Black Hills State offers the only Technology Education program in the state of South Dakota.

The Industrial Technology Education program at BHSU will prepare students for a career in teaching technology. With more and more advances in the technology field, the demand for Technology Education teachers is on the rise. Technology Education students will receive the same instruction as the other Industrial Technology majors, but they will also be taking courses in education to prepare them for the teaching world.

Check out the printable factsheet for Industrial Technology Education.

General Education Requirements - 40 semester hours

• ENGL 101 Composition I
• ENGL 201 Composition II
• Gen Ed - Mathematics - 3 semester hours
• SPCM 101, 215, or 222
• WEL 100 Wellness for Life & WEL 100L Wellness Lab
• * Social Science (Gen Ed) - 9 semester hours
• PSYC 101 General Psychology (required for education majors)
• *Art & Humanities (Gen Ed) - 12 semester hours
• Natural Science & Lab (Gen Ed) - 8 semester hours

Required Core - 45 semester hours

• TECH 112 Technical Drafting I
• TECH 120 Smart Buildings
• TECH 141 Manufacturing Technology
• TECH 181 Safety Management
• TECH 184 Wood Technology Systems
• TECH 185 Technology and Our Lives
• TECH 210 Computer Aided Drafting I
• TECH 220 Smart Building Design
• TECH 229 Computer Hardware
• TECH 262 Energy, Power, & Transportation
• TECH 330 Communications Technology
• TECH 350 Methods of Teaching Technology
• TECH 381 Construction
• TECH 441 Computer Aided Manufacturing
• TECH 485 Enterprise Systems

Take either Secondary Ed in Spearfish or Project Select in Rapid City

Secondary Ed-Spearfish Main Campus

• EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education
• EDFN 365 Computer Based Technology & Learning
• EDFN 395 Practicum: Pre-Admission Teaching
• EDFN 475 Human Relations
• EPSY 302 Educational Psychology
• INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies
• MLED 480 Middle Level Methods
• PSYC 101 General Psychology
• PSYC 422 Psychology of Adolescence
• SEED 408 The Professional Teacher-Secondary Only
• SEED 450 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area
• SEED 495 Practicum: Pre-Student Teaching
• SPED 405 Educating Secondary Students with Disabilities
• SEED 488 7-12 Student Teaching

Project Select-In Rapid City

• EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education
• EDFN 365 Computer Based Technology & Learning
• EDFN 395 Practicum: Pre-Admission Teaching
• EDFN 475 Human Relations
• EPSY 302 Educational Psychology
• INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies
• MLED 480 Middle Level Methods
• MLED 488 Middle Level Student Teaching
• SEED 408 The Professional Teacher-Secondary Only
• SEED 450 7-12 Student Teaching
• SEED 488 7-12 Student Teaching
• SEED 495 Practicum: Pre-Student Teaching
• SPED 435 Characteristics & Exceptionalities of Adolescents

* Global Requirement: depending on your selection, this requirement will satisfy 3 hours of either Social Science or Arts & Humanities requirements. Take 1 course from AIS/HIST 257, ANTH 210, ARTH 211/212/251, ENGL 211/212, GEOG 210, HIST 121/122/153, HUM 100, MCOM 151, MUS 130, POLS 141/250.

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 128 hours. Students are encouraged to pursue a minor, but to be certified to teach, a content praxis exam must be passed in both major & minor areas of study.