BS in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
(74 hours*, including licensure hours)
The Discipline
Academic preparation in this interdisciplinary education program includes study in the areas of early childhood development, marriage and family relationships, parenting education, housing and interiors, clothing and textiles, and nutrition and wellness.
With the development of a knowledge base in these critical areas, graduates will be prepared to provide valuable content to secondary education students as they confront life's challenges. These students can become a resource to their own families empowering them to become healthy community contributors.
This program interfaces with the McKay School of Education and includes professional education courses.
Careers
The family and consumer sciences education program prepares students to be licensed by the State of Utah for teaching in the secondary schools. This teaching license can be transferred to other states upon meeting individual state requirements. Students may also find employment in business and Cooperative Extension.
Program Requirements |
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- At least 15 hours of major credit must be taken in residency at BYU.
- Complete the following interpersonal relationships courses:
SFL 100 : Strengthening Marriage and Family: Proclamation Principles and Scholarship.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Understanding, applying, and sharing principles of successful marriage and family life from the LDS proclamation on the family, using sacred and scholarly perspectives. |
SFL 105 : Home and Family Living.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Creating home as a sacred center for individual, marital, and family development; how temporal activities in the home have spiritual importance. |
- Complete the following human development courses:
SFL 210 : Human Development.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp or Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Growth and development of the child from conception through adolescence; influences of family, peers, and schools. |
| NOTE: | Independent Study also. |
SFL 221 : Foundations of Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Programs for Young Children.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL 210. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Historical, philosophical, organizational, and curricular issues related to developmentally appropriate practices in programs for young children. |
| NOTE: | Due to enrollment constraints, SFL (MFHD) 221 may not be retaken to improve a grade unless approved by the Child and Family Studies Laboratory Steering Committee. |
SFL 222 : Practicum in Developmentally Appropriate Practices.
(2:0:12)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (MFHD) 210, 221; 240 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Initial practicum with young children to increase understanding of socialization and learning processes, to create meaningful learning opportunities, and to implement developmentally appropriate practices. |
| NOTE: | Due to enrollment constraints, SFL (MFHD) 222 may not be retaken to improve a grade unless approved by the Child and Family Studies Laboratory Steering Committee. |
- Complete the following financial literacy course:
- Complete the following textiles and apparel courses:
SFL 180 : Clothing the Family.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | On demand. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Comprehensive approach to consumer economics of clothing selection and care for individuals across the family life cycle and across cultures. Adapting clothing to meet diverse individual (physical and psychological) needs in the market-oriented economy. |
SFL 282 : Textiles.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Natural and synthetic textile fibers, yarns, fabric construction, dyes, and finishes. Care and performance of textile fabrics for clothing and household use. |
SFL 287 : Intermediate Clothing Construction.
(3:3:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (HFL) 185R or equivalent sewing skills. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Assessing and executing various construction methods, including construction of several full-scale garments. |
| NOTE: | Student-supplied materials required. Fee. |
- Complete the following living environments courses:
- Complete the following foods and nutrition courses:
NDFS 100 : Essentials of Human Nutrition.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Food-oriented study of nutritional facts and principles as a basis for dietary choices; consequences of choices; scientifically examining controversial topics. |
NDFS 250 : Essentials of Food Science.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Organic chemistry or concurrent enrollment; and concurrent enrollment in NDFS 251. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of food science, including chemical, physical and microbiological principles related to food processing, storage, and utilization. Current issues in food science. |
NDFS 251 : Essentials of Food Science Laboratory.
(1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in NDFS 250. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Laboratory experience in the chemistry of changes occurring during food processing, storage, and utilization. |
SFL 340 : Family Meal Management.
(3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | HFL 110 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Organizing and managing time, energy, finance, and nutrition in planning, preparing, and serving family meals; ethnic and cultural diversity in etiquette and meal planning. Lab required. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
- Complete at least one course from one of the following focus areas (SFL 290 or Stat 221 may be a prerequisite for some):
- Clothing:
SFL 380 : History of Apparel.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Costume, clothing, and textiles as mediums for understanding the stages and states of individuals, families, and societies; apparel diversity and cultural identity. |
SFL 387 : Advanced Clothing Studies: Patternmaking.
(3:3:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (HFL) 387 or equivalent sewing skills. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Flat pattern design, basic drafting, and basic draping for women's apparel. |
| NOTE: | Student-supplied materials required. |
SFL 487 : Advanced Clothing Studies: Construction.
