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Family & Consumer Sciences Education Master's Programs

Master's Degree Course Information

FCS Methods I

University:
South Dakota State University South Dakota State University logo
Course Number:
FCSE 751
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $580 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 20, 2018 - December 12, 2018

Overview

Course Description

The focus of this course is analysis and development of curriculum and methods of teaching Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) in the context of the National Standards for FCS Education, the National Standards for Teachers of FCS and the standards for the state in which the candidate will teach. This course includes these content topics: learners and the learning environment, professionalism, beginning instructional strategies, writing objectives, developing lesson plans, assessment, curriculum development, integration of technology in the FCS classroom, and the national student organization Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).

Contacts

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Teaching Strategies: A Guide to Effective Instruction
Donald C Orlich, Robert J Harder, Richard C Callahan, Michael S Trevisan & Abbie H Brown
Edition: 10th Edition
ISBN: 1111832633

Course Access

 
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students. 
 
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
 
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact Sarah at idea.sdsuprograms@sdstate.edu or 605-688-6988 for assistance.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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