The Department is among the top family and consumer sciences education and studies programs in the country. We are within one of the top family and consumer sciences colleges. With degree programs leading to the B.S, M.S, M.ED, and Ph.D., we have earned an international reputation that attracts students from around the world. A bachelor's program in family and consumer sciences education and studies prepares students to apply educational principles to career opportunities in school teaching, extension, business, community agencies, community colleges, multicultural settings, and for work in a wide range of family and consumer services in United States and international settings. In the graduate program, we prepare students for careers in areas of family and consumer sciences administration and leadership, educational curriculum and program development, evaluation and accountability, and teacher education and supervision.
Graduates accept responsibilities in a wide range of situations.
Those with master's degrees are assuming teaching and leadership roles in secondary, post secondary, and extension education, in state supervision, and in business. Those with doctoral degrees accept positions in business and industry, in government, in higher education, and in international settings. Their responsibilities include teaching, research, program development, and administration in family and consumer sciences and family and consumer sciences education. Our research is on family and consumer sciences educational program planning in curriculum, evaluation and teacher education and internalization. Much of our research in the three areas reflects our department mission, to enhance the understanding of the integrative nature of the profession.