The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) is one of four academic departments within the North Carolina A&T State University School of Agriculture. Average student enrollment in the FCS is 145 undergraduate and 25 graduate students. FCS offers undergraduate studies in four primary areas:

• Child Development
• Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• Fashion Merchandising and Design
• Food and Nutritional Sciences

Once students have selected an area for concentrating their academic preparation, they then select specific courses which mesh with their own interests as well as the needs of employers in businesses, industries and agencies. The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences is accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, and its dietetics program is currently granted Developmental Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of The American Dietetic Association (ADA). The Department has state licensure for Child Development (Birth Kindergarten) and Family and Consumer Sciences Education.

In the Family and Consumer Sciences Index:

• Quick Facts
• Degree Offerings
  • B.S. Family and Consumer Sciences
    Concentration options
    Family and Consumer Sciences Education
    Fashion Merchandising & Design
  • B.S. Child Development Early Education and Family Studies
    (Birth-Kindergarten Teaching Licensure)
  • B.S. Child Development and Family Studies:
    (Non-Licensure)
  • B.S. Foods and Nutritional Science
    Concentration options:
    Food and Nutrition
    Dietetics
  • M.S. Food and Nutrition
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