2007-2008 Academic Catalog

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• Foods and Nutrition Minor

Family and Consumer Sciences Major (BS)

Major Requirements

Students may choose among three concentrations in family and consumer sciences. Descriptions and course requirements follow.

Concentrations

Family and Consumer Sciences Concentration (44 hours)

Family and consumer sciences are grounded in the sciences and humanities. At the core is an educational discipline designed to empower students to become professionals. Through education, research, cooperative programs, and public information, graduates work to improve the quality and standard of individuals and family life in an ever-changing world.

The family and consumer sciences major graduates with a bachelor of science degree. Graduates find employment in the traditional areas: cooperative extension, food research, nutrition research, food service management, child care, fashion design, textile design, residential and commercial design, kitchen and bath design, retail merchandising, dietetics, equipment sales, and journalism. They also find current, nontraditional careers in these and other fields: debt counseling, energy conservation management, event planning, advertising, equipment promotion, and public relations.

FCSC 120 Apparel Construction (3)
FCSC 211 Foods I (3)
FCSC 212 Foods II (3)
FCSC 220 Fashion and Society (2)
FCSC 230 Textiles Science (3)
FCSC 280 Marriage and the Family (3)
FCSC 290 Meal Management (2)
FCSC 300 Nutrition (3)
FCSC 311 Child Development (3)
FCSC 330 Residential Architecture (2)
FCSC 350 Resource Management (2)
FCSC 351 Interior Design I (3)
FCSC 354 Kitchen and Bath Planning (3)
FCSC 360 Consumer Buying (3)
FCSC 490 Senior Seminar (3)

Students must choose one of the following courses:
FCSC 320 Fashion Merchandising (3)
FCSC 370 Pattern Drafting and Apparel Design (3)

Fashion Merchandising/Interior Design Concentration (44-45 hours)

The fields of fashion merchandising and interior design share a common base of knowledge grounded in the academic fields of family and consumer sciences and business. A background in apparel construction and design, merchandising of fashion, and market analysis prepares students for careers in fashion merchandising.

Residential architecture, kitchen and bath planning, and a variety of interior design classes prepare students for positions as interior designers. Career opportunities include visual merchandising, buying, entrepreneurship, apparel design, textile design, fashion analysis, interior design, housing and home planning, kitchen and bath design, equipment specialist, energy conservation management in the home, home furnishings, and business management and administration. A field experience (internship) in the Portland metropolitan area helps to provide valuable workplace experience for students before graduation.

BUSN 110 Introduction to Business (3)
FCSC 120 Apparel Construction (3)
FCSC 220 Fashion and Society (2)
FCSC 230 Textiles Science (3)
FCSC 320 Fashion Merchandising (3)
FCSC 330 Residential Architecture (2)
FCSC 350 Resource Management (2)
FCSC 351 Interior Design I (3)
FCSC 354 Kitchen and Bath Planning (3)
FCSC 360 Consumer Buying (3)
FCSC 370 Pattern Drafting and Apparel Design (3)
FCSC 475 Field Experience (3)
FCSC 490 Senior Seminar (3)

Students must choose one of the following courses:
BUSN 300 Management (3)
BUSN 340 Marketing (3)

Students must choose 2 of the following courses:
FCSC 352 Interior Design II (2)
FCSC 353 Interior CAD (3)
FCSC 378 Apparel CAD (3)
FCSC 460 Apparel Market Analysis (3)

Foods and Nutrition in Business Concentration (43 hours)

Foods and nutrition in business is a multidisciplinary concentration incorporating academic cores in consumer-oriented food science education, human nutrition, and business. Course work in food composition and preparation, analysis of consumer trends, and recognition of global food issues prepares students as food professionals, while course work in human nutrition and contemporary nutrition issues equips the student with the experience necessary to work in areas of consumer nutrition education. Business courses prepare students for careers in industries requiring the skills of food specialists, including new product development, test kitchens, recipe development, and food product sales and marketing, catering, event planning, and food service management.

Special General Education Requirements

CHEM 151 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I (4)
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)

Concentration Requirements

ACCT 271 Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
BUSN 110 Introduction to Business (3)
BUSN 300 Management (3)
BUSN 340 Marketing (3)
FCSC 211 Foods I (3)
FCSC 212 Foods II (3)
FCSC 290 Meal Management (2)
FCSC 300 Nutrition (3)
FCSC 310 Food, Culture, and Society (3)
FCSC 344 Quantity Food Production and Management (3)
FCSC 350 Resource Management (2)
FCSC 360 Consumer Buying (3)
FCSC 430 Nutrition and the Life Cycle (3)
FCSC 475 Field Experience (3)
FCSC 490 Senior Seminar (3)

Cooperative 3-1 Degree Program Concentration with the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

George Fox University offers a cooperative degree program with the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles, California. This cooperative program allows students to attend George Fox University for three years during which the student completes all general education classes, elective classes, and a minimum of 14 specified hours in the fashion merchandising/interior design concentration.

Students electing to pursue this option apply in their junior year and attend FIDM their senior year to complete a specialized major. The broad spectrum of related courses at FIDM is more varied in content and specific in focus, which allows for the following specializations: interior design, merchandise marketing, and fashion design.

Graduates receive a bachelor of science degree in family and consumer sciences with a concentration in interior design, merchandise marketing, or fashion design from George Fox University and an associate of arts degree from FIDM.

Application to FIDM is solely the student's responsibility and is independent of acceptance to or enrollment at George Fox University. Students considering this option should seek advisement early in their academic careers in order to meet the requirements of both FIDM and GFU. Financial assistance is not available from George Fox University to students enrolling in FIDM. Grants and scholarships funded by George Fox University are not transferable to FIDM. Contact FIDM directly for information regarding admission requirements, tuition rates, and financial aid.