All Results
Family Consumer ScienceCredits
This course will provide students with knowledge of appropriate health, safety, and nutrition practices implemented in developmentally appropriate educational programs for children ages birth through eight years. Emphasis includes childhood acute and chronic illness, social, emotional and environmental health, health appraisals, health practices, safety promotion and first aid.
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- Education and Training
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Physical, psychological, social, and managerial aspects of housing. Reciprocal relationship between housing and people. Guidelines and basic principles in planning for individual and family needs.
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- Education and Training
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Economic decision making related to achieving maximum satisfaction from resources spent in the marketplace on housing, food, clothing, transportation, and other dimensions of the family. Basic information about the functions and responsibilities of the consumer, laws and agencies affecting consumer well-being and sources of help.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple
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- Education and Training
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This class will explore the complex modern food system from a systems lens, including the development, establishment, and execution of policies regarding the production and availability of food and food/nutrition practices as well as the environmental impact of those practices. Policies that are explicit (set by law) and implicit (not the result of legislation) and the programs that derive from them will be explored. Agricultural systems and policies at the personal, local, national and global level will be considered.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Goal Area 10 - People and the Environment
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- Education and Training
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Nature and scope of family and consumer sciences (FCS) education for grades 5-12. Principles and application of traditional, career/technical and critical science FCS education perspectives studied. Presentation of varied FCS teaching methods and techniques.
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- Education and Training
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Study of the family from a historical perspective; in terms of the family system and the broader ecological system; in terms of stresses faced and coping responses. This course will address issues at each of four life stages: infancy and early childhood; the school years; transition from school to adult life; and the adult years.
Study of the role of the family in the development of the young child. Provide teachers and care providers with knowledge and understanding of family systems and appropriate interactions with families. Students will participate in a service learning activity.
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- Education and Training
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Introduction to principles and hands on application of construction techniques for clothing and home furnishings. Emphasis on terminology, equipment, application and practice of sewing skills. Emphasis on consumer aspect of textiles and applications. Student projects will be aligned with sewing skills and experience.
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- Education and Training
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This class will explore why, how, and when physical and chemical phenomena occur during the preparation of food. Includes discussion and laboratory experience demonstrating how preparation methods affect food quality, composition, and nutritive value. Includes National Restaurant Association ServSafe Certification.
- Prerequisites:
- FCS 150
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- Education and Training
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This course is an in-depth examination and discussion of the many complex dynamics that make up romantic relationships. A diverse set of relationship topics are covered, including attachment, intimacy building and conflict diffusing strategies. Open discussion, critical thought, and application are encouraged via classroom and online opportunities.
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- Education and Training
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This class will explore the foundational principles of foodservice management, including the specific management principles, the procurement of food, leadership, human resource management, cost accounting, marketing and accountability.
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- Education and Training
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This class is a laboratory and experiential learning course. The class will explore the foundational principles of foodservice management including menu planning, inventory control, food production, recipe standardization and costing. Students will plan, market, implement, deliver and assess a quantity meal during the semester.
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- Education and Training
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This class is an in-depth study and practice of nutrition assessment techniques through experiential learning. The class will cover concepts and skills related to nutrition focused patient assessment, including the nutrition care process, nutrition screening, dietary histories, anthropometric measurements and laboratory interpretations in various age groups and conditions.
- Prerequisites:
- FCS 242
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- Education and Training
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An analysis of culturally diverse family systems in America; emphasis on relationships within the family and with the larger community across the family life cycle.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple
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- Education and Training
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The course is a study of development through the family life cycle. Emphasis on developmental interaction and systems theory.
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- Education and Training
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An examination of the important role that play has in the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social development of the child from birth to adolescence.
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- Education and Training
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Examination of how adolescents' development are affected by their relationship with their parents and with their peers.
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- Education and Training
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Students are provided information of past and present policies that impact underserved families nationally and internationally. Students will identify, review, and discuss family policy using relevant and applicable theory. This course will advance student knowledge for careers in family policy as well as becoming an ethically-minded advocate and/or professional. Students will be provided a variety of opportunities to develop their knowledge and professional writing skills in the subject matter.
- Graduation Requirements:
- Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
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- Education and Training
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Provides in-depth exploration of the dietary needs of physically active individuals across the lifespan. Its laboratory component will focus on performance and interpretation of assessments commonly used to determine dietary and physiological status.
- Prerequisites:
- FCS 140 or FCS 242
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This class is an advanced course in human metabolism, emphasizing the function and interaction of nutrients in metabolic and physiological processes.
- Prerequisites:
- CHEM 111, FCS 242
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- Education and Training
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This class is the first in a series of two courses which explore the role of Medical Nutrition Therapy in the healthcare system. Utilizing a case-study and experiential learning approach, the course will cover pathophysiology and use of the Nutrition Care Process in normal and malnourished states.
- Prerequisites:
- HLTH 321, FCS 380, FCS 440
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This class is the second in a series of two courses which explore the role of Medical Nutrition Therapy in the healthcare system. Utilizing a case-study and experiential learning approach, the course will cover pathophysiology and use of the Nutrition Care Process in normal and more complex malnourished states.
- Prerequisites:
- FCS 460 or FCS 560
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This course will explore the current literature and understandings of advanced metabolism, cellular physiology and genetics, including concepts of epigenetics and nutrigenomics. The course will explore theories of personalized nutrition.
- Prerequisites:
- FCS 460 or FCS 560
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- Education and Training
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Emphasizes the analyses and assessment of the effectiveness of consumer protection efforts. Emphasis will be placed on government laws, regulations, and agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
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- Education and Training
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The system approach to analyzing family situations to make decisions and correlate resources in the resolution of family managerial problems. Emphasis on the application of managerial skills to lifestyle situations: young-families, older adults, special needs, singles, and low income.
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- Education and Training
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