FCS

Career and Technical Education

Master of Arts in Career and Technical Education

Special Focus Area: Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certification

Leading to a State Secondary Provisional Certificate with an Endorsement in Marketing, Business, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Industrial Technology And a Vocational Endorsement

Admission Requirements:

1. Bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree comparable to the current Michigan secondary teachable major endorsement in Marketing, Business, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Industrial Technology;
2. Successful completion of Michigan Test of Basic Skills,
3. Work Experience: 4000 hours of recent and relevant work experience in a related field; and,
4. Successful completion of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) in the discipline.

Program Requirements:

Human Growth and Development (3 hrs)

FCS 5250*

Adolescent in Development

Teaching of Reading (3 hrs)

ED 6870*

Strategic Learning through Texts for High School Teachers

Professional Education Courses (18 hrs)

CTE 5100*	Special Populations in CTE	3
CTE 5120*	Principles of CTE	3
CTE 5130*	Teaching Methods in CTE	3
CTE 5420*	Curriculum Development in CTE	3
CTE 5430	Work-site Based Education Programs	3
CTE 6430	Measurement and Evaluation in CTE	3

Directed Field Experience (9 hrs)

FCS 6220*	Practicum (Intern Teaching)	6
CTE 6170*	Seminar in CTE	3

Electives (3 hours from the following suggested courses)

ED 6010	Introduction to Research in Educational Settings	3
OR EMR 6400	Introduction to Research	3
OR FCS 6010	Basic Research Methods and Designs	3
ED 6020	School Curriculum	3
EDLD 6020	Educational Leadership	3

MTTC: Information | Testing Information

Teacher and Vocational Certfication

Vocational Work Experience

For Additional Information, Contact:
, Chair and Advisor for Master's Degree Candidates
Family and Consumer Sciences
3324 Kohrman Hall
College of Education
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(269) 387-3713