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About Family & 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.

Accreditations

• FCS Department- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
  
  
• Burrier Child Development Center-National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  
  
• The General Dietetics B.S. is currently granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, 312-899-0040 ext. 5400. American Dietetics Association (ADA)
  
  
• The Community Nutrition M.S. is currently granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, 312-899-0040 ext. 5400. American Dietetics Association (ADA)
  
  
  
  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.
• The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has approved the Child & Family Studies Option for Provisional Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation.
  
  
  Special Requirements in Child & Family Studies
  CDF 235, 236, 246, 299, 327, 343, 344, 346, 351, 443, 450, 499, 541 and 544 require interaction with children. A criminal record & child abuse and neglect (CAN) check will be done. If you have a record, you may be required to drop the course and select another major.
  
  Facilities
  Burrier Child Develpment Center
  An early childhood program enrolling three-year-old children in morning and afternoon half-day programs.
  
  Nutrition and Dietetics Laboratories
  The 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, 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 all students.

 

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