You are in the official 2007-2008 General Catalog for California State University, Fresno.
Department of Child, Family,
and Consumer Sciences
The College of
Agricultural Sciences and Technology
WILLIAM R. FASSE, Chair
BELINDA ROSSETTE, Administrative Support Coordinator
Family and Food Sciences Building, Room 204
559.278.2283
http://cast.csufresno.edu/cfcs/
B.A. in Family and Consumer Sciences
Emphases:
Family Sciences
Clothing and Textiles
Consumer Science
Fashion Merchandising
General Family and Consumer Science
Home Economics Teacher Education
B.S. in Child Development
Child Development Pre-Credential
Option
Child Development Practioner Option
M.S. in Family and Consumer
Sciences*
*Admissions to the M.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences are currently
suspended
while the program is being restructured.
Minor in Family and Consumer
Sciences
Fashion Merchandising Certificate of Special Study
Faculty
William R. Fasse, Chair
Richard D. Berrett
Nina J. Dilbeck
Carolyn B. Jackson
Marianne Jones
Alma Major
Gary A. Malone
Kathleen Ramos
Kathie Reid
Sean Seepersad
CFCS faculty members are highly qualified professionals with advanced
degrees from universities across the nation. They bring practical insights
and experience to the classroom, resulting from a wide variety of professional
activities, research, publications, community service, and consulting.
The Department
The Department of Child, Family, and Consumer Sciences is dedicated to improving the quality of life through education, research, and service in the areas of child, family, and consumer sciences. The department offers two degree programs: (1) a Bachelor of Arts in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) encompassing six areas of emphasis: fashion merchandising, clothing and textiles, family sciences, consumer science, general family and consumer sciences, and home economics teacher education, and (2) a Bachelor of Science in Child Development that includes child development, the child development practitioner option, and the pre-credential option.
All FCS majors must consult with a departmental academic adviser in selecting appropriate courses for their emphasis areas. Child development majors must consult with an academic adviser in selecting their major electives.
The department is housed in the Family and Food Sciences Building. Two well-equipped laboratory rooms, as well as several showcases, facilitate learning for students in the fashion merchandising and clothing and textiles areas. Child care laboratory facilities serving infants, toddlers, and preschool children are maintained for instructional purposes. Students study child behavior and development under the supervision of faculty and laboratory teaching staff.
Career Opportunities
in Family and Consumer Science Emphasis Areas
Family Sciences. Courses correspond with suggested content areas
outlined by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Areas include
the following: internal dynamics of families, interpersonal relationships,
human growth and development, families in society, parent education and
guidance, family resource management, family law and public policy and family
life education. Graduates pursue opportunities in parent education, family
life education, teen adolescent counseling, military family support, child
and family service agencies.
Clothing and Textiles. Courses prepare students for careers such
as textiles technician, product and research evaluator, product promoter,
industry or trade association representative, museum costume curator, textile
conservator, space program consultant, and cooperative extension agent.
Consumer Science. Courses focus on the family as a social and economic
unit and prepare students for careers as consumer affairs professionals
with banks and finance companies, home service advisers, consumer representatives
in business and consumer relations specialists. Other opportunities include
work in product testing and research, debt counseling, government agencies,
cooperative extension service agents or specialists, 4-H youth agents, communications,
and equipment consultant services.
Fashion Merchandising. Courses focus on the many facets of the apparel
industry, display techniques, social and psychological aspects of clothing,
clothing construction, and fashion analysis, as well as practical application
through working in the industry. Computer-aided design is utilized in teaching
merchandising and design principles. Career opportunities are found in retail,
wholesale, and private apparel industries.
General Family and Consumer Sciences. Courses prepare students for
such careers as Cooperative Extension Service agents or specialists, and
4-H youth agents.
Home Economics Teacher Education. Courses under the credential program
focus on the preparation of teachers, who will teach in public schools and
professionals who will serve as consultants in business and government.
Child, Family, and Consumer Science Courses