Course Curriculum 2012

1st Semester Summer
6 Credits
HD 572 Consumer Economics 3 Credits
Location Taught entirely online.
Description Course content is centered on consumer, business, and government interactions in the economic environment as well as consumer choice and decision making relevant to resource allocation and purchases in the market. Students will examine various perspectives on how individuals and families manage human and non-human resources. Students will also study families and the environment along with reciprocal relationships between the two systems.
Instructor Sterling Wall
FCS 792 Nutrition and Food Preparation for Healthy Living 4 Credits
Location Taught using an online and face-to-face hybrid format.
Description This course provides students with a fundamental understanding of the functions of essential nutrients and basic physical and chemical properties of foods. Students are taught how foods Interact and react during preparation procedures and evaluate prepared products. This information will serve as a background for discussing major health and contemporary nutrition issues, such as the basis for current nutrient and dietary recommendations, the relationship between diet and health, the interaction between diet and physical activity in determining chronic disease risk, and some changes in dietary needs throughout the life cycle.
Instructor Marsha Larson
2nd Semester Fall
3 Credits
FCS 793 Development and Guidance of Children and Adolescents 3 Credits
Location Taught using an online format.
Description This course provides theory and current research findings applied to the study of growth, development, and guidance of normal children from conception through adolescence, within the context of the family. Content will also include family functions, variations in family organization, and relationships and applying principles to family decision making during different stages of the life cycle.
Instructor Julie Keller
3rd Semester Spring 3-6 credits (must pass Praxis II #0120 by March 1 to student teach in Fall 2011)
HD 762 Family Issues in Society 3 Credits
Location Taught primarily online except for two Saturday meetings in January and April.
Description This course will examine research and theory that relates to complex concerns families face over time. Course focus is on family functions, variations in family organization and relationships; application of principles to family dynamics during different stages of the life span.
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EDUC 386/586 Reading in the Secondary School 3 Credits
Location Taught primarily online except for two meetings.
Description Course content includes a survey of issues, research, theory, process, and strategies which constitute reading in the secondary school and include a clinical experience.
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4th Semester Summer 6 Credits
FCS 791 Curriculum in Family & Consumer Sciences 3 Credits
Location Taught primarily online except for two/one day meetings in June and August.
Description This course will provide students with a strong understanding of the components of Family and Consumer Science from a critical science approach. Students will look at the history of FCS and develop a philosophy about what FCS education should be. They will be immersed in curriculum, creating lesson plans that address the Wisconsin Academic Standards for Family and Consumer Science Education. In developing curriculum for K-12 and adult FCS, students will consider learning styles, teaching methods, program planning, and assessment procedures.
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FCS 594 Principles of Career and Technical Education 2 Credits
Location Taught entirely online.
Description This course provides content on the philosophy, organization, and administration of career and technical education with an emphasis on Wisconsin programs.
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FCS 596 Cooperative Occupational Education Programs 1 Credit
Location Taught entirely online.
Description This course provides content on the philosophy, organization, and teaching techniques for cooperative vocational programs.
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5th Semester
Fall
3 credits
(14 credits for those who do not currently hold a teaching license)
FCS 798 Student Teaching in K-12 Family and Consumer Education Programs 3 Credits Pass/Fail
Location Currently employed teachers can student teach where they are employed.
Description This course will provide students with observation and teaching in a K-12 family and consumer education environment under the guidance of cooperating teachers and university faculty. There will be structured group discussions based on aspects of teaching that emerge during field experiences.
Prereq: Completion of undergraduate student teaching experience.
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Notes
  • You will need access to, and comfort with, electronic technology to successfully complete this program, as many of the courses are taught using Desire2Learn (UWSP's course management system).
  • Students are expected to maintain satisfactory and steady progress in the program and must have at least a 3.0 grade point average upon completion.
  • This program is offered based on the number of professionals seeking graduate-level FCS certification. A minimum enrollment must be reached in order for these courses to be offered. If that number is not reached the courses will be rescheduled for the following calendar year.
  
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