Family and Consumer Science prepares individuals for personal and family life across the lifespan as they merge the challenges of living and working in a diverse, global society. Focus is on families and work and their subsequent interrelations. A major in Consumer Science provides a comprehensive study of family financial decisions and the role of the consumer in the economy. It includes the study of consumer rights and responsibilities and the analysis of the consumer in the marketplace in such courses as Consumers in the Marketplace, Family and Personal Resource Management, Consumer Issues and Public Policy, Family Finance, and Consumer Law.
Graduates are prepared to work in the interest of consumers.
Students may choose to minor in business administration or in mass communication. Family and Consumer Science . Students who major in Family and Consumer Sciences receive a balanced degree program from all areas of the department. Students also take a course in Communication Skills and Techniques that prepares them as professionals to work with adult learners in a variety of settings. The minor compliments the degree by providing students with specialty training to combine with the Family and Consumer Sciences degree.