If your interests include food, diet, and nutrition, then read on about our Foods and Nutrition major. Working in Spokane hospitals during your senior year is an integral part of becoming a dietitian. If you major in Consumer Foods, you will be prepared to work in food product development and testing for major food processors, as a quality assurance specialist or teach others about food and its nutritional value. If you like to work with children, teens, adults, or work in business or industry as a consumer relations specialist, you may be interested in our Child, Family, and Consumer Studies major. This exciting major will provide you with a core knowledge about children, adolescents, families, and consumers.
Options are child development and family relations, consumer affairs, or family life education.
There are a variety of career opportunities for professionally trained college graduates with the consumer affairs option. Consumer affairs prepares you to advocate for the consumer interest and help consumers improve their well being. Businesses concerned with a product consumers purchase, such as Eddie Bauer or the food, housing, entertainment, insurance, travel, textiles, household appliance, and credit industries. Work with trade associations such as the American Gas Association, Better Business Bureau. Utilities such as telephone, water, gas and electric industries.