Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Education Major

(FCS) Core Curriculum:

A 7-credit core of courses is required for all majors and some minors in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. The core courses promote the understanding of the integrative nature of the family and consumer sciences profession with its focus on the interrelationships among individuals, families, consumers, and communities. Students apply this understanding to the study of their areas of specialization.

Note: For several departmental curricular patterns, general education requirements in the biological and physical sciences, the social sciences, or art are specified. These courses present theoretical concepts that are developed further in courses in the Department of Family and Consumar Sciences.

Required Courses:

• 7-credit Family and Consumer Sciences core

• FCS 107 - Contemporary and Historic Perspectives 1 credits
• FCS 109 - Human Systems in Family and Consumer Sciences 3 credits
• FCS 410 - Family and Consumer Sciences Capstone Seminar 3 credits

Family and Consumer Sciences Education:

• FCS 281 - Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences Education 3 credits
• FCS 402 - Teaching an Integrated Unit 1 credits
• FCS 491 - Methods of Family and Consumer Sciences Education 3 credits
• FCS 498 - Introduction to Techniques of Coordination of Cooperative Education 2 credits

Child Development and Family Life:

• FCS 237 - Child Development 3 credits
• FCS 336 - Family Relationships 3 credits
• FCS 436 - Parent Education 3 credits

Family Economics and Home Management:

• FCS 301 - Family Resource Management 3 credits
• FCS 366 - Energy and Equipment in Residential Design 3 credits
• FCS 475 - Consumer Education 3 credits

Food and Nutrition:

• FCS 201 - Fundamentals of Nutrition 3 credits
• FCS 226 - Fundamentals of Foods 3 credits

Interior Design:

• IAD 150 - Introduction to Interior Design 2 credits

Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising:

• TAM 217 - Textiles I 3 credits

Health, Safety, and Environmental Health Sciences:

• HLTH 111 - Personal Health Science and Wellness 3 credits

• This course meets the University Liberal Studies SBS:E requirement.

Note:

Candidates for the occupational education degree must also complete two years (4,000 clock hours) of successful employment in a recognized family and consumer sciences-related occupation or 1,500 clock hours of supervised work in the occupational family and consumer sciences field under an approved teacher education program or an equivalent combination.