Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS)
FCS 2000 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 2030 (s) Workshop (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 2040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 2510 Survey of FCS Professions (1 credit)
Web-delivered survey course for students considering a career in family and consumer sciences, particularly teaching. Televised interviews with professionals in a variety of FCS careers, and an in-depth look at teaching as a career. An advising meeting with the FCS teacher educator is required to explain the requirements of the program.
FCS 2990 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 3010 Professional Skills in Dietetics I (1 credit)
Development of professional skills for CPD students including leadership skills, communication techniques, involvement in professional organizations, and promotion of foods and nutrition. Students will create a professional development portfolio. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: FN 2700 and junior standing in the Food and Nutrition Coordinated Program in Dietetics Option.
FCS 3460 Personal and Family Finance and Management (4 credits)
Principles and procedures of individual and family management and their relationship to human and economic resources; applications of management principles to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing decisions. Typically Offered: Spring.
FCS 3630 Medical Nutrition Therapy (4 credits)
Diet modification for adult and child needs in disease and convalescence. Clinical experience in Spokane hospitals. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Senior standing in CPD
FCS 3640 Clinical Dietetics I (4 credits)
Clinical experience and simulations preparing students for entry into hospital rotations in Idaho/Washington hospitals. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Senior standing in CPD
FCS 3650 Advanced Nutrition Lab (1 credit)
Lab to accompany FN 4150 for students accepted into CPD program only. One 2-hour lab per week. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: CPD major, FN 2050, BIOL 2227, BIOL 2228, and BIOL 3000
FCS 3750 Recipe Development and Culinary Exploration (3 credits)
FCS 3870 Food Systems Management (3 credits)
Institutional organization and management; supervised practice in food service. Three lectures per week. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Permission
FCS 3880 Intro Dietetics Supervised Practice II (1 credit)
CPD supervised practice experience including introductory clinical, community, and food service management activities and facility rotations. One 3-hour lab per week. Typically Offered: Spring.
Coreqs: FCS 3870
FCS 3980 (s) Internship (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 4000 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 4030 (s) Workshop (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 4040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 4050 (s) Professional Development (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 4280 Housing America's Families (3 credits)
Housing, furnishings, and equipment as they influence family well-being, and families' housing choices as affected by social, psychological, economic, technological, and political factors. Four to five 2-hour field trips. Typically Offered: Spring.
FCS 4460 Financial Counseling and Debt Management (3 credits)
Course content includes an examination of financial counseling and debt management with individuals and families. Topics include principles of financial counseling, budgets, financial statements, credit, debt, collection policies and practices, mortgages, foreclosures, and bankruptcy. After completion, students are eligible to take a national exam towards becoming an accredited financial counselor. Recommended Preparation: FCS 3460. Typically Offered: Fall.
FCS 4480 Consumer Economic Issues (3 credits)
Consumer economic issues, including consumers in the marketplace, the consumer movement, rights and remedies, advocacy, public policy, decision making, buying, credit, banking, insurance, clothing, health care, food, housing, and investments. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: ECON 2201, ECON 2202, ECON 2720, or HDFS 1050; or Permission
FCS 4720 Clinical Dietetics II (8 credits)
Continuation of FCS 3640. Supervised practice in Washington/Idaho hospitals. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: FCS 3640, Senior standing in CPD
FCS 4870 Community Nutrition Supervised Practice (4 credits)
Community nutrition supervised practice