2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

College of College of Health and Human Services

Credit designation below title is expressed in (c) class hours per week, (l) lab or (d) discussion section hours per week, and (sh) semester hours of credit per semester.

FCSE 281 FCSE 350 FCSE 450 FCSE 481 FCSE 482

FCSE 281 Special Topics
var-1-3sh
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Special topics are offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics that are not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.

FCSE 350 Teaching Family Life Education
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: FCSE 250, EDUC 242
Corequisite: EDSP 302
Emphasis will be on teaching family life education in family and consumer sciences classrooms and through community organizations and agencies. Lessons are planned and implemented using a variety of instructional methods incorporating adaptations and modifications for special needs learners, basic skills, global concerns, and use of a problem-solving/decision-making approach. Planning of content, learning activities, instructional materials, and evaluation based on clearly stated objectives are emphasized. A microcomputer spreadsheet is utilized to manage a department budget and a gradebook. Participation in professional organization activities is expected.

FCSE 450 Teaching Vocational Home Economics
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisite: FCSE 350
Emphasis is on teaching vocational family and consumer sciences in consumer/homemaking and occupational family and consumer sciences programs. Federal legislation impacting on family and consumer sciences is analyzed for use in program decisions. Emphasis is given to program development using CBVE model, development of individual learning packets, vocational youth organizations, advisory committees, family and consumer sciences and vocational educational priorities, professional organizations, proposal development for funding, impact on public policy, marketing family and consumer sciences, and development of a personal philosophy of family and consumer sciences education.

FCSE 481 Special Topics
var-1-3sh
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Special topics courses are offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics that are not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.

FCSE 482 Independent Study
var-1-3sh
Prerequisite: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Provost’s Office
Upper-level students with high scholastic achievement pursue their particular interests outside the realm of the organized home economics education curriculum. May be taken more than once to a maximum of 3sh. Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources.

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