Hi Mblaha!
You are talking about a BS in Welding Engineering from Ohio State University, correct? This school is one of the very few (2 or maybe 3) schools in this country that have been accredited by the ABET (I believe the abbreviation stands for American Board of Engineering Technologies?) to offer BS, MS and PhD's in Welding Engineering.
However, I think ccasey is talking about looking for a school that offers a BS in welding education that's geared specifically for welding educators that wish to further their educational credentials beyond the level where for example; ccasey is presently at...
This is not to say that you're suggestion is'nt a good one!!! oh no!!!
Your suggestion is in fact, a real good one!!! OSU now offers online degrees in welding engineering and/or other related disciplines. Similar online accredited engineering degree programs are also offered at some of the other schools that require only a minimum of actual on campus attendance.
Here's the website address: http://www.iwse.eng.ohio-state.edu/we/
Here's Purdue University's BS in Technology Education curricula-course listings webpage that shows course descriptions (not too much math)
http://www.edci.purdue.edu/tech/courses.html
It is widely known that a BS degree from this (OSU) university or from let's say - Le Torneau, Lehigh, Colorado School of mines, Penn State and Purdue just to name a few (I know I missed a few and I apologize for that) are held in very high esteem when we're talking about welding, materials science, metallurgical engineering degrees that are to be used as necessary credentials for teaching at certain colleges and universities... Some institutions of higher education prefer teaching candidates that have earned an MS or a PhD in welding engineering or any related disciplines these days and a BS would be their minimum requirement for consideration. This is not to say that all schools can find teaching candidates that meet these minimum requirements so instead, some schools will consider candidates with a combination of equivalent education/work/supervisory and teaching (some require at least post-secondary level) experience to fill these positions. Each school bases this on their own unique demands and criteria.
Therefore, meeting these criterions varies from school to school with the the equivalent/combination choice of candidate being very rare!!!
On the other hand, most community colleges require a minimum of a Associates of Science in Welding Technology or related disciplines with preference to any previous teaching experience, and with journeyperson-level or equivalent work/supervisory experience, yet preferring a BS or MS in Welding Engineering Technologies or related disciplines, whether or not they have previous post-secondary level teaching and/or journeyperson-level work/supervisory experience or someone with a BS in Industrial Arts Education with previous post-secondary level teaching experience, and work/supervisory experience at the minimum of Journeyperson-level or equivalent work/teaching experience, sometimes (also dependant on the candidate pool) a combination of work/supervisory and teaching experience (at least post-secondary level) that meets each of their own unique criterions. Talk about having to meet varying standards from school to school, region to region and state to state education department!!! There are also quite a few accredited online degree programs being offered in Industrial Arts Education or just "plain" old (yeah right) Education degrees specific to vocational education methodologies for that matter!!! This may be the route for ccasey to persue, so that he would only have to spend a minimal amount of time on campus if indeed necessary!!! Some programs may even offer credit for actual teaching experience already accumulated!!! However, this varies from school to school and is also different from state to state...
I believe that you have plenty of choices in which to make your own decision as to what route to choose ccasey!!!
Good Luck and all the best!!!
Respectfully,
SSBN727 Run Silent... Run Deep!!!
Topic American Welding Society Services / AWS Learning & Education / Is there a degree in welding education
Have you thought of something like Quality Management or something like that. There are other aspects of welding that need to be taught as well, like NDT/NDE and Quality Assurance/Control. These are important in keeping with the welding related activities. Knowing how to weld only enhances your knowledge of how to control quality in welding or which method of NDT/NDE to use to best evaluate a particular weld for the service it will see. I hope you won't give up on your quest to further your knowledge.
