Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Education Major

Required Courses:

• 7 hour Family and Consumer Sciences core

Family and Consumer Sciences Education:

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

Child Development and Family Life:

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

Family Economics and Home Management:

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

Food and Nutrition:

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

Interior Design:

• FCS 150 - Introduction to Interior Design 2 hours

Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising:

• FCS 217 - Textiles I 3 hours

Health, Safety, and Environmental Health Sciences:

• HLTH 111 - Personal Health Science and Wellness 3 hours

• 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.