EVT Course Descriptions

ECT 3004 Foundations of Vocational Education (3). History of vocational legislation, principles and practices on the national, state, and local levels.

ECT 3183C Course Planning (3). Knowledge of work analysis, planning, and organizing of vocational content for instruction.

ECT 3367 Testing and Measurements in Vocational Education Subjects (3). Knowledge and skill in developing cognitive, effective and performance standards, tests, and measurements in vocational laboratory settings. Prerequisite: ECT 3183C.

ECT 3463 Instructional Materials in Vocational Industrial Education (3). Evaluation of existing instructional materials and the planning and development of individualized instructional materials.

ECT 3815C Vocational Education Laboratory Management and Safety (3). Knowledge and skill in analyzing, planning, organizing and controlling laboratory environments and students’ safe learning activities.

ECT 4644 Emerging Emphasis in Career Education (3). A knowledge of current trends and issues in reference to developing and integrating career education into current elementary and secondary educational programs.

ECT 4693 Technical Applications in Occupational Areas (3). The incorporation of new technical knowledge and skills of an occupational area into existing vocational education courses of study. Prerequisite: ECT 4946.

ECT 4905 Directed Study in Vocational/Technical Education (1-3). Identification, research, and reporting on a special problem of interest to the student. Subject to approval of program advisor.

ECT 4920 Group Training and Development (3). Knowledge and skills necessary to design, prepare, conduct, and evaluate group training and development programs. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

ECT 4931 Special Topics (1-4). Knowledge of recent developments related to problems, practices, programs, and methodologies in organizational setting. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

ECT 4940 Professional Problems in Vocational and Technical Education (3). Knowledge of institutional structure, organization, policies, and roles of school personnel, with actual teaching experience in area of specialization.

ECT 4941 Student Teaching: Vocational Industrial Education and Technical Education (9). Utilization of instructional knowledge, attitudes, and skills in a variety of instructional situations in the vocational educational setting.

ECT 4946 Field Experience: Technical Updating (3). The identification and acquisition of current technical knowledge and skills in an occupational area. Prerequisite: Vocational certification.

ECT 4949 Occupational Experiences (3-9). Occupational skill developed via field based work-experience in industry, business, or a government agency in the occupation in which the student is preparing to teach.

ECT 5078 Technical Education in American Society (3). This course will provide students with knowledge of the basic role and current status of technical education in an industrial democracy. It is designed for students interested in post-secondary education.

ECT 5386 Vocational Educational Media (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in selecting, developing, and utilizing vocational instructional media forms to communicate or demonstrate concepts.

ECT 5769 Evaluation in Vocational and Technical Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in the development of criteria, tests, measurements, and analysis of data to assess teaching, learning, and objectives.

ECT 5905 Directed Study in Vocational/Technical Education (1-3). This course includes identification, research, and reporting on a special problem of interest to the student. Subject to approval of program advisor.

ECT 5925 Special Topics in Vocational Education (1-6). This course includes selected competencies related to instructional and technical areas.

ECT 5927 Special Topics in Health Occupations Education (1-3). This course includes selected topics related to instructional and technical areas.

ECT 6790 Program Evaluation in Vocational Technical Education (3). Competency: Knowledge and skill needed to conduct a systematic evaluation of vocational-technical education programs.

ECT 6925 Special Topics in Vocational Education (1-6). This course consists of selected topics related to professional and program areas.

ECT 6930 Seminar in Vocational Education (3). This course includes discussion of special instructional, curricular and/or administrative and supervisory problems and issues in vocational education. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

ECT 6946 Supervised Field Experience (3-6). This course is an application and refinement of competencies in either classroom, laboratory, or administration and supervision, via school-based field experiences. Placement is subject to approval of program leader.

ECT 6947 Internship in Vocational Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in a new leadership setting, relative to the student’s selected area of emphasis.

ECT 7964 Comprehensive Doctoral Examination, Vocational and Technical Education Leadership (0). This is the Comprehensive Doctoral Examination in Vocational and Technical Education Leadership. Prerequisite: Permission of major professor.

ECT 7980 Ed.D. Dissertation (1-12). This course consists of research for doctoral dissertation for those students approved for candidacy in the Vocational and Technical Education Leadership Program. Prerequisites: Permission of Major Professor and Doctoral Candidacy.

ECT 7985 Dissertation Defense (0). This is the defense of Dissertation. Prerequisites: Permission of major professor and ECT 7980.

