hours, in supervising a regional CTSO. PREREQ: FCS 3341. F, S

CTE 4401 Foundations of Career and Technical Education: 3 semester hours.

Acquaints the student with the various aspects of career and technical education: history, legislation, philosophy, and organization of career and technical education. F, SU

CTE 4402 Analysis and Course Construction: 3 semester hours.

Analysis of components of occupations to determine instructional content. Development of career and technical education instructional materials based on performance objectives. S, SU

CTE 4403 Methods of Teaching in Career and Technical Education: 3 semester hours.

Teaching methods and techniques applicable to teaching in career and technical education. F, SU

CTE 4404 Evaluation in Career and Technical Education: 3 semester hours.

Designing and conducting formative and summative assessments and evaluations in career and technical education. F, SU

CTE 4443 Supervision and Organization of Career and Technical Student Organizations: 3 semester hours.

This course is an examination of historical perspectives of Career and Technical Student Organizations. Course will focus on recruitment and retention of student members, the development of student leadership skills, presentation skills, technical skills appropriate to the specific career program, and implications of state and federal CTSO standards. Instruction will also include preparing students for local, state and national skills and leadership events. F,S

CTE 4444 Career Guidance in Career and Technical Education: 3 semester hours.

Examine career guidance concepts, job-seeking skills, and information sources. Develop strategies to implement individual student planning, goal-setting, decision making, social skills and transition to career or post-secondary planning in CTE. Even Fall

CTE 4454 Adobe in Education: 3 semester hours.

This course introduces and engages students with Creative Cloud, and the challenges and opportunities that these tools can offer in education and training. Aspects of the Creative Cloud will be introduced to provide a complete overview of the tools and what they are used for and how to implement them. Using these tools in context of their personal educational subject, students will gain introductory insight into the solutions these tools provide. F, S

CTE 4455 Advanced Adobe in Education: 3 semester hours.

This advanced course engages the student in the use of Creative Cloud in the professional setting. Advanced elements of Creative Cloud will be investigated to provide a complete understanding of the tools, their use and their implementation in educational and training settings. Using these tools in context of their personal educational subject, students will gain expert insight to the solutions these tools provide. F, S

CTE 4464 Career and Technical Education Instructional Facilities Management: 3 semester hours.

Organization, safety, and management of career and technical education teaching facilities. An in-depth study of laboratory requirements and total facility planning. Odd Fall

CTE 4467 Practicum: Student Teaching: 3-8 semester hours.

Development of teaching competencies applicable to career and technical education settings at the secondary and post-secondary levels. Graded S/U. F, S

CTE 4499 Experimental Course: 1-6 semester hours.

The content of this course is not described in the catalog. Title and number of credits are announced in the Class Schedule. Experimental courses may be offered no more than three times with the same title and content. May be repeated.