Home Economics Education graduates meet the requirements for secondary licensure (grades 7-12) to teach vocational home economics in Tennessee. The certificate is also valid in states which grant reciprocity in licensure to graduates of institutions accre dited by NCATE (National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) or which participate in reciprocity agreement developed by NASDTEC (National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification). The program is offered in coo peration with the School of Education which governs admission requirements to teacher education and exit requirements for the National Teachers' Exam (NTE) and for the recommendation for certification.

Home Economics Education graduates are employed in positions such as secondary teachers, school administrators, Agricultural Extension Service agents, personnel directors, inservice educators, public relations personnel.

Students must file an application and be admitted to the teacher education program for eligibility to enroll in professional education courses (refer to page 189 of the printed catalog for the criteria for admission). Continuation in the program and recommendations for licensur e are dependent upon fulfilling the requirements stipulated on page 190 of the printed catalog. Those graduates recommended for certification apply for endorsement in Vocational Home Economics and, if eligible, for additional endorsements in one or more occupational home econo mics areas.

To qualify for added endorsements in occupational home economics, students are required to complete 14-15 semester hours in each subject matter area related to the endorsement.

Degree Requirements

I. Human Environmental Sciences Component

41 Hours

Child Development and Family Relationships 303, 411 Consumer Resource Management 302 Consumer Resource Management 403 or Interior Design 210 Food Science 200, 313 Human Environmental Sciences *100, *400 Interior Design *100 Nutrition 322 Textiles, Clothing, and Fashion Merchandising *300, 303 Textiles, Clothing and Fashion Merchandising 103 or 415 Human Environmental Sciences Elective

Hours 7 3 3 6 5 3 3 6 3-4 1-2

II. General Education Component

62 hours

Art 221 Child Development and Family Relationships *100, 211 Chemistry 121-122 or Biology 110-120 Communications 230 Economics 201 English 111-112 and one course from Eng 250, 251, 260, 261, 270, or 271 Mathematics 140 Microbiology 251 Nutrition *100 Psychology 110 Sociology 201 Zoology 201 Electives: Health Humanities Choose from Inf Sys 211, 212, 213, 221, 231, 232, 233 or Comp Sci 200, 201

Hours 3 6 8 3 3 9 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3

III. Professional Education Component

31 hours

(Admission to Teacher Education required for courses marked with an asterisk.) Home Economics Education 330*, 340*, 404*, 405* Human Learning 325 Special Education 300 Teacher Education 211, 301, 303*, 401*

Hours 18 3 3 7

Total required for B.S. degree

134 hours


A minimum of 48 hours is required in upper division courses.
*Human Environmental Sciences Core Course

Sophomore Year

Fall *Fd Sci 200 Art 221 Comm 230 Bio 110 or Chem 121 Econ 201 Eng 2 (Literature) Total

Hours 3 3 3 4 3 3 19

Spring CFDR 211 *TCFM 303 *Int Des 340 or HES Elective Bio 120 or Chem 122 Inf systems/Comp Sc Tchr Ed 211 Total

Hours 3 3 2-3 4 3 1 16-17

Junior Year

Fall *CRM 302 *Fd Sci 313 *TCFM 300 Micro 251 TCFM 103 or 415 Tchr Ed 301 Total

Hours 3 3 3 4 3-4 2 18-19

Spring *CDFR 303 *HEcEd 330 *Nutr 332 Tchr Ed 303 Zoo 201 Total

Hours 3 3 3 3 4 16

Senior Year

Fall *CFDR 411 *CRM 403 od HES Elective *HEcEd 340 *HES 400 HL 325 Spec Ed 300 Total

Hours 4 2-3 3 3 3 3 18-19

Spring Courses are blocked scheduled HEcEd 404 HEcEd 405 Tchr Ed 401 Total

Hours 6 6 1 13