Program Highlights• Program is accredited by CAEP — Council

for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (formerly NCATE).

• The BCTE degree may prepare instructors for licensure in career and technical education to teach in secondary schools.

• The BCTE degree may prepare career and technical education instructors and trainers to teach in community and technical colleges, trade and technical institutes, and in business and industry.

• You may transfer general education and career-technical courses.

• Up to 90 hrs can be transferred from other accredited institutions. As few as 30 hrs (10 classes), taken at ENMU, are required to complete this degree.

• May be completed in less than two years.• Courses in the career and technical education

major are offered completely online.

BCTEBachelor of Career

and Technical Education

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General InformationAdmission RequirementsYou must have a college GPA of at least 2.0 for regular admission.

TuitionENMU is in the top 10 percent of the most affordable public southwestern four-year universities, and more affordable than any Texas university. enmu.edu/SouthwestRanking

No out-out-of-state tuition is charged during the summer session.

You will pay New Mexico in-state tuition while taking 6 or fewer hrs per semester. See current tuition and fees online.enmu.edu/Tuition

Scholarships and Financial AssistanceWe are committed to helping you finance your education. ENMU awarded more than $22 million in financial assistance to ENMU students last year. Find out how we can help!enmu.edu/TransferScholarships

Student Services for Online StudentsENMU understands that completing a degree online can present challenges. A variety of offices and departments are available to you if you are completing your degree online. enmu.edu/DistanceEdResources

About the Bachelor of Career and Technical Education (BCTE)The Bachelor of Career and Technical Education (BCTE) is an online distance education degree program that allows prospective and current career and technical education instructors and trainers to obtain a BCTE degree in career and technical education.

The BCTE degree is a baccalaureate degree designed for students who possess or who will meet the requirements for an Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Science (AS), or an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree earned at an institution whose accreditation is from an accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Additionally, the career-technical field requirements will be designated as “met” for students who have been awarded an AAS degree from an accredited institution. Also, this requirement will be designated as “met” for those who have completed a career-technical certificate program resulting in a minimum of 30 hrs from an acrredited institution.

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Degree Information*Bachelor of Career and Technical Education• 120 minimum total credit hrs.• 18 hrs of upper-division coursework minimum.• 2.0 institutional (ENMU) GPA.• 2.7 institutional (ENMU) GPA in career and

technical education major (Note: a grade of “D” will not count in the career and technical education major area courses).

• 30 hrs taken from ENMU-Portales .• 30 of the final 60 hrs must be taken from

ENMU-Portales.General Education Requirements (38 hrs)These courses may be transferred as part of your associate degree or prior earned hrs: • Communication (9 hrs)• Mathematics (3 hrs)• Science with labs (8 hrs)• Social Science (6-9 hrs)• Humanities and Fine Arts (6-9 hrs)• Advisory Options (3 hrs)• Upper-Division Diversity/Global (3 hrs)

Carrer-Technical Field (30-58 hrs)You can transfer career-technical coursework from an accredited institution (see potential fields of specialization). The acceptance and transfer of coursework will be based upon an analysis of your transcript.

CTE Requirements (30 hrs)PSY 202 Adolescent Psychology (3)SPED 300 Introductionto Special Education (3)BLED 350 Cultural and Linguistic Pluralism (3)CTED 301 CTE Foundations (3)CTED 302 Instructional Facility Design (3)CTED 303 CTE Curriculum Development (3)CTED 401 Leadership (3)CTED 480 Methods of Teaching CTE (3)CTED 481 Supervised Classroom Internship (6)

Plus electives to complete 120 hrs

Potential Fields of SpecializationPotential fields of specialization include, but are not limited to the following:

• Automotive technology

• Aviation maintenance technology

• Building and construction Technology

• Computer Applications and support

• Computer aided drafting

• Computer information systems

• Cosmetology

• Culinary arts

• Dental hygiene

• Diagnostic medical imaging

• Electronics technology

• Emergency medical services

• Fire protection technology

• Hotel and restaurant management

• HVAC technology

• Information technology

• Machine tool technology

• Media arts

• Medical assisting

• Nursing

• Occupational therapy assistant

• Paralegal studies

• Physical therapist assistant

• Professional office technology

• Radiographic technology

• Respiratory therapy

• Veterinary technology

• Welding technology

* Note: Degree information is based on the 2017-19 Undergraduate Catalog, enmu.edu/Catalogs