Engineering/Technology Teacher Education, BS
About the Program
Every day, people with specialized knowledge share that knowledge with others, as teachers, trainers, consultants and more. With a national push to increase interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), you can help spread your knowledge too. By reaching students in middle school and high school, you will become a important part of the STEM education pipeline, providing inspiration to future STEM professionals as they are developing.
Engineering/Technology Teacher Education Website
Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information
The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Engineering/Technology Teacher Education include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.
Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.
PITLI-ETTE-BS/Major: TCED 201710
120 Credits for graduation
Major Required Courses (45 credits)
2.5 ETTE Core GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree, courses listed below.
Technical Electives (12 credits)
- Technical Electives6 (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Technical Electives6 (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Technical Electives6 (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Technical Electives6 (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Professional Education Requirements (37 credits)
3.0 Prof Ed GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree, with each class at least a C- or higher, courses listed below plus the above TLI courses indicated with this symbol •
Foundational
Methods
Capstone (16 credits)
Other Department Requirements (34 credits)
Humanities Selective 4 (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) (See Supplemental Information)
Lab Science Foundation Selective1 (satisfies Science for core) (See Supplemental Information)
Science Selective2 (See Supplemental Information)
Written Communication Foundation Selective 3 (satisfies Written Communication for core) (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Advanced Communication Selective 5 (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Advanced Communication Selective 5 (See Supplemental Information) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Free Electives (4 credits)
(See Supplmental Information)
University Core Requirements
(http://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html)
Human Cultures Humanities
Science #1 - PHYS 21800 - General Physics
Science #2
Science, Technology & Society Selective - TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology
Program Requirements
Fall 1st Year
Written Communication Foundation Selective 3 - Credit Hours: 3.00/4.00 *
15/16 Credits
Spring 1st Year
Humanities 4 - Credit Hours: 3.00 *
15 Credits
Fall 2nd Year
Lab Science Foundation Selective 1 - Credit Hours: 3.00 *
Technical Elective 6 ♦ - Credit Hours: 3.00
Free Elective7 - Credit Hours: 1.00
14 Credits
Spring 2nd Year
16 Credits
Fall 3rd Year
Technical Elective 6 - Credit Hours: 3.00 ♦
Science Foundation Selective 2 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Free Elective 7 - Credit Hours: 3.00
14 Credits
Spring 3rd Year
Advanced Communication Selective 5 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Technical Elective 6 - Credit Hours: 3.00 ♦
15 Credits
Fall 4th Year
Advanced Communication Selective 5 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Technical Elective 6 - Credit Hours: 3.00 ♦
15 Credits
Spring 4th Year
16 Credits
Note
*Fulfills University Core
- 120 credits listed above are required for the TCED Bachelor of Science degree.
- ● 3.0 Professional Education GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree, with at least a C- or higher.
- ♦ 2.5 Core GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
- 2.5 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
- Students must fulfill all Teacher Education Requirements 8. (See Supplemental Information)
- 32 credits of upper division courses (30000 level or higher) must be taken at Purdue University, West Lafayette.
- ANY COURSE TAKEN AT PURDUE CAN BE ATTEMPTED NO MORE THAN THREE TIMES (INCLUSIVE OF W, WF, I AND IF).
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Foreign Language Courses
Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:
American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Critical Course
The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.