COURSE DESCRIPTION

Graduate Program Chair
James P.Alicata

Contact :
Phone# 978-665-3047
Fax# 978-665-3043
Email : jalicata@fsc.edu

Program Objectives

The college’s undergraduate Occupational Education Degree program provides students with a blend of academic, vocational technical teaching, and elective learning opportunities. The program is committed to educating participants in comprehensive personnel development, which responds to specific occupational updating, professional growth and enhancement, and state-of-the-art information sharing for and with vocational technical educators. The program advocates a teaching approach, which brings about desired changes in the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and appreciation level of those in training.

Program Study

The Occupational/Vocational Education degree is a Bachelor of Science Degree. A significant component of the program is the availability to students at off-campus vocational technical school sites located across Massachusetts. Job relevance and valid, reliable, vocational technical practice is attained through participatory planning and affiliation with industry, vocational technical school practitioners, professional associations, and representatives of the college.

The program offers up to twelve credits in recognition of the work experiences of the participating students. Candidates may apply for the trade experience credit after completing eighty credits in the program.

Principal Sites where the Program is Offered
North
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical High School
Central
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational High School
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
South
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational High School
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational High School

General Education or Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements
CSC 1100 Computer Application Programming 3 S.H.
ENGL 1100 Writing I 3 S.H.
ENGL 1200 Writing II 3 S.H.
HIST 1400 US History I or 3 S.H.
HIST 1500 US History II 3 S.H.
PHED 1000 Health and Fitness 3 S.H.
PHIL 1000 Introduction to Western Philosophy 3 S.H.
PHIL 2000 Philosophy of Education 3 S.H.
PSY 1100 General Psychology 3 S.H.
PSY 2230 Adolescent Psychology 3 S.H.
SPCH 1000 Introduction to Speech Communications 3 S.H.

Additional Liberal Arts and
Sciences Requirements 33 S.H.
Subtotal 60 S.H.

Education Requirements
OCED 5515 Teaching Methods: Instructional Strategies
in Vocational Technical Education 3 S.H.
OCED 5516 Teaching Methods: Educating
the Vocational Technical Learner 3 S.H.
OCED 5517 Fundamentals of Vocational Technical
Education 3 S.H.
OCED 5518 Management of the Vocational Technical
Education Environment 3 S.H.
OCED 5523 Students with Special Needs in
Vocational Technical Education 3 S.H.
OCED 5529 Competency Based Vocational Technical
Curriculum Development 3 S.H.
OCED 5534 Supervised Practicum in Vocational
Education 3 S.H.
OCED 5539 Implementing a Competency Based
Curriculum 3 S.H.
OCED 5545 Computerized Vocational Technical
Curriculum Management 3 S.H.
OCED 5546 Integrated Vocational Technical and
Academic Curriculum 3 S.H.
OCED 5547 Brain Compatibility: Teaching and Learning 3 S.H.
OCED 5549 Assessment Standards and Evaluation 3 S.H.
Requirements Subtotal 36 S.H.
*Trade Experience 0-12 S.H.
*Free Electives 0-24 S.H.
Total for Degree 120 S.H.
* A total of 24 semester hours is required between trade experience and free electives.