ECW 4103 Instructional Strategies and Evaluation in Vocational and Technical Education (3). Knowledge and skill in analyzing, planning, developing, executing and evaluation classroom and laboratory teaching and learning activities. For non-degree certification only.

ECW 4284 Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) (3). Knowledge of the history, implications, and applications of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. For vocational and technical teachers, industrial employees, and management personnel.

ECW 4310 Planning and Operating HOE Programs (3). An intermediate course that develops an understanding of health occupation education as well as skills and knowledge needed by health care professionals to plan and develop health occupations programs. Approved for “special methods of teaching health occupations education.” Prerequisite: ECT 3183C.

ECW 4311 Special Teaching Lab in HOE Programs (3). An intermediate course that develops knowledge of institutional structure, policies and roles of school personnel combined with field and actual teaching experiences.

ECW 4312 Instructional Strategies and Evaluation in HOE Programs (3). An intermediate course that focuses on the development of skills and knowledge needed to analyze, plan, develop, execute and evaluate classroom and laboratory teaching and learning activities in health occupations education. Approved for “special methods of teaching health occupations education.” Prerequisite ECT 3183C.

ECW 4564 Teaching Limited English Proficient Students in Vocational Education (3). Knowledge of the history, principles, and practices, as well as skill in analyzing, planning, developing, executing, and evaluating classroom and laboratory teaching and learning activities for limited English proficient students. Meets META requirement.

ECW 5008 Cooperative Vocational Education Programs (3). This course will provide students with knowledge and skill in the basic philosophy, principles, processes, and procedures of the cooperative method in vocational and technical education.

ECW 5168 Curriculum Development in Vocational Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in analyzing, planning, and developing curriculum in an area of specialization.

ECW 5196 International Comparative Vocational Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge in comparison of vocational education in the United States in terms of purposes, systems, and problems with those of selected foreign countries.

ECW 5206 Supervision and Coordination of Vocational Education Programs (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in the supervision of personnel and the coordination of work to achieve institutional goals.

ECW 5315 Improvement of Teaching Strategies in Health Occupations and Nursing Education (3). This course is the first in series of graduate courses designed to prepare qualified health professionals holding bachelor’s degrees with professional education skills necessary to become competent teachers. It is approved for “special methods of teaching health occupations education.”

ECW 5665 Trends and Issues in Vocational Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge of the basic philosophical and curricular trends and issues in vocational technical education at the international, national, state, and local levels.

ECW 5695 Community Relations and Resources for Vocational Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in utilizing community resources and establishing public relations procedures and practices to implement vocational education programs.

ECW 6007 Theory of Work and Careers in Vocational and Technical Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge of concepts and principles of work, careers, and technology and related individual, social, and economic benefits with implications for vocational and technical education. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

ECW 6105 Program Planning in Vocational Education (3). Competency: Knowledge and skill necessary to determine vocational program feasibility and implementation of new programs. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

ECW 6205 Administration of Vocational Education Programs (3). This course provides students with knowledge of the principles, practices, functions, and roles of administration in the operation of vocational education programs.

ECW 6318 Current Issues in Health Occupations and Nursing Education (3). This course is designed to focus qualified health professionals holding a bachelor’s degree with professional education skills necessary to identify and conduct research on current issues related to teaching in health occupations education.

ECW 6596 Vocational Education in a Multicultural Setting (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in developing and modifying vocational education programs, materials, and practices for a multicultural setting.

EVT 4502 Introduction to Vocational Special Needs Education (3). Knowledge of historical developments, legislation, instructional strategies, and program alternatives required to instruct special needs students in vocationally related environments.

EVT 4942C Internship: Training and Development (3). Knowledge and skills in training and development in non-public school settings. Prerequisites: Admission to Organizational Training Certificate Program and permission of the instructor.

EVT 4990C Credit by Examination (3-9). Technical knowledge and skills in an occupational area such as trade, industry, health and technology, as certified by recognized professional examinations such as the National Occupational Competency Test. Credits cannot be used in lieu of upper division professional program courses.

EVT 5317 Occupational Analyses in Health Occupations and Nursing Education (3). This course provides opportunity to expand/update the knowledge base of health care system combining experiences in health care delivery system with curriculum updating. Professional licensure and liability insurance required. May be repeated.

EVT 6760 Research in Vocational Education (3). This course provides students with knowledge and skill in identifying, defining, collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing research-related problems in vocational and adult education.