College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences

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Robert A. Rider, Dean
Lynn C. Cagle, Associate Dean, Professional Licensure and Outreach
Thomas W. George, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Administrative Services
Shirley W. Hastings, Associate Dean, Extension
Vena M. Long, Associate Dean, Research and Development
Dulcie L. Peccolo, Director of Student Services

http://cehhs.utk.edu

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences was created in 2002 from a merger of the former College of Education and the former College of Human Ecology. The merger of these two colleges, both with rich histories and exemplary records of achievement, resulted from a recognition of complementary institutional missions and a belief that the two colleges, as one, would become more effective in dealing with the complex challenges facing families, schools, and communities in the 21st century.

The union of Education and Human Ecology to form the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences honors past independent accomplishments but is now focused on an interdependent future. The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is a people-centered college that is intent on enhancing significant aspects of the human condition.

The college, with its disciplines located at the intersection of many of society’s greatest challenges, is positioned to make a significant difference through its programs of study, research, and outreach. Recognizing that the strength of the college is greater than the sum of its parts, the college is subdivided into the following academic departments – Child and Family Studies; Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Educational Psychology and Counseling; Nutrition; Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies; Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management; and Theory and Practice in Teacher Education.

Bachelor of Science in Education – art education major; special education major (concentrations in education of the deaf and hard of hearing, educational interpreting, modified and comprehensive special education); exercise science major; recreation and leisure studies major (concentrations in recreation and leisure administration, therapeutic recreation); and sport management major.

Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Sciences – child and family studies major and nutrition major.

Bachelor of Science in Service Management – hotel, restaurant, and tourism major and retail and consumer sciences major.

The academic departments within the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences offer minors in child and family studies, elementary education (for Arts and Sciences students only), engineering communication and performance (for engineering students only), middle grades education (for Arts and Sciences students only), nutrition, restaurant and food service management, retail and consumer sciences, secondary education (for Arts and Sciences students only), and tourism and hospitality management.

Students pursuing a minor must complete at least one-half of the required classes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and all courses must be taken for a letter grade unless otherwise specified.

An intercollegiate/interdisciplinary undergraduate gerontology minor is coordinated through the interdisciplinary Gerontology Colloquy Group members from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences; the College of Nursing; and the College of Social Work. Courses from the colleges are available under the gerontology minor. Please refer to the College of Nursing for specific requirements.

Entering freshmen and transfer freshmen students (i.e., with fewer than 30 credit hours and a minimum 2.0 GPA) are eligible for admission to the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Transfer students, with 30 or more credit hours completed and a minimum 2.3 GPA are eligible for admission to the college.

Typically, students who are admitted to the college are expected to have attained the minimum GPA (ranging from 2.0-2.7) necessary for admission/progression to the major, concentration, or program by the completion of 59 credit hours or the completion of lower division course work (i.e., 100- and 200-level).

College advisors will assist students who fail to progress to identify other academic alternatives and, if necessary, to facilitate the transfer of those students to other academic units.

Progression refers to the process during which a student demonstrates an aptitude to complete an academic major, concentration, or academic program. Typically, progression requirements include completion of prerequisite courses and attainment of a minimum grade point average. Some majors, concentrations, and programs also require applicants to attain certain minimum performance levels on standardized aptitude or achievement tests and a favorable recommendation from an interview panel. Academic majors, concentrations, and programs involving teaching or other interaction with children require applicants to submit to security checks. Upon successful progression (i.e., admission) to a major, concentration, or program, students must meet additional criteria in order to maintain good standing and to graduate or complete a program.

Complete progression requirements for each major or concentration are located in the following sections of this catalog. Progression requirements for the Teacher Education Program appear in the section entitled, Teacher Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The College of Education, Health and Human Sciences provides a unique opportunity for its best and brightest students to use classroom learning in solving real world problems. Through the college’s honors program in service learning, students have an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills specific to their academic majors to their work with individuals and/or groups in the community.

Admission to the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences’ Service Learning Honors Program is competitive and applicants should be aware that meeting the minimum admission criteria does not assure entry into the program. In addition to fulfillment of the minimum requirements shown below, applicants should note that an individual’s personal objectives, type of field setting desired, availability of adequate faculty supervision, as well as total number of applicants are determinants in the selection process. Applicants should also note that participation in this particular honors program does not preclude participation in other honors programs.

• Admitted or applicant to one of the college’s undergraduate majors.
• Attainment of a minimum cumulative 3.25 GPA (based on the completion of at least 15 semester credit hours).
• Submission of a Service Learning Honors Program application.
• Personal interview with honors steering committee and coordinator/director. 
  

