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Oct 18, 2024
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.)
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Concentrations in Dietetics and Family and Child Studies.
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Major Requirements
- BIOL - 3
(Dietetics must take BIOL 101)
- 300+ Management Elective- 3
(Dietetics must take MGMT 310)
- Physical Science Elective1 - 3-4
(Dietetics must take CHEM 102)
- Science Elective1 - 3-4
(Dietetics must take CHEM 101)
- Courses Required for Concentrations - 83-92
Total Hours for FACS Degree: 123
with Dietetics Concentration: 127
with Family and Child Studies Concentration: 123
Dietetics Concentration
Total Hours: 87
Concentration in Dietetics. The Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
- Students must have a grade of “C” or higher in all prerequisite courses.
- Successful completion of this program requires the completion of NUFS 459, Dietetic Field Experience, which is the capstone course for the program. In order to enroll in this course, students must:
- Have a grade point average of 2.8 or higher.
- Have no grade below “C” in any DPD courses (courses used to meet accreditation standards) or NUFS courses.
- Have repeated no more than two courses in which a grade of “D” or “F” was earned. Students must make a satisfactory score on a competency exam at the completion of this capstone course.
Family and Child Studies Concentration
Total Hours: 83
Concentration in Family and Child Studies is designed for students who wish to become Family Practitioners serving families and children within State or non-profit community agencies as well as within the private sector. Graduates are prepared to work in diverse settings where families and children need services improve their quality of life through prevention, education, intervention, and mediation programs. Graduates will work with individuals and families: children, youth, adults, the elderly and the disabled in programs such as parenting education, child care, youth guidance, relationship and marriage enhancement, elder care, and disabled services. Graduates can move into leadership positions of agency administration, program development, family policy formulation, family advocacy and general promotion of family life and family support in their communities, region, and nation.
- Approved Electives - 18
(other than NUFS)
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