Department of Elementary, Early, and Special Education
This degree provides the knowledge and license to teach and help young children in general education and special education classes, as well as in home-based settings. Students will participate in multiple supervised intervention/teaching experiences with a partnered school district, on-campus lab, home, or center.
Elementary Education teachers are uniquely skilled in designing and delivering instruction to engage children in the learning process. The Elementary Education major prepares candidates to provide children with foundational skills necessary to continue learning throughout their lives and empowers young learners to reach their divine potential.
The Special Education program prepares students to work with individuals with special needs from kindergarten through age 21. Teacher candidates will demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and application of skills during multiple supervised practicum teaching experiences within partnered schools before beginning their student teaching experience.
Department of Home and Family
The Apparel Entrepreneurship program equips students with the industry knowledge, cutting-edge training, and valuable connections necessary for success in fashion and apparel whether they decide to work for an established company or launch their own businesses. The program includes courses in fashion design and merchandising, pattern making, fitting and alteration, textile science, and business.
The Child Development program facilitates students’ growth in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that will lead them to nurture children, celebrate and protect childhood, and fulfill their divine purpose. The program includes courses about child development, methods for teaching in early childhood settings, parent education, exploring the natural environment, and observation and assessment.
The FCS Education Composite program produces graduates who have an Idaho Teaching License for grades 6–12, though students may also pursue work in other FCS industries or even start their own FCS-related business. The program includes courses in nutrition, clothing and textiles, interior design, child development, and classroom teaching knowledge and experience.
The FCS Extension program prepares students to work in the Cooperative Extension system, supervising and managing volunteers in FCS community programs for children, youth, adults, and seniors (such as 4-H, SNAP, and other welfare services). The program includes courses in nutrition, clothing and textiles, interior design, and child development.
Marriage and Family Studies prepares students to learn about the family and what creates strong and healthy family relationships. Students choose an emphasis related to the family that they want to focus on, choosing from Child & Family Advocacy, Human Services, or Parent & Family Education.
The Marriage and Family Studies program prepares students for careers in family life education, human services, advocacy groups, nonprofit organizations, and youth services. The program includes courses in marriage, family, human relations, and family functioning—with an emphasis in one of the following: Child and Family Advocacy, Human Services, or Parent and Family Education.
The Child Development program is a two-year course of study designed to help graduates become teachers in or directors of developmentally appropriate child care centers or preschools in home and commercial settings or to be qualified teacher's aides in nursery schools or kindergartens. The program includes courses about child development, methods for teaching in early childhood settings, parent education, exploring the natural environment, and observation and assessment.
Department of Psychology
Develop an interdisciplinary foundation for further psychological inquiry and application as pertaining to all facets of health, and use health psychology principles to improve life and give more meaningful service to others.
The Industrial Organizational Psychology emphasis prepares you to offer support and guidance to corporations and organizations in promoting mental health in the workplace.
Develop a foundation for further psychological inquiry and use the principles of psychology to improve life and give more meaningful service to others.
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Students will learn to engage with individuals, small groups, and communities to serve people who are disadvantaged, disabled, abused, or otherwise limited in their ability to live a fulfilled life.
The Sociology degree provides students with an understanding of our place in the greater puzzle that is the human experience. Students will study how we connect and interact with those around us.