• Two lower-division honors courses. Examples include but are not limited to PSYC 110 ; SOCI 127 ; SPAN 217 , SPAN 218 ; UNHO 257 , UNHO 267 , UNHO 277 , UNHO 287 . It is also possible to satisfy this requirement through lower-division honors course work in the major and/or through Honors-by-Contract*.
• UNHO 337  (3) (Section Topic - Honors: Service Learning).
• One upper-division 3 credit hour honors course in the student’s academic major (e.g., CFS 497 , EXSC 497 , RCS 497 , etc.) through which the student will develop and present a capstone project at the university’s annual Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative achievement or at an approved similar professional venue. This requirement may be met through Honors-by-Contract*.

*Honors-by-Contract requires completion of a written contract delineating additional effort and is submitted to the College’s honors coordinator/director by thethird week of the semester.

Students who successfully complete the above program requirements and maintain a minimum cumulative 3.25 GPA will be recognized during commencement and have their participation in the Service Learning Honors Program so noted on their official transcript.

Students interested in further information regarding the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences’ Service Learning Honors Program should contact the following faculty members in their respective majors.
                Child and Family Studies - Dr. Sandra Twardosz - stwardos@utk.edu or Tel. 974-6274
                Exercise Science – Dr. Dawn Coe – dcoe@utk.edu or Tel. 974-0294
                Sport Management – Dr. Rob Hardin - robh@utk.edu or Tel. 974-1281

The Student Services Center provides academic program planning and related services to students in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. The center, located in the Jane and David Bailey Education Complex A332, maintains a full-time staff of academic advisors to respond to students’ concerns regarding progression to academic programs, courses of study, academic petitions (e.g., course substitutions, etc.), and referrals to other campus services.

Undergraduate students may enroll in a maximum of 19 credit hours during fall and spring semesters and for no more than 12 credit hours during summer term. Appeals to exceed these maximums should be directed to the college’s Director of Student Services or to the Director of Undergraduate Advising Services; decisions to approve overloads are based on a review of each student’s academic record but, typically, will not be granted to students with less than a 3.0 GPA.

Students who are granted permission by the university’s Dean of the Graduate School to earn graduate credits (see Seniors Eligible for Graduate Credit) prior to earning a bachelor’s degree may enroll in no more than 15 credit hours during either fall or spring semesters or a maximum of 12 credit hours during summer term.

With permission of the instructor, an undergraduate student who has a minimum 3.0 GPA may enroll in a 500-level course for undergraduate credit. Exclusions include courses numbered 500, 502, and independent or directed study courses for which there are appropriate undergraduate course alternatives.

Students enrolled in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences may take courses graded on a Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC) basis when letter grading (i.e., A-F) is not an option or in non-specified (i.e., free electives) courses. Additionally, students must earn at least a C in major prefix courses and in any other course so identified by the major area faculty (see departmental sections for specific progression requirements for each major).

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) requires each public institution of higher education to evaluate the general education skills of the senior class. The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences requires each of its senior students to take this general education test prior to graduation. The test results enable the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to evaluate its general education program and to qualify for needed funding from the State of Tennessee. Students enrolled in programs that are scheduled to take a major field test are exempt from the general education testing.

The Tennessee Higher Education (THEC) requires that each public institution for higher education assess the knowledge and expertise of students within each major area of study. Each year, a subset of all major fields of study on campus is required to test all graduating seniors from those respective fields. The results from these tests enable the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to evaluate and, where necessary, improve the quality of major fields of study. Students are informed in their senior year if they are required to take a major field test. Students enrolled in a major field of study that is scheduled to test majors are exempt from the general education testing that particular year.

Students intending to enter certain graduate programs and teacher education students who are required to finish a post-baccalaureate (5th Year) before earning a teacher license may qualify as seniors to take graduate courses that may be applied to a master’s degree.

Subject to approval by the Dean of the Graduate School, a senior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who needs fewer than 30 semester hours to complete requirements  or a bachelor’s degree and has at least a B average (3.0) may enroll in graduate courses for graduate credit, provided the combined total of undergraduate and graduate course work does not exceed 15 credit hours per semester.

• Only students working toward a first bachelor’s degree are eligible.
• Students who have met all requirements for graduation are not eligible for senior privilege.
• Approval must be obtained each semester at the Graduate School, P-105 Andy Holt Tower; (865) 974-2475. Form available online at: http://gradschool.utk.edu/senior_interactive.pdf
• A maximum of 9 hours of graduate credit at the 400- and 500-level can be obtained in this status.
• Some departments do not permit seniors to register for graduate courses without prior permission.
• Courses taken for graduate credit may not be used toward both the baccalaureate and a graduate degree program except in the case of approved dual bachelor’s/master’s programs.

