Students learn about family economics, consumer behavior and decision-making, rights and responsibilities, consumer finance, and public policy affecting consumers. The major offers concentrations in consumer affairs in business, consumer finance and financial planning, and family economics. Internships with government, business, and the media are available to eligible students. This major focuses on using family and consumer concepts and skills in designing and implementing educational programs to improve the quality of individual and family life. The program prepares students for secondary and postsecondary teaching, training, and development in business and industry, extension education, and community education.
Broadcasting offers preparation for reaching vast audiences through electronic media.
Contemporary Information Technology prepares science oriented students for work with emerging communication technologies. This interdepartmental major provides a broad knowledge of family and consumer issues, rather than a professional area of specialization. This study program focuses on two areas of concentration within the school and is designed in relation to a student's interests, aptitudes, and experience. The program develops student creativity in the design and planning of interior spaces by emphasizing the process and communication of design as well as the product of design. Students learn to integrate the art of design with the social sciences concerning the interaction of people and their environment, the history of design, and the physical sciences relating to the effects of materials on the physical health and comfort of inhabitants.