Family and Consumer Sciences

About Family and Consumer Sciences

Our Mission

To provide excellent teaching, service, and scholarship in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences to prepare professionals and leaders who improve the quality of individual, family, and community life.

Accreditation

Eastern Kentucky University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate, master, and specialist in education degrees.

This Department is accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

Individual accreditations within the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences include:

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Burrier Child Development Center

American Dietetics Association (ADA)

General Dietetics Baccalaureate Degree Program

Community Nutrition Master's Degree Program

In addition, the National Board for Certified Counselors has recognized NFA 709 Nutrition and Aging, as an approved course for the National Certified Gerontological Counselor (NCGC) specialty certification.

Special Requirements

Students are required to observe and/or interact with children in a number of couses offered by the Department. Therefore, students enrolled in CDF 235, 236, 246, 299, 327, 343, 344, 346, 351, 443, 450, 499, 541 and 544 must have a criminal record check and child abuse and neglect (CAN) check performed. Students with a criminal or CAN record may be required to drop the course and select another major.

Facilities

Burrier Child Development Center

The Burrier Child Development Center is an accredited (NAEYC) early childhood program enrolling three-year-old children in morning and afternoon half-day programs. The Center provides a program that supports development of the whole child and individual capabilities within diverse family backgrounds. It also offers university students supervised experiences in working with young children and their families.

Nutrition and Dietetics Laboratories

These laboratories are equipped to support undergraduate and graduate courses such as experimental foods, quantity food production, community nutrition, and foodservice organization and management.

Apparel Design and Merchandising Studios and Laboratories

Fully equipped facilities include a testing laboratory with environmentally controlled conditions, a textile science laboratory with classroom, a studio with drafting tables and computers, as well as a design studio with clothing construction equipment. Software programs include ModaCAD, PAD Patternmaking and Patternmaker.

Computer Laboratory

This thirty-nine station lab features up-to-date fully networked computers with current software for each program. There is also a smart board with instructor station to facilitate course presentations. When not in use for class instruction, the lab is open for students to work on projects and conduct internet and library searches.

For further information on degree programs, contact Kathy

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