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Departments, Schools, CollegesJohn and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCSC/FSHD/RCSC)Contact Information:
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Degrees, Majors, Minors, and Options: Baccalaureate Degree The School: The John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences is in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The School provides instructional, research, extension and outreach programs that enable families, individual family members and consumers to achieve an optimum quality of life throughout the lifespan. Instructional programs prepare professionals for careers serving families and consumers in a culturally diverse and rapidly changing society. The undergraduate program has as its major objectives: 1) specialization in various aspects of Family and Consumer Sciences, in preparation for professional positions, and 2) courses to enrich the professional preparation of students in other colleges. The school is organized into two divisions, 1) Retailing and Consumer Sciences and 2) Family Studies and Human Development. Division of Retailing and Consumer Sciences: The Bachelor of Science with a major in retailing and consumer sciences (RCSC) focuses on business theory and practices of providing consumer products and services through retail channels with an emphasis on meeting consumer interests and needs. Students in the retailing and consumer sciences major study the whole spectrum of the industry including retailing of fashion soft goods, food, general merchandise, and services. The program also examines traditional store retailing as well as non-store retailing, such as catalogs and e-commerce. Three supplemental, specialized certificate programs are available, in food retailing, international retailing and visual merchandising. Course work for the major, concentrated in the upper-division portion of the degree program, focuses on the effective and efficient delivery of products and services to consumers through four core components of the program; products and services environment, business environment, visual and aesthetic environment, and consumer and global environment. It is important for students to note that they are required to meet the advanced upper-division standing requirement (a cumulative grade-point average of 2.6 or above) in retailing and consumer sciences to establish eligibility for the upper-division level courses in the major. Any course work that might be applicable to the upper-division professional core or major requirements taken while enrolled in other colleges or at other universities is subject to acceptance by the John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences for degree certification purposes. Certificate Programs: Under the Southwest Retail Center, three certificate programs can be completed in conjunction with, or in addition to, one's major field of study. The certificate program in international retailing is designed to expose students to topics affecting international retail businesses and to provide a broad understanding of multicultural businesses and social issues affecting retailers in selected regions of the world. Students can choose a specialization in one of the following world regions: Latin America and Mexico, Europe, or the Pacific Rim. The program is designed for retailing and consumer sciences majors and non-majors. Students must have completed a foreign language prerequisite consisting of a minimum of 8 to 10 semester hours in a foreign language appropriate for one of the three major world regions identified above. The food retailing certificate program is designed to provide students an opportunity to explore a career in the food retailing industry. This program is highly recommended for, but not limited to, students in retailing and consumer sciences, agricultural and resource economics, nutritional sciences and marketing. Students are encouraged to apply for the program at the beginning of the second semester of their sophomore year. The visual merchandising and display certificate program will provide retailing and consumer sciences majors with the opportunity to complement their program of study in retailing with a concentration of creative design courses in art, theater arts and retailing and consumer sciences. This program will prepare students in the optimum presentation of merchandise. It will be of value and benefit to those graduates who have responsibility to sell merchandise or who are concerned about the concept to be sold or the image to be projected. For additional information about the certificate programs, and for specific requirements, consult the Division of Retailing and Consumer Sciences at the office listed above or by calling (520) 621-1295. Division of Family Studies and Human Development: The major in family studies and human development focuses on generation and dissemination of basic and applied knowledge concerned with human development and family relations throughout the life span. The major in family and consumer sciences education leads to certification for teaching life management in public schools; concentrations in secondary education and family life education are available. Candidates for admission to undergraduate programs in family and consumer sciences education must present evidence of having completed 56 units of work applicable to the Bachelor of Science degree. Family and consumer sciences education majors will not be allowed to register for 300- or 400-level family and consumer sciences education or College of Education courses until successful completion of the writing proficiency exam. For additional information about the Division of Family Studies and Human Development contact the office listed above or call (520) 621-7127. For more information contact the school office listed above. |
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