(3:3:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (HFL) 287 or equivalent sewing skills. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Three-dimensional fitting of apparel and advanced garment construction. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
- Family Dynamics:
SFL 160 : Introduction to Family Processes.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also; Independent Study also. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ways of strengthening family life by understanding such family processes as generations, emotions, communication, and rituals. |
SFL 335 : Family Adaptation and Resiliency.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp or Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (MFHD) 160, 210, 290, Stat 221; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Understanding family resiliency and building family strengths in normative transitions (birth, death, job) and nonnormative transitions (divorce, disability, remarriage, poverty, violence). Developing familial, social, religious, and instrumental resources to adapt positively to these transitions. |
SFL 371 : Work and Relationships in the Home.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | MFHD 160. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Theoretical and practical implications of interplay between household work, family relationships, and human resource development. |
SFL 480 : Moral Foundations of Family Life.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (MFHD) 160, 210, 290, Stat 221; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | How the moral domain is central to human experience; implications for family life of theories and practices that acknowledge agency and the ethical. |
- Human Development:
HLTH 436 : Sexuality Education in the Curriculum.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Preparing prospective teachers to teach sexuality education related to health curricula. Maturation, family health issues, parenthood, interpersonal skills, and related pedagogy issues. |
SFL 334 : Adult Development and Aging in the Family.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp or Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL (MFHD) 160 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Adjustments to physical, emotional, social, and economic changes. Needs arising from changes in family relationships, living arrangements, and employment; retirement planning. |
- Financial Literacy:
SFL 361 : Money in the Family.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | HFL 260, 360. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Money attitudes and financial behaviors in the family - distinguishing between living high and living well. Mentored learning course. |
SFL 472 : Temporal Welfare in Families.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | On demand. |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL 160 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Assumptions, philosophy, and theory accounting for resource allocation, use, and meaning in families. |
- Living Environments:
SFL 230 : Housing the Family.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Social-psychological, economic, and political aspects of housing families; making selections that will enhance the quality of housing, increase productivity, and protect the health, safety, and well-being of the family across the life cycle. |
SFL 328 : History of Interior Design and Architecture 1.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | History of interior design, architecture, and furnishings from ancient Egypt to beaux arts movement. French, English, and American design. |
- Foods and Nutrition:
NDFS 201 : Nutrition and Prevention of Chronic Disease.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 100. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Role of dietary choices in preventing or ameliorating chronic diseases. Examples of dietary interventions. |
SFL 215 : Advanced Food Preparation.
(3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | On demand. |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL 110. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lecture, readings, and intense practicum in food preparation, food preservation and storage, presentation, consumerism, equipment usage, and social/familial aspects of food. Lab required. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
- Complete the Professional Education Component:
- Complete the following:
CPSE 402 : Educating Students with Disabilities in Secondary Classrooms.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 350 or concurrent enrollment; Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Issues, policies, and methods in teaching secondary students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Lab. |
IP&T 286 : Instructional Technology in Teaching.
(1:1:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Using instructional design, visual design, and differentiated staffing principles along with multimedia authoring systems, telecommunication, and other computer-based tools in the development of educational applications for secondary education settings. |
SC ED 276R : Exploration of Teaching.
(3-4:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major-area preadmission requirements. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Field-based initial teaching experience directed at helping prospective teachers experience demands and opportunities associated with teaching secondary students. |
| : Exploration of Teaching - Theatre and Media Arts. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: English. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Foreign Language. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Music. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Social Science. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Art. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Biological Sciences. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Dance. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Exercise Sciences. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Family and Consumer Sciences. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Health. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Mathematics. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Physical Science. | |
| : Exploration of Teaching: Technology Teacher Education. | |
SC ED 350 : Adolescent Development in an Education Context.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Adolescent development and its implications for integrated school culture, curriculum design, instructional practices, and assessment. |
SC ED 353 : Multicultural Education.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 350 or concurrent enrollment; Sc Ed 276R or comparable major course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Designing and adapting instruction for diverse learners, collaborating with families, cultures, and communities in promoting and sustaining learning. |
SC ED 378 : Practicum in Secondary Education.
(1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in Sc Ed 377R or comparable major course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Implementing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
SFL 377 : Teaching Methods and Instruction in Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
(3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R; fingerprinting and FBI clearance; concurrent enrollment in Sc Ed 378. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
Note: Fingerprinting and FBI clearance must be completed before registration in SFL 377.
- Complete 12 hours from the following:
- Complete the Praxis II test.
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.