DistEdBanner_C

Courses You Will Take

You must take 30 credit hours for this program.

Professional Core, 9-15 credit hours
  • TEDU 550 Career and Technical Student Organizations (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 552 Career and Technical Related Class Content (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 568 Principles and Philosophy of Career and Technical Education (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 569 Organization and Coordination of Career and Technical Education (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 696 Techniques in Coordinating Cooperative Education (3 credit hours)
  • TMFG 560 Occupational Safety and Health (3 credit hours)

Research Requirements, 3 credit hours required

  • TEDU 699 Research in Technical Education (3 credit hours)
  • THES 698 Thesis (1–6 credit hours) (optional)

Direct Electives, to achieve at least 30 total credit hours

  • TEDU 510 Technology: Use and Assessment (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 600 Special Topics: Curriculum Evaluation in Technical Education (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 698 Seminar in Technology Education (3 credit hours)
  • EDPS 641 Statistical Methods in Education and Psychological Research (3 credit hours)
  • Any professional core course not yet taken, or other electives or transfer credits, subject to approval by your program advisor  


Optional Tracks

1. Community College Faculty & Industrial Trainers Track (for community college faculty or company trainers)

  • EDAC 631 Adult and Community Education  (3 credit hours)
  • EDAC 634 The Adult as a Learner (3 credit hours)
  • EDAC 635 Strategies for Teaching Adults (3 credit hours)


2. Administrative Track (for CTE administrators)

  • EDAC 600 Intro to Ed. Leadership  (3 credit hours)
  • EDAC 631 Adult and Community Education (3 credit hours)
  • EDAC 685 Fiscal Management (3 credit hours)
  • EDAD 692 Inservice Workshop: CTE Direction Internship (3 credit hours)
  • SPCE 637 Organization and Administration of Special Education (3 credit hours) 



3. Indiana CTE Teacher Track (for Indiana teachers and most other states)

  • All 6 professional core classes listed above 



4. Curriculum Track (refine skills in evaluating and development curricular materials)

  • EDTE 550 Curriculum Integration of Learning Technology  (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 552 Career & Technical-Related Class Content (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 600 Special Topics: Curriculum Evaluation in Technical Education (3 credit hours)
  • TEDU 694 Curriculum Development in Technology Education (3 credit hours)  


5. Research Track (to assist in later doctoral studies)

  • EDPS 641 Statistical Methods in Educational & Psychological Research  (3 credit hours)
  • EDPS 642 Intermediate Statistics (3 credit hours)
  • THES 698 Thesis (6 credit hours)   
     
Online and Distance Education
David Letterman Communication and Media Building (LB), Room 131
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Hours: Summer hours through August 9: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday-Friday
Phone: 1-800-872-0369 or 765-285-1581
Fax: 765-285-7161
View E-mail Address