George Fox University | Academics | Departments | Family & Consumer Sciences | F.C.S. Concentration

Family and Consumer Sciences Concentration

Family and consumer sciences are grounded in the sciences and humanities. The concentration provides a holistic education drawing from areas that impact the quality of life for families. You will study the areas of foods and nutrition, apparel design and construction, housing and interiors, as well as family studies, child development, and consumer buying.

At the core is concern for the:

• Biological
• Social
• Aesthetic
• Physical
• Economical
• And psychological needs of each family member

Today's families must be able to manage:

• Relationships
• Services
• Goods
• And resources

The family and consumer sciences major graduates with a bachelor of science degree.

Graduates find employment in the traditional areas such as:

• Home extension
• Food research
• Nutrition research
• Food service management
• Child care
• Fashion design
• Homemaking
• Retail merchandising
• Dietetics
• Equipment sales
• And journalism

They also find newer, nontraditional careers in their and other fields such as:

• Debt counseling
• Energy conservation management
• Advertising
• Equipment promotion demonstration
• And public relations.

The following courses, totaling 43 semester hours, are required for a concentration in family and consumer sciences:

FCS 120 Apparel Construction
FCS 211 Foods I
FCS 212 Foods II
FCS 220 Fashion and Society
FCS 230 Textiles Science
FCS 250 Residential Technology
FCS 280 Marriage and the Family
FCS 290 Meal Management
FCS 300 Nutrition
FCS 311 Human Development: Infancy to Adolescence
*Either* FCS 320 Fashion Merchandising *or* FCS 370 Pattern Drafting and Apparel Design
FCS 330 Residential Architecture
FCS 350 Resource Management
FCS 351 Interior Design I
FCS 360 Consumer Buying
FCS 490 Senior Seminar