Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Education Major

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(54 semester hours)

This major may be added to the Senior High/Junior High/ Middle School Instructional License and allows the holder to teach family and consumer sciences in grades five through 12.

Required Courses:

7 hour Family and Consumer Sciences core

Family and Consumer Sciences Education:

Child Development and Family Life:

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

Choose one from the following:

FCS 426 - World Hunger and Nutrition 3 hours
FCS 427 - Cultural Aspects of Food 3 hours
FCS 428 - Food Science 3 hours
FCS 429 - Nutrition in Wellness 3 hours

Interior Design:

FCS 150 - Introduction to Interior Design 2 hours

Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising:

FCS 217 - Textiles I 3 hours

Choose one from the following:

FCS 111 - Clothing I 3 hours
FCS 211 - Intermediate Clothing 3 hours
FCS 212 - Evaluation of Ready-to-Wear Apparel 3 hours
FCS 216 - Introduction to Fashion Merchandising 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.