Career and Technical Education 90-30, Bachelor of Science in Education

Details

Liberal Studies Requirement

• Students who have not earned an AGEC/IGETC/CSUGE must complete all Liberal Studies requirements and diversity requirements before graduation.

Associate Degree Transfer Block

• Northern Arizona University accepts a maximum of 90 units from your associate degree program, and you then take 30 upper-division units at Northern Arizona University. 

Major Requirements

• This 90-30 degree allows you to transfer up to 90 units for your degree from a community college, and requires 85 units distributed as follows:

  • Career and Technical Education Requirements taken at NAU: 34 units
  • An Emphasis transferred as part of an Associate’s Degree or other set of courses from a community college: 51 units

  
  Take the following 85 units: 

• Career and Technical Education Core Requirements

  Complete the following 34 units with a minimum GPA of 2.5

  • CTE 300, CTE 396, CTE 465, CTE 433 with grades of C of better (12 units)
  • Select from the following: CTE 330, CTE 455, CTE 491, CTE 492, CTE 399, CTE 401, CTE 408, CTE 431, CTE 486, CTE 496, CTE 499, CTE 503, CTE 593, including at least one instructional technology course (CTE 455, CTE 431, CTE 486) (12 units)
  • CTE 340W which meets the junior writing requirement (3 units)
  • CTE 495C with a grade of C or better, which meets the senior capstone requirement (3 units)

• • Internship Requirements

    • CTE 408, or intership transfer credit, or occupational experience credit (4 units)

• Emphasis Requirements (Select One):
  
  Emphasis is transferred as part of an Associate’s Degree or other set of courses from a community college.
  • Select courses in one of the following approved career and technical education (CTE) occupation areas (51 units):
    • Business and Marketing Emphasis
    • Education and Training Emphasis
    • Family and Consumer Science Emphasis
    • Health Careers Emphasis
    • Industrial and Emerging Technologies Emphasis
    • Occupational Emphasis
  
  Coursework can include any combination of transfer credit* approved by CTE advisor, minor(s) from related fields, certificate(s) awarded by accredited institutions from related fields, National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Job Ready test credit, and/or occupational experience credit. See your advisor for more information.
  
  *For Occupational Emphasis, transfer credits must be approved coursework clusters of at least 15 units in a specific occupation.
  
  Please note that if you have previous trade, industrial, or technical experience, we may grant you up to 20 units toward your major requirements upon unit verification of work experience aligned with emphases area and coursework. Student must provide unit with CTE certification from the teacher certification unit at the Arizona Department of Education. Additionally, you may earn 35 units for successful passage of an emphasis area/coursework aligned NOCTI test administered by Northern Arizona University. See your advisor for more information.

General Electives

• Additional coursework is required, if, after you have met the previously described requirements, you have not yet completed a total of 120 units of credit. 

  You may take these remaining courses from any academic areas, using these courses to pursue your specific interests and goals. We encourage you to consult with your advisor to select the courses that will be most advantageous to you. (Please note that you may also use prerequisites or transfer credits as electives if they weren't used to meet major, minor, or liberal studies requirements.)

Additional Information

• Be aware that some courses may have prerequisites that you must also take. For prerequisite information click on the course or see your advisor.
   

• Career and Technical Education State Teaching Certification
  
  You may become career and technical education certified in Arizona by providing documentation of previous occupational experience to the teacher-certification unit at the Arizona Department of Education. See your advisor for more information.

• Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Program
  
  This program is available as an Accelerated Undergraduate/Graduate Plan. Accelerated Programs provide the opportunity for outstanding undergraduates working on their bachelor’s degree to simultaneously begin work on a master’s degree. Departments may allow students to complete both degrees in an accelerated manner by approving up to 12 units applicable toward both degrees. Students must apply to the accelerated program and the master’s program by the application deadline, and meet all requirements as listed on the Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Programs to be considered for admission. Admission to programs is competitive and qualified applicants may be denied because of limits on the number of students admitted each year. Be sure to speak with your advisor regarding your interest in Accelerated Programs.