Students aspiring to be teachers in Family and Consumer Sciences will no longer be able to become certified in four years.Curriculum changes in the College of Human Ecology have resulted in the termination of two undergraduate majors and the addition of a master of education program.The undergraduate majors, Home Economics Education and Home Economics Journalism, will not be offered to students at Ohio State winter quarter, said Penelope Reighart, director of student services in the College of Human Ecology. Students wishing to teach must choose a course sequence under the Family Relations and Human Development major, which will provide undergraduate preparation for the new master’s degree, Reighart said. This change will not affect students who are currently enrolled in the undergraduate programs, Reighart said. She said there are currently 57 students enrolled in the Home Economics Education major and 7 students enrolled in the Home Economics Journalism. Those students will be able to finish their bachelor’s degrees, she said.”I was a little worried at first but I knew my professors would help me with any problems that I encountered,” said Loren Rinehart, one of the few seniors who will graduate with a degree in Home Economics Education spring quarter.Under the new program, Rinehart would have been required to repeat 150 hours of field experience in order to graduate, but the college is making an exception for her and five other students. Students had to be enrolled in the old programs by winter quarter 1996 in order to receive their teaching certificate in four years, Rinehart said. Students not enrolled by then will have to take the master’s of education program to get a teaching certificate, she said.”Faculty has been announcing changes to students,” Reighart said. “So students have not been left wondering. They know what’s happening.”Reighart said there are no clear-cut replacements for the old courses. Students have been given a list of the new course offerings and the classes they are intended to replace, she said. The old undergraduate programs will be completely withdrawn from the curriculum by the year 2000, Reighart said.The deactivation of the undergraduate majors and the approval of the master of education degree in Family and Consumer Sciences Education was approved by the OSU Board of Trustees on Nov. 7.Reighart said low enrollment caused the department to remove the Home Economics Journalism major. The decision to end the Home Economics Education major was made because other classes can prepare students for the new master’s in education degree.