As a Family and Consumer Sciences minor, you'll learn to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families.
Why Minor in Family and Consumer Sciences?
With a minor in family and consumer sciences, you'll get a broad background in child development and guidance, family living and parenting education, consumer education, housing and interior design, food and nutrition, textiles and apparel design and merchandising, individual and family health, and leadership.
Why Study Family and Consumer Sciences at CSUN?
Experiential Learning
The department offers experiential learning opportunities through its lab and studio courses and the Child and Family Studies Center Lab School, the Consumer Resource Center and the Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics.
Leadership Skills
You'll gain leadership skills through the Student Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Kappa Omicron Nu national honor society.
Internships
The department offers on-campus internships at the Klotz Student Health Center and other great university locations. These applied internships allow students to practice in professional settings, alongside those already in the field. They’re also an excellent opportunity to find mentors and form professional connections.
What You'll Learn
The minor in family and consumer sciences is suitable for secondary and elementary teaching credentials.
You'll take such courses as:
- Creative Expression in Family and Consumer Sciences
- Introductory Food Science
- Nutrition for Life
- Issues in Housing
- Family Resource Management
- Marriage and Family Relations
Learning for All at the Child and Family Studies Center
The center is an educational setting for young children from the community, and their families. The center trains CSUN students to work effectively with young children, fostering the growth and development of the whole child.