Family Consumer Science Core (3 credits)
- FCS 101 – Introduction to Family Consumer Science (3)
Family Life and Child Development Core Courses (29-30 credits)
- FCS 100 – Personal and Family living (3)
- FCS 270 – Family Housing (2)
- FCS 275 – Consumers in the Economy (3)
- FCS 301 – Life-span Development (3)
- FCS 311 – Family Life and Sex Education (3)
- FCS 400 – Culturally Diverse Family Systems (3)
- FCS 401 – Family Life Development (3)
- FCS 475 – Family Policy (2)
- FCS 482 – Teaching Family Life/Parent Education (2)
- FCS 488 – Parenting Education (3)
- FCS 496 – Selected Topics (2-3)
Family Life and Child Development Options (choose 13-16 credits):
- FCS 230 – Child Care Psychology (3)
- FCS 303 – Working with Families (2)
- FCS 408 – Family Life Dynamics (3)
- FCS 416 – Pre-School Child (2)
- FCS 446 – Life-span Nutrition (3)
- FCS 474 – Resource Management for Families and Special Needs People (4)
- FCS 478 – Family Finance (2)
- FCS 483 – Adult Education in FCS (2)
- FCS 496 – Selected Topics (2-3)
Internship (0-6 credits)
- FCS 497 – Internship (1-6)
- FCS 495 – Internship (3-4)
Support Courses (6-9 Credits)
Students may select up to 9 credits of support courses from the FCS Department or other departments. Courses listed in the next paragraph are frequent choices and may be selected without advisor approval. Students may also take any courses not selected in the FLCD Options category in the support courses category without advisor approval. Other courses may be selected with advisor approval and a substitution/waver form will need to be filed with the Registrar's office. PSYC 201 Statistics for Psychology and CSP 471 Interpersonal Helping Skills are highly recommended.
- PSYC 201 – Statistics for Psychology (3)
- CSP 471 – Interpersonal Helping Skills (3)
- BIOL 102 – Biology of Women (3)
- CORR 255 – Juvenile Delinquency (3)
- ENG 325 – Children's Literature (3)
- ENG 463 – Adolescent Literature (3)
- PSYC 340 – Social Psychology (4)
- PSYC 436 – Adolescent Psychology (4)
- PSYC 420 – Drugs and Behavior (4)
- SOC 409 – Family Violence (3)
- SOC 410 – Black American Families (3)
- REHB 110 – Sensitivity to Disability (3)
Required Minor: None
The FLCD degree is a broad major and does not require a minor. Students are encouraged to consider additional coursework within FCS or one or more appropriate minors from other disciplines to enhance employability as well as personal and professional growth.
