College of Education

• Change in Program Requirements
• Accreditation
• Goals and Objectives
• Graduate Programs
• Teacher Certification at Temple
• Admissions
• Financial Aid
• Policies and Regulations
• Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education
• Program Descriptions
• Career and Technical Education (formerly Vocational/Technical Education)
• Business Education
• Industrial Education
• Marketing/Distributive Education
• Certification Programs
• Special Education
• Elementary Education
• Secondary Education
• Physical Education
• Faculty
• Course Descriptions

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

Program Coordinator
(215) 204-8376

Career and Technical Education programs prepare teachers and teacher-coordinators who wish to assist youth in developing skills for the world of work in business, marketing and distribution, health occupations, gainful home economics, industrial occupations, and off-farm agriculture. A technical training in industry emphasis is also available.

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Program Coordinator
(215) 204-6199

This curriculum is designed to prepare students who expect to teach business subjects at the junior and senior high school levels and the junior college level in public and private schools. Two areas of content are combined in order to provide the stud ent with a general education, a field of specialization, and professional training. Moreover, the curriculum aims to combine these elements in such proportions as to give students the balanced perspective of the relation that business education bears to e ducation as a whole.

Prior to enrolling in Student Teaching (Vocational Education 0299), Business Education students must have completed (with a 2.5 cumulative average) the Business Education, Vocational Education, and Professional Course Sequence Requirements as well as t he Academic Specialization.

General Studies, Pre-professional Course Sequence and Core Requirements
Several restrictions and additions to the requirements listed above apply to students in this program.

1. All students must take English 0104 (Writing for Business and Industry) as an additional Writing and Composition requirement.
2. All students must take a Statistics course.
3. To meet the Individual and Society requirements all students must take Economics C051 (Macroeconomic Principles) and C052 (Microeconomic Principles).

Program Requirements

ACCOUNTING AND OFFICE TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION
Business Education and Vocational Education Core

ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION

DATA PROCESSING AND OFFICE TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION
Business Education and Vocational Education Core

ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION

SECRETARIAL AND OFFICE TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION
Business Education and Vocational Education Core

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Program Coordinator
(215) 204-3263

This curriculum leads to a B.S.E. degree (with a specialization in teaching or technical training in industry). The courses taken satisfy requirements for state certification as well as for the degree and are available on a part-time basis.

General Studies, Professional Course Sequence and Core Requirements
Several restrictions and additions to the requirements listed above apply to students in this program.

1. All students must take English W104 (Writing for Business and Industry) as an additional Writing and Composition requirement 3
2. All students must take Statistics C111 (Basic Quantitative Foundations for Business and Economics) as an additional Mathematics requirement.
3. To meet the requirements in Social Science, all students must take Economics C051 (Macroeconomic Principles), and Sociology R064 (American Ethnicity). 6

Program Requirements

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Note: Vocational/Technical Education 0399 is not required for students entering the program with appropriate occupational experience who have demonstrated occupational competence. Such students, who are matriculated and have completed 90 s.h. of accept able coursework, may arrange to have up to 24 s.h. recorded toward their degree through payment of the required fees.

For certification in Industrial Education, there is an occupational experience and an occupational competency requirement. To become certified, the student must pass an Occupational Competency Examination (or the equivalent) and complete two years of o ccupational experience beyond the time needed to learn the occupation.

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This curriculum prepares students who expect to teach marketing education at secondary, post-secondary, and adult institutions. Emphasis is on the role of the teacher-coordinator in developing cooperative work experience programs in local business communities. The curriculum develops the student¹s ability to work with training programs in all settings (suburban, rural, urban) including disadvantaged students and youth leadership programs.

Work experience in distributive occupations is required for state certification; this requirement may be met by past work experience and/or by completion of a Supervised Work Experience (Vocational/Technical Education 0399).

The adviser should be consulted when planning a program in Marketing and Distributive Education including the required 56 s.h. in General Studies.

Prior to enrolling in Student Teaching (Vocational/Technical Education 0299), Marketing and Distributive Education students must have completed all other program requirements, have a 2.5 overall GPA, and a 2.0 average in the business concentration.

General Studies, Professional Course Sequence and Core Requirements
The following restriction applies to students in this program.

To meet the requirements in Social Science, all students must take Economics C051 (Macroeconomic Principles).

Program Requirements
Language or International Studies
At least two courses from those which meet the Core requirement in this area. One of these must cover non-western or third world culture. 3-6

American Culture

ACADEMIC BUSINESS SPECIALIZATION

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School personnel interested in being certified in "Off-Campus Occupational-Related Experiences" in Pennsylvania must be certified in Cooperative Education. This certification covers a variety of field experiences for secondary students, including c ommunity exploration, cooperative education, work experience, and special needs.

Persons wishing to become teachers of cooperative education must make application to the program and provide information about their education and experiential backgrounds. Based on the information provided, a program of studies, which includes an inte rnship, is prepared. Persons who enter this program holding a valid teaching certificate will work toward earning "add-on" certificates in Cooperative Education while others will work toward "stand-alone" certificates.

Persons wishing to enroll in this program should contact an adviser.

This curriculum, offered in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, is designed to prepare persons to teach vocational industrial subjects on the secondary, post-secondary, and junior college levels in public and private schools. Vocational Teacher Education courses may be taken on three levels: Certification, Undergraduate and Graduate. Persons who have at least two years of work experience beyond the learning period in a trade, technical, or other selected occupation may prepar e for certification to teach occupational laboratory or related classes in secondary schools in Pennsylvania.

Certification students must apply and be admitted to the Vocational/ Industrial Education Certification Program. All certification students must meet the requirements for admission to the University. In addition to meeting the requirements for admissio n to the University, candidates must satisfy the departmental requirements for work experience and must have passed the required Occupational Competency Test. Students must also pass the Pre-Professional Skills Test in reading, writing, and mathematics be fore receiving the Vocational Intern Teaching Certificate. This program prepares the student for vocational-industrial teacher certification in Pennsylvania, and, in general, is acceptable in other states. Work taken toward the certification objective may be applied to the undergraduate degree program. The courses are offered on a part-time basis only for persons who are preparing to teach or for those who are already teaching and who must meet professional requirements. Completing 18 semester hours of ap proved coursework and passing the occupational competency examination will permit the issuance of a Vocational Instructional I Certificate on a temporary basis.

Upon receipt of the Vocational Instructional I Certificate, the student must complete 42 s.h. more of prescribed college work earning a minimum of six semester hours of credit per year until the requirements for permanent certification (60 s.h. and thr ee years successful teaching) are satisfied.

Persons wishing to enroll in this program should contact an adviser.