Degree Requirements

Option I - Requirements for a Major in General Family and Consumer Sciences (leads to teacher certification) - B.A. or B.S.F.C.S. Degree

Seventy semester hours including the following:

• Required Courses: FCS 1104, 1231, 1301, 1311, 1315, 1391, 2310, 2351, 2355, (2301 or 2371), 2375, 2380, 3350, 3356, 3357, 3435, 4332, 4340, and 4359;
• FCS 3320, 3321, 4322, and 4623;
• A grade of "C" or better in family and consumer sciences courses used for the major and a "C" average in courses taken outside the department.

Required courses in other fields:

• Education: TED 1212, TED 1213, and TED 2240;
• ENG 1304;
• HIS 2365 (Note: See degree basic requirements for additional social science and/or history requirements.);
• Laboratory Science: CHE 1405 and eight hours of additional laboratory science (as required by degree selected);
• MTH 1304 or 1315 or 1321 (Note: Petition required for teacher certification students to count MTH 1315 for basic mathematics requirement for the degree.);
• Teacher Certification Information:
  • A grade of "C" or better in student teaching is required for the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences to recommend a student for the Standard Family and Consumer Sciences certificate;
  • Requirements for Student Teaching: (a.) A grade point average of 2.6 overall and in the Family and Consumer Sciences major; (b.) satisfactory performance on the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP). See School of Education section of this bulletin under "Tests for Admission and Certification" for acceptable scores on test and possible exceptions;
  • The Family and Consumer Sciences program is approved by the State Board of Educator Certification.

Option II - Requirements for a Major in General Family and Consumer Sciences - B.A. or B.S.F.C.S. Degree

Fifty-one semester hours including the following:

• Required Courses: FCS 1104, 1231, 1301, (1311 or 2371), 1315, 2310, 2351, 2355, 2375, 2380, 3350, 3356, and 4340;
• Fifteen semester hours of family and consumer sciences electives at the "3000" or "4000" level;
• A grade of "C" or better in family and consumer sciences courses used for the major and a "C" average in courses taken outside the department.

Required courses in other fields:

• Computer science or information systems, three semester hours;
• Laboratory Science: CHE 1405 and eight hours of additional laboratory science (as required by degree selected).

The curriculum for Option II contains courses from all areas of family and consumer sciences and thus prepares students for careers requiring a broad, general background in family and consumer sciences.

Requirements for a Minor in General Family and Consumer Sciences (Option II)

Eighteen semester hours including the following:

• FCS 1104;
• One course from each of the following groups:
  • FCS 1300, 1311, 2310;
  • FCS 1301, 2351, 2380;
  • FCS 1231, 1332;
  • FCS 3350, 3356, and 4359.
• A grade of "C" or better in family and consumer sciences courses used for the minor and a "C" average in courses taken outside the department.