Family and Consumer Sciences Degrees
The options in the BS degree in Family and Consumer Sciences provide many opportunities for career choices. Trained in the General Family and Consumer Concentration, qualified family and consumer scientists are in good demand as extension consultants, child development specialists, as family and consumer scientists in business, and as employees in manufacturing and advertising.
General Degree Requirements
The options in the BS degree in Family and Consumer Sciences provide many opportunities for career choices. Trained in the General Family and Consumer Concentration, qualified family and consumer scientists are in good demand as extension consultants, as family and consumer scientists in business, and as employees in manufacturing and advertising.
Retail Management Concentration
The Retail Merchandising Concentration is designed specifically to train one in merchandising skills necessary for employment in the fast paced retail world. Retail Merchandising majors graduate with strong preparation in management and a keen business sense, enabling them to manage people and resources, analyze and research information, and make decisions. It focuses on subjects that can be applied to a variety of career options in the fashion industry.
Early Care
The concentration in Early Care is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare individuals for careers as early care education master teachers or program administrators, parent education instructors, early intervention instructors, program teachers for infants to school-age children and social services agents in child and family programs. The option is open only to individuals who have earned an associates degree in child development or early childhood from a partnering community college.