Dec 04, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Family and Consumer Sciences: Consumer Sciences, B.S.

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Curriculum Guide

Freshman Year

First Semester

ENGL 100 - Ideas and Their Expression I 3 Credit(s)
MATH 101 - Fundamentals of Algebra and Trigonometry I 3 Credit(s)
HIST 106 - African-American History to 1877 (formerly HIST 201) 3 Credit(s)
FCS 160 - Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences 2 Credit(s)
BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

ENGL 101 - Ideas and Their Expression II 3 Credit(s)
MATH 102 - Fundamentals of Algebra and Trigonometry II 3 Credit(s)
FCS 135 - Food and Man’s Survival 3 Credit(s)
PHYS 105 - Physics for Nonscientists 3 Credit(s)
SOCI 100 - Principles of Sociology 3 Credit(s) or
SOCI 200 - Introduction to Anthropology 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Sophomore Year

First Semester

SPCH 250 - Speech Fundamentals 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 201 - Business Ethics (formerly PHIL 315) 3 Credit(s)
FCS 181 - Social-Psychological Aspects of Dress 3 Credit(s)
Elective 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 210 - Fundamentals of Accounting for Decision Making 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

FCS 260 - Introduction to Human Development 3 Credit(s)
PSYC 101 - General Psychology (formerly PSYC 320) 3 Credit(s)
BUED 110 (formerly BUED 210) 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
SSFM 226 - Personal Approach to Health 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS 356 - Contemporary Nutrition 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS 400 - Contemporary Housing 3 Credit(s)
Elective 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS 403 - Family Finance 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 110 - Business Environment 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 303 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

FCS 460 - Applied Research in Family & Consumer Sciences 3 Credit(s)
Elective 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS 461 - Integrative Approaches to Family and Consumer Sciences (formerly FCS 560) 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)
FCS 411 - Family and Consumer Sciences Field Experience 3 Credit(s)
Elective 3 Credit(s)
FCS Cognate 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Total Credit Hours: 120

Major Program Requirements

Students must earn a C or better in the following courses:

FCS 135 - Food and Man’s Survival 3 Credit(s)
FCS 160 - Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences 2 Credit(s)
FCS 181 - Social-Psychological Aspects of Dress 3 Credit(s)
FCS 260 - Introduction to Human Development 3 Credit(s)
FCS 356 - Contemporary Nutrition 3 Credit(s)
FCS 400 - Contemporary Housing 3 Credit(s)
FCS 403 - Family Finance 3 Credit(s)
FCS 411 - Family and Consumer Sciences Field Experience 3 Credit(s)
FCS 460 - Applied Research in Family & Consumer Sciences 3 Credit(s)
FCS 461 - Integrative Approaches to Family and Consumer Sciences (formerly FCS 560) 3 Credit(s)
All FCS Cognate Courses