Career and Technical Education, (BS)

Program Information

Concentrations

• Business, Finance and Information Technology Education (BFIT)
  Teach courses like Business Law, Computer Applications, Sports Marketing, and Computer Networking. 
  
  
• Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Education (BME)
  Teach courses like Entrepreneurship, Hospitality & Tourism, Fashion Merchandising, and Sports & Entertainment Marketing.
  
  
• Technology, Engineering and Design Education (TED)
  Teach courses like Game Art, Design, Robotics, Principles of Engineering, and Technological Systems.  
  
  
• Trade and Industry Education (T&I)
  Teach courses like Drafting, Cabinetmaking, Carpentry, or Electronics.  
  
  
• Family & Consumer Sciences Education (FCS)
  Teach courses like Apparel & Textiles, Interior Design, Parenting, Foods & Nutrition, and Consumer Education.
  
  
• Workforce Education and Development - Non-licensure (WED)
  Immerse yourself in issues such as training, management development, customer service and total quality management.

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• Other transfer courses for  individual concentrations may be required. Students will receive individual advisement for meeting these requirements

Additional Requirements for licensure concentrations

• Teacher Education Admission
  
• Student Teaching

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You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Jerianne Taylor, taylorjs@appstate.edu, 828-262-6352

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

James Center Advising

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

Child Development: Birth-Kindergarten, (BS)

Program Information

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• The following transfer courses must be completed before the start of the second semester of the program:
  (NC Community College course numbers provided):
  • FDS 2101 Child Development: Birth-2 years (EDU 144)
  • FCS 2104 Child Development: 3-K years (EDU 145)
  • FCS 2102 Child Study & Guidance (EDU 146)

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Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Dionne Sills-Busio, sillsbusiodm@appstate.edu, 828-262-2019

Academic Advisor:  Alicia Muhammad, muhammada@appstate.edu

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

James Center Advising

Additional Requirements

• Teacher Education Admission
  
• Student Teaching
  
• You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

BS Communication, Advertising

Program Information

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• The following transfer courses must be completed before finishing program
  (NC Community College course numbers provided):
  • Public Speaking (COM 231)
    For Sociology minor
  • Intro to Socilogy (SOC 210)
  • 6 hours of transferrable Sociology credits
    For General Business minor
  • Principles of Accounting (ACC 120)
  • Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 251)

Click here to view the Class Schedule.

Contacts

Program Coordinator: Laura Brittain, brittainll@appstate.edu, 828-262-6343

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

Additional Requirements

You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

A minor is required in one of the following subjects:

• General Business
• Sociology

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

Communication Studies (BS)

Program Information

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• The following transfer courses must be completed before finishing program
  (NC Community College course numbers provided):
  • Public Speaking (COM 231)
  • Interpersonal Communication (COM 120) or Small Group Communication (COM 160)
    For Sociology minor
  • Intro to Socilogy (SOC 210)
  • 6 hours of transferrable Sociology credits
    For General Business minor
  • Principles of Accounting (ACC 120)
  • Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 251)

Click here to view the Class Schedule.

Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Lynn Gregory, gregoryld@appstate.edu, 828-262-2218

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

Additional Requirements

You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

A minor is required in one of the following subjects:

• General Business
• Sociology

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

BS Elementary Education

Program Information

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• Second Academic Concentration. (18 credit hours, 9 of which can be double counted from General Education and major, the majority of which must be completed at a NC Community College)

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Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Lisa Gross, grossla@appstate.edu, 828-262-2224

Academic Advisors:  Alicia Muhammad, muhammada@appstate.edu
                                       Mel Falck, falckms@appstate.edu

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

James Center Advising

Additional Requirements

• Teacher Education Admission
  
• Student Teaching
  
• You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

Management (BSBA)

Program Information

Degree Requirements

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You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

 

Contacts

Program Coordinator: Sheryl Kane, kanesl@appstate.edu, 828-262-2703

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

BS Middle Grades Education

Program Information

Concentrations

• Language Arts and Science
• Language Arts and Social Studies
• Science and Social Studies

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• Concentration requirements are fulfilled by completing a combination of specified transfer courses and courses delivered by Appalachian to the cohort. Two academic concentrations are required and each academic concentration requires a minimum of 24 semester hours.

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Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Laurie Ramirez, ramirezla@appstate.edu, 828-262-8008

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

James Center Advising

Additional Requirements

• Teacher Education Admission
  
• Student Teaching
  
• You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

Nursing (RN-BSN)

Click to view MANDATORY Appalachian nursing compliance requirements for ALL students

Program Information

Degree Requirements

 

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Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Jean Bernard, bernardjs@appstate.edu, 828-262-8468

Academic Advisor: Matt Crump, crumpmk@appstate.edu, 828-262-6526

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

Additional Requirements

• Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 calculated over all college coursework
• Hold a current, unrestricted and unencumbered registered nurse (RN) license
• You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

 

Social Work (BSW)

Program Information

Degree Requirements

• General Education requirements (Review the General Education checksheet)
• The following transfer courses must be completed by the deadlines specified below.
  (NC Community College course numbers provided):
  

  Course name	Course number	Deadline
  Principles of Biology	BIO 1201 (BIO 110 or 111)	Prior to entrance (PT & FT)
  Cultural Anthropology	ANT 1415 (ANT 220)	Prior to beginning Professional Sequence Courses (SW 3330 and remaining courses) (FT & PT)
  General Psychology	PSY 1200 (PSY 150)	Prior to entrance (PT & FT)
  Introduction to Sociology or Social Problems	SOC 1000 (SOC 210) or SOC 1100 (SOC 220)	Prior to entrance (PT & FT)
  American Government	PS 1100 (POL 120)	Prior to beginning Professional Sequence Courses (SW 3330 and remaining courses) (PT & FT)
  Social Deviance or Abnormal Psychology	SOC 2020 (SOC 242) or PSY 2212 (PSY 281)	Prior to beginning Professional Sequence Courses (SW 3330 and remaining courses) (FT &PT)

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Contacts

Program Coordinator: Dr. Michael Howell, howellml@appstate.edu, 828-262-7682

Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113

Additional Requirements

• Service Learning: SW 3000 includes a service learning component in which you shadow a social worker at a human service agency for at least 30 hours during the semester.

• Admission to the Professional Sequence: Once students successfully complete or are enrolled in their foundation-level social work courses, they complete an application to the professional sequence online. Students must have a 2.5 overall GPA, have a 2.5 social work GPA, and have earned at least a C in all foundation courses to be admitted to the professional sequence.

• Field Placements: The last semester will include a field placement and field seminar, and all other coursework should be completed before this semester.

• You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

Academic Information

Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.

Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.

Special Education (BS)

Program Information

 

Degree Requirements

Concentrations

• Adapted Curriculum
• General Curriculum

 Click here to view the Class Schedule

You may need additional transfer hours to meet the program requirement.

 

Contacts

• Program Coordinator: Dr. Rebeccca K. Shankland, shanklandrk@appstate.edu, 828-262-2865
• Support Services: App State Online, online@appstate.edu, 828-262-3113
• James Center Advising

 

Off-Site Campus Information

• TBA

 

Academic Information

• Policies and Procedures: Review the most recent undergraduate bulletin for complete details on academic policies and procedures relevant to all enrolled undergraduate students.
• Progress: Track your academic progress in DegreeWorks.