The Family and Consumer Sciences Education (FCSE) program trains students to become family and consumer sciences (FCS) educators in both school-based and community-based settings.

The program prepares students to enter a high-demand profession throughout the U.S. FCSE graduates are qualified to teach many subjects, including apparel and textile construction, nutrition and foods, interior design, child and human development, financial literacy, and more.

Students in the school-based program are qualified to teach in secondary settings and can advance to higher education with continued graduate degrees.

School-Based Family & Consumer Sciences Education Emphasis: The school-based FCSE emphasis prepares students to meet state teacher certification requirements to teach FCS content in public, charter, and private schools. Students can become school-based FCS teachers and FCCLA advisors in middle, junior, and high schools. School-based FCS teachers educate students on a wide variety of subjects, including financial literacy, human relationships, child development, apparel and textile construction, interior design, nutrition and foods, FCCLA leadership, analytical thinking, and problem-solving. Students have the unique opportunity to work with mentor teachers starting their sophomore year to receive instruction and build professional relationships before entering the classroom as student teachers. Upon completing student teaching, students are eligible to apply for and obtain a secondary teaching license in Utah.

For more information about Family and Consumer Sciences Education, see the website.
Admitted and current students must meet with an advisor, Caisa Shoop, at c aisa.shoop@usu.edu or 435-797-2282.
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Family and Consumer Sciences Education - School-Based Emphasis - BS

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