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Bachelor's of Science (Off Campus Degree Program)

WED Professional Major Course Descriptions

Attend every other weekend for one year.
View the trimester schedule.

General Courses

WED 460      Occupational Analysis and Curriculum Development - 3 hours

A systems approach to curriculum development.  Includes analyzing occupations, specifying objectives and developing curriculum.

WED 462        Instructional Methods and Materials - 3 hours

Instructional methods in occupational training program. 
Prerequisite: WED 460

WED 486        Adult Learning - 3 hours

Planning and preparing adult and workforce programs.  Characteristics of clientele, financial support, program development.

WED 463        Assessment of Learner Performance - 3 hours

Development and use of evaluation instruments to assess student performance in training classrooms and laboratories.  Criterion and norm-referenced objectives, applications of taxonomies in development of written tests, performance tests and attitude measures. 
Prerequisite: WED 460

WED 466       Foundations of Work Education - 3 hours

Examination of the historical, social, economic and psychological foundations of workforce education.  Nature and role of education and training in preparing people for the world of work.

WED 469        Training Systems Management - 3 hours

Insight and understanding of administration and management of organizational training.  Principles and techniques of managing training organizations.  Process of planning organizing, programming, staffing, budgeting and evaluating a training organization.


Independent Study Courses

WED 381       Training Proposal & Report Writing - 6 hours (3, 3)

(a) Theoretical and applied, guided self-study development of skills necessary to developing and documenting occupational study and experiences via resumes and related employment search correspondence.  (b) Principles and practices of preparing training proposals and reporting results in corporate or agency settings.

WED 398        Special Problems - 3 hours

Independent study for qualified students in (a) Administrative services training (b) Business education, (c) Education, training, and development, (d) Home economics, (e) Vocational teacher development or (f) Clothing  and textiles.
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.


Internship Hours

WED 495        Instructional Internship - (3, 3)

Internship in approved education and/or training centers.  Intern instructor will increasingly assume responsibilities for preparing, presenting and guiding occupational learning in (a) Administrative services training, (b) Business education, (c) Education, training and development, (d) Home economics, (e) Vocational teacher development, or (f) Clothing and textiles.  Not for graduate credit.
Prerequisite: 462 and 20 semester hours in specialization.

WED 496        Professional Internship - (3, 3)

Research, curriculum development or program management at approved education or training sites.  The intern will follow the program of the supervising professional in regular and related activities.  For students in (a) Administrative services training, (b) Business education, (c) Education, training, and development, (d) Home economics, (e) Vocational teacher development, or (f) Clothing and textiles.  Not for graduate credit.
Prerequisite: 20 semester hours in specialization


Occupational/Technical Specialty

Have you worked for 2-3 years?  Forty-four semester hours are required in a technical specialty.  Credit can be awarded for occupational training/work experience from military or civilian schools.

WED 258-1 to 30 Work Experience

Credit granted for past work experience while employed in business, industry, labor, and government service or military organizations.  Credit determined by departmental evaluation.
Prerequisite: Completion of 12 semester hours of WED courses with C or better.

 WED 259-1 to 60 Occupational Training

Credit for documented occupational study in accredited and selected other programs.  Credit determined by departmental evaluation.
Prerequisite: Completion of 12 semester hours of WED courses with C or better.


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  • December 19 - On-campus Fall 2009 commencement ceremony
  • January 23 - Deadline to submit all paper work (Fall 2009 graduating students)
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