BS in Education with a major in Family and Consumer Sciences

Program Overview

The degree of Bachelor of Science in Education, with a major in family and consumer sciences, requires successful completion of (1) the UCA Core: complete 38 hours to meet lower-division UCA Core requirements and complete upper-division UCA Core requirements using major, minor, or elective courses (2) degree requirements; (3) family and consumer sciences requirements; and (4) supporting professional education requirements, including the minor in Teaching and Learning.

Nutrition or Family and Consumer Sciences Core courses are used to satisfy the lower-division UCA Core requirement in Responsible Living and the upper-division UCA Core requirements in Critical Inquiry, Communication, Diversity and Responsible Living. Students with a Family and Consumer Sciences Education degree will take FACS 4T90 Internship II as the required UCA Core Capstone.

Mathematics Pathway: First-time, first-year students majoring in the BSE Family & Consumer Sciences enter the Quantitative Literacy Mathematics Pathway and must enroll in MATH 1360 during their first year of study, unless they have been awarded credit that completes their 1000-level math requirements.

Program Outline

Family and Consumer Sciences

Major requirements:

• NUTR 1300 Foundations of Nutrition
• NUTR 2311 Meal Management
• NUTR 3310 Food Science
• FACS 1370 Interior and Apparel Construction I
• FACS 2341 Lifespan Development
• FACS 2351 Family Relations
• FACS 3302 Housing and Interior Design for Family and Consumer Sciences
• FACS 3311 Resource Management [UD UCA Core: C]
• FACS 3318 Parenting Issues
• FACS 3356 Methods in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• FACS 3360 Consumer Problems in Clothing
• FACS 3361 Interior and Apparel Construction II
• FACS 3372 Personal and Family Finances [UD UCA Core: I, R]
• FACS 4317 Advanced Personal and Family Finance

Professional Education course work:

Professional Education coursework includes the minor in Teaching and Learning, the content methods course, and the intense internship experience. For information about teacher education Admission, Exit, and Retention Requirements,

Minor in Teaching and Learning:

• EDUC 1300 Education as a Profession
• EDUC 3322 Diverse Learners in Inclusive Settings
• EDUC 4210 Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning
• MSIT 3310 Development and Learning [UD UCA Core: D, R]
• MSIT 4305 Classroom Management
• MSIT 4321 Classroom Assessment [UD UCA Core: I]
• MSIT 4325 Disciplinary Literacy [UD UCA Core: C]

Content methods course:

• FACS 4355 Curriculum Development in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

Intense internship experience:

• FACS 4450 Internship I (Practicum)
• FACS 4T90 Internship II (Directed Teaching) [UD UCA Core: Z]

Minor in Family and Consumer Sciences (18 hours)

Eighteen hours of family and consumer sciences, nutrition or interior design courses, 3 hours of which must be upper-division, may be selected from various areas of family and consumer sciences and approved by the department chair. The minor is offered for students who desire family and consumer sciences for cultural and personal value or for supporting work for a related major.

Abbreviation Key – UCA Core Program

LD = Lower Division

UD = Upper Division

C = Effective Communication

D = Diversity

I = Critical Inquiry

R = Responsible Living

Z = Capstone Experience