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

Additional Admission Requirements

• Individual program admission requirements over and above admission to NAU are required.

• • An emphasis transferred as part of an associate degree or other set of courses from regionally accredited institutions of higher education.

General Studies Requirement

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

Transfer Block

• • Students may transfer up to 90 units of community college and/or university credit from regionally accredited institutions of higher education.

Major Requirements

• This major requires 85 units distributed as follows:

  • Career and Technical Education Coursework: 30 units
  • Internship Requirement: 4 units
  • An emphasis transferred as part of an associate degree or other set of courses from regionally accredited institutions of higher education: 51 units
  
  Take the following 85 units with a minimum GPA of 2.5:

• Career and Technical Education Coursework (30 units)
  These 30 units of coursework must be taken at NAU.

  • CTE 300, CTE 396, CTE 465, CTE 433 with a Grade of 'C' or better in each course. (12 units)
  • Select from the following (3 units):
    • CTE 431, CTE 455, CTE 486
  • Select additional from the following (9 units):
    • CTE 330, CTE 399, CTE 401, CTE 408, CTE 431, CTE 431, CTE 455, CTE 486, CTE 491, CTE 492, CTE 496, CTE 499, CTE 593
  • CTE 340W which meets the junior writing requirement (3 units)
  • CTE 495C which meets the senior capstone requirement, with a Grade of 'C' or better (3 units)

• Internship Requirement (4 units)

  • Select from the following (4 units):
    • CTE 408
    • Internship transfer credit
    • Occupational experience credit

• Emphasis Requirement (51 units)

  • 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, exam-based industry certification, 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 the emphasis area and coursework. Additionally, you may earn 35 units for the successful passage of an emphasis area/coursework-aligned NOCTI test or an advisor-approved exam-based industry certification. See your advisor for more information.

Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Program

• • This program is available as an Accelerated Undergraduate/Graduate Plan wherein a student may start a master's degree while simultaneously completing their bachelor's degree.

• • Students enrolled at the Online campus for both undergraduate and graduate programs are eligible to complete the Bachelor of Science in Education in Career and Technical Education - 90-30 and start a Master of Education in Career and Technical Education at NAU.

• • Students must apply to the master's program by the graduate program's application deadline, meet all admissions requirements listed in the policy Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Programs, as well as the admissions requirements for the specified master's plan 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 the Master's Program Director/Coordinator regarding your interest in the accelerated plan.

• • Students accepted into the Accelerated Program should complete the following requirements:

• • Major Requirements
    
    This major requires 85 units distributed as follows:

    • Career and Technical Education Requirements taken at NAU: 30 units
    • Internship Requirement: 4 units
    • An emphasis transferred as part of an associate degree or other set of courses from regionally accredited institutions of higher education: 51 units.

    
    Take the following 85 units units with a minimum GPA of 2.5:

• • Career and Technical Education Requirements (30 units)

    • CTE 300, CTE 396 with a Grade of 'C' or better in each (12 units)
    • Select from the following (3 units):
      • CTE 455, CTE 431, CTE 486
    • CTE 340W which meets the junior writing requirement (3 units)
    • CTE 495C which meets the senior capstone requirement with a Grade of 'C' or better (3 units)
    • Select from the following options (6 units):
      • CTE 433, CTE 465* with a Grade of 'B' or better in each.
      • CTE 565, CTE 592** with a Grade of 'B' or better in each
    • *Students who completed CTE 433 and CTE 465, Select 9 units from the following, at least 6 of which must be at the 500-level:
      • CTE 401, CTE 431, CTE 455, CTE 486, CTE 491, CTE 492, CTE 496, CTE 532, CTE 561, CTE 576, CTE 583, CTE 592, CTE 593, CTE 594, CTE 595
    • **Students who completed CTE 565 and CTE 592, Select 9 units from the following, at least 3 of which must be at the 500-level:
      • CTE 401, CTE 431, CTE 455, CTE 486, CTE 491, CTE 492, CTE 496, CTE 532, CTE 561, CTE 576, CTE 583, CTE 593, CTE 594, CTE 595

• • Internship Requirement (4 units)

    • Select one from the following (4 units)
      • CTE 408
      • Internship transfer credit
      • Occupational experience credit

• Emphasis Requirement (51 units)

  • 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, exam-based industry certification, 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 the emphasis area and coursework. Additionally, you may earn 35 units for the successful passage of an emphasis area/coursework-aligned NOCTI test or an advisor-approved exam-based industry certification. 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 of the academic areas, using these courses to pursue your specific interests and goals. You may also use prerequisites or transfer credits as electives if they weren't used to meet major, minor, or General Studies Requirements.
  
  We encourage you to consult with your advisor to select the courses that will be most advantageous to you.

Additional Information

• 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.

• Some courses may have prerequisites. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.