Off-Campus Degree Program Overview

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The 121-semester-hour Bachelor of Science Degree in Workforce Education and Development with a concentration in Education, Training, and Development includes three major components:
 

1. 36 semester hours in the Workforce Education and Development (WED) major

Courses in curriculum development, the adult learner, instructional methods, assessment of learner progress, training systems management, and philosophy of work education were included as well as independent study classes in writing research papers, technical report and proposal writing, and education/labor linkages are require. The major culminates in a 6-semester-hour( 225 clock hour) instructional or professional internship. This work prepares the student to develop and manage training programs in educational, military, industrial, and other settings.

2. 44 semester hours in work experience and related technical training courses

Students usually have completed extensive training in their occupation of choice before entering the WED program. Community college and technical courses are accepted by SIUC. However, students are also required to document a minimum of 4,000 clock hours (2 years full time) of experience in their occupational specialization. A combination of work experience and training is required. A majority of courses will be recognized by Workforce Education and Development, in conjunction with two years related full-time work experience, to complete this third of the Bachelor of Science Degree.

3. 41 semester hours in the University Core Curriculum (UCC)

UCC includes work in English, Science, Math, Speech, Humanities, Fine Arts, Health, and Integrative Studies. A variety of courses are offered in a structured program, which off-campus students may complete at local schools. UCC courses re required of all baccalaureate degree programs offered at SIU.

The Capstone Option is a special feature of the SIUC program recognizing the work of students who have earned by the end of their first SIUC semester an occupationally oriented associate degree (or equivalent certification) of at least 60 semester hours with a 2.25 GPA. Acceptance into the Capstone program reduces the UCC requirements from 41 to a total of 30 semester hours as follows: English Composition - 3 semester hours, Speech - 3 semester hours, Mathematics - 3 semester hour, Natural Science - 6 semester hours in 2 groups, Social Sciences - 6 semester hours, Humanities - 3 semester hours, Fine Arts - 3 semester hours, and Multicultural Diversity - 3 semester hours.