The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Georgia Southern University is a unit of multiple, interacting systems with the shared value of preparing students to enter a variety of careers available in business, education, government, industry, and social agencies.
Faculty members strive for excellent teaching strengthened by scholarship and service.
Our mission in keeping with the university s larger mission is to graduate students who are knowledgeable, creative, articulate, resourceful and effective in problem solving. The faculty shares in a network of responsibility to provide students with a basis for reinterpreting the tradition of family and consumer sciences to meet new challenges in their communities, families and marketplaces. Always at the core of instruction is the faculty s concern for the student s professional growth, leadership development, ethical awareness and well-being as productive citizens. The curriculum is designed to bridge knowledge obtained in academic work to the rigorous, competitive marketplace. Applied learning is a hallmark of all majors in family and consumer sciences.