Family and Consumer Studies, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Concentration, B.S.

Major in Family and Consumer Studies

The curriculum leading to a major in Family and Consumer Studies is designed primarily for preparation in broad areas of the field. Electives may be used to build strong combinations with other fields of interest. A major in Family and Consumer Studies requires the selection of one concentration from the three available plus one minor outside the field of human sciences.

Family and Consumer Studies Education Concentration

The curriculum for the concentration in Family and Consumer Sciences Education offers preparation for students to teach family and consumer sciences education in grades 6–12. Licensure to teach family and consumer sciences requires a bachelor’s degree from an institution approved for the training of teachers in family and consumer sciences and its occupational areas. Occupational endorsements may be added but are not a required part of the major. Those who successfully complete the program are qualified to teach in vocationally reimbursed family and consumer sciences programs as well as nonreimbursed programs. This curriculum also offers preparation for extension service, business, consumer services, and government agencies.

Recommended Curriculum

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
FOED 1110 - Education as a Profession 3 credit hours *
HSC 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
NFS 1240 - Principles of Nutrition 3 credit hours
FCSE 1400 - Personal Finance 3 credit hours
FCSE 2510 - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Curriculum 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
NFS 3200 - Food Principles 3 credit hours
FOED 2110 - Educational Psychology 3 credit hours *
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

CDFS 3340 - Life Span Human Development 3 credit hours OR
SOC 3150 - Life Cycle and the Social Environment 3 credit hours OR
PSYC 2111 (RODP only) may be used to meet this requirement
FCSE 3510 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education 3 credit hours
Secondary Education minor 6 credit hours *
HSC 4410 - Consumer Economics 3 credit hours
CDFS 4350 - Parenting 3 credit hours
HSC 3430 - Housing 3 credit hours
IDES 4620 - House Furnishings 3 credit hours
TXMD 1110 - Basic Design 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

Senior

HSC 4420 - Personal and Family Management 3 credit hours
HSC 4000 - Senior Seminar 1 credit hour
NFS 3100 - Food and Culture in the United States 3 credit hours OR
HLTH 4360 - Teaching Human Sexuality 3 credit hours OR
HLTH 4390 - Women’s Health 3 credit hours
CDFS 4340 - The Contemporary Family 3 credit hours
TXMD 2180 - Textiles I 3 credit hours
Secondary Education minor* 15 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours

NOTE:

*The Secondary Education minor is being revised. Please see the Womack Family Department of Educational Leadership for additional information.