Family & Consumer Sciences Degrees & Programs

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences provides professional programs in nutrition, human development and family studies, family and consumer sciences education, and general family and consumer sciences.  The department also provides a Christian perspective to all aspects of family and consumer sciences and utilizes knowledge and skills to strengthen family life in the home and society.

Degrees & Programs

Dietetics (B.S.)— This program is designed for students who possess a strong interest in the sociological, psychological, physiological, and economic aspects of food and nutrition, with emphasis on health promotion/disease prevention. It is required that students have a minimum GPA of 2.5 in order to apply to the Didactic Program in Dietetics.

Dietetic Internship Program - (Certificate)— Oakwood University provides experience at various hospitals, food service institutions, and long-term care, public health and wellness facilities across the North Alabama area and Tennessee Valley.

Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.)— This program provides the students with holistic concepts of family and consumer sciences. Courses in apparel and design, human development, family economics, home management, nutrition, and parent education are included in the curriculum. Students are prepared for graduate study, cooperative extension work, and business careers.

Family and Consumer Sciences Education (B.S.)— This program qualifies a person to teach secondary school Family and Consumer Sciences. After graduation, students may apply for the Alabama Class B Certificate: Family and Consumer Sciences, grades 7-12; and the SDA Basic Teaching Certificate: Family and Consumer Sciences, grades 7-12.

Human Development and Family Studies (B.S.)— This program focuses on the family and relationships throughout the life cycle in a setting of multicultural forces. This curriculum prepares students for careers in child development, family life, government, social services agencies, and businesses which specialize in goods and services for the family. Majors who desire to teach in the primary grades but have not completed a traditional teacher education program may obtain teacher certification in early childhood education or early childhood education for the handicapped by entering the Alabama nontraditional fifth-year program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville or Alabama A & M University.

Minors:

Child Development—

Food and Nutrition—

Family and Consumer Sciences—