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is the administrative base for the university’s preparation programs for educators. As such the college has oversight responsibilities for licensure programs attached to other academic units. The Teacher Education Program at the University of Tennessee is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), www.ncate.org. This accreditation covers the initial teacher preparation programs and advanced educator preparation programs.

A student desiring to become a teacher, regardless of college affiliation or academic major must be formally admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Admission to Teacher Education allows a student to enroll in upper-division professional education courses. Admission requirements include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Academic achievement – minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA including transfer courses.
2. Minimum number of hours completed and required courses for Admissions Board Interviews:
   1. 45 credit hours for agriculture education, art education, music education, and special education; 60 credit hours for elementary education, and preK-K; 75 credit hours  secondary education; and 90 credit hours early childhood education.
   2. completion of specific courses prior to admission to the following teaching areas: mathematics education – MATH 141 -MATH 142 , plus at least six hours 200-level mathematics; science education – at least eight hours of laboratory natural science; music education – MUTH 210  and at least one semester 200-level (applied ) music; English education and foreign language education – minimum nine hours 300-level in respective fields with minimum 3.0 GPA; and early childhood education – CFS 350  and be currently enrolled in CFS 351 .
3. Standardized test performance – minimum 22 ACT (enhanced version)/21 ACT composite score; 1020 SAT (revised version)/920 total score; or State Board of Education determined passing scores on PRAXIS I (contact the college’s Student Services Center for current PRAXIS I score requirements).
4. Speech and hearing screening – prospective teachers must perform within normal limits on measures of speech and hearing proficiency or participate in remedial therapy through the university’s Hearing and Speech Center. Hearing impaired applicants are exempt from this screening, but must inform the college’s Office of Teacher Education Admissions of their impairment before an Admissions Board interview can be scheduled.
5. Tennessee state law (TCA 49-5-5610) requires that students wishing to enter an approved higher education educator preparation program must submit to a criminal history background check. Admission to the program is dependent on clearance of any conviction(s) as referenced to a list of crimes that would prohibit a person from being licensed in Tennessee.

Applicants who meet the above criteria will be invited by the Office of Teacher Education Admissions to interview with a Board of Admissions. Admission decisions will be based on the above admission criteria, as well as each applicant’s written application, oral expression, appropriate experience working with children and youth, and expressed interest in teaching. Admission decisions are based on a comprehensive review of candidates’ credentials, and results from the Admissions Board interviews. Admissions decisions are made by faculty who are responsible for the application review process and who sit on Admissions Boards.

Admission is competitive and certain teaching fields have more qualified applicants than space available. Interviews are conducted during fall and spring semesters; each board is comprised of content and pedagogy specialists, as well as a practitioner and an advanced student. All licensure programs have received State of Tennessee approval, and must comply with state licensing requirements. Prospective applicants should request appointments with teacher licensure academic advisors to thoroughly discuss licensure program requirements. Appointments may be made by calling the Office of Student Services at 865-974-8194.

To maintain good standing in the Teacher Education Program and to qualify for a degree and/or licensure as a teacher, students must perform adequately both in the university classroom and in the school(s). Students must maintain a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA, establish and maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA in their major, and maintain a minimum 2.8 GPA (course grade C or higher required) in professional education courses.

Complete information on the teacher licensure program is available through the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences’ website (http://cehhs.utk.edu/), the college’s Office of Student Services – Claxton Complex, A332, or from teaching area faculty.

The faculty in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences assume primary responsibility for preparing school personnel. The College of Arts and Sciences faculty have major responsibility for providing the general education background required of all teachers and for providing the specialized content knowledge needed by teachers.

Information regarding specific teaching fields and educational specialties is available at the following campus locations.

• Agriculture Education – 325 Morgan Hall
• Art Education – 213 Art and Architecture Building
• Music Education – 211 Music Building
• School Counseling – A525 Bailey Education Complex
• School Psychology – A525 Bailey Education Complex
• Audiology and Speech Pathology – 578 South Stadium Hall
• College of Social Work – 308 Henson Hall

Per requirements of Title II of the Higher Education Act, the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences reports the following pass rates on State required licensure tests for 2006-2007 Academic Year: The University of Tennessee 99%; State of Tennessee 97%.