Family and Consumer Sciences

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The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Associate in Science program is designed to develop the skills necessary for gainful employment in the field of human sciences—a people-centered science focused on supporting individuals, families, and communities. FCS encompasses the study of relationships among people and their personal environments focusing on the impact of physical, biological and social environments on human behavior and development. Skills that students gain involve how to efficiently manage a household including safe and healthy food preparation, household and small business budgeting, consumer issues, the basics in interior design, and clothing construction and selection. Electives provide additional skills in areas of life skills, financial planning, family and community dynamics, weight management, and communication and relationship skills. Combined with courses such as business, journalism, television or advertising, the FCS curriculum can also fulfill the vocational objectives of those who want to enhance their marketability in these other fields.

The FCS degree allows students employment in a variety of careers in business, industry, health and human services, and educational settings, including but not limited to independent living services, youth programs, community organizations, after-school programs, nonmedical senior care centers, programs for older adults, and self-improvement programs. Specific job titles include community or social service specialist, customer service representative, social and human service assistant, public relations specialist, store manager, youth counselor, program coordinator, and marketing specialist. Additionally, this degree prepares students for transfer into Family and Consumer Sciences majors at 4-year universities, further specializing in chosen areas of interest.

The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Certificate of Achievement program is designed to develop the skills necessary for gainful employment in the field of human sciences—a people-centered science focused on supporting individuals, families, and communities. FCS encompasses the study of relationships among people and their personal environments focusing on the impact of physical, biological and social environments on human behavior and development. Skills that students gain involve how to efficiently manage a household including safe and healthy food preparation, household and small business budgeting, consumer issues, the basics in interior design, and clothing construction and selection. Electives provide additional skills in areas of life skills, financial planning, family and community dynamics, weight management, and communication and relationship skills. Combined with courses such as business, journalism, television or advertising, the FCS curriculum can also fulfill the vocational objectives of those who want to enhance their marketability in these other fields.

The FCS certificate allows students employment in a variety of careers in business, industry, health and human services, and educational settings, including but not limited to independent living services, youth programs, community organizations, after-school programs, nonmedical senior care centers, programs for older adults, and self-improvement programs. Specific job titles include community or social service specialist, customer service representative, social and human service assistant, public relations specialist, store manager, youth counselor, program coordinator, and marketing specialist.