Vocational Education B.V.E.
Requirements
(76 units)
Total units required for graduation: 180
Admission to the Program
The Bachelor of Vocational Education (BVE) Degree Program has been designed to provide vocational and occupational teachers who have significant occupational and teaching experience the opportunity to have that experience count as partial credit toward a baccalaureate degree. Qualified applicants can have their work experience evaluated (under provisions of the Swan Bill) and may be awarded up to 60 units of academic credit which will be applied toward meeting the Vocational Arts Major requirements.
Note: In order to qualify for a Swan Bill Evaluation an applicant must have at least five years of paid full-time work experience, at least 1620 hours of full-time or 1000 hours of part-time teaching experience and an appropriate teaching credential.
Applicants must be admitted to the university and should take EVOC 335. Introduction to Vocational Education as soon as possible.
Requirements for Graduation
1. Students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter units of college credit:
a. At least 45 of these units must be completed as a regularly enrolled student at this university;
Note: Up to 105 quarter units of lower-division course work may be accepted as transfer credit from an accredited community college or other accredited postsecondary educational institutions.
b. At least 60 of these units must be in upper-division course work;
c. Eighty-two of these units must be in the area of general education as specified in the general education requirements, Page 63;
d. Forty-four of these units must be within the vocational arts major. All or most of these units are usually awarded as the result of the Swan Bill Evaluation of the applicant's occupational and teaching experience. At least 20 of these units are counted as upper-division;
e. Thirty-two of these units must be in the area of professional education and the vocational credential courses (or their equivalent);
f. Twenty-four of these units will consist of electives;
2. Students must earn a grade point average of 2.0 ("C") or better in all work attempted and 3.0 ("B") or better in all professional education courses attempted;
3. Students must complete the upper-division writing requirement (EDUC 306);
4. Students must complete the history, constitution and government requirements
5. Students must be recommended for graduation by the faculty of the university.
Requirements for the Bachelor in Vocational Education (BVE) Degree:
General Education requirements (82 units)
Vocational Arts Major (44 units), a maximum of 60 units may be awarded by Swan Bill evaluation
Upper-division requirements (32 units)
1. EVOC 335. Introduction to Vocational Education (4)
2. EVOC 501. Principles and Methods for Teaching Designated Subjects (4)
3. EVOC 502. Instructional Support for Teaching Designated Subjects (4)
4. EVOC 503. Contemporary Issues in Teaching Designated Subjects (4)
5. EVOC 504. Principles of Adult Education (4)
6. EVOC 518. Field Work in Designated Subjects (4)
7. EVOC 519. Computer Applications for Vocational Education Teachers (4)
8. EVOC 520. Curriculum Development in Vocational Education (4)
Electives (24 units)
1. Twenty-four units of free electives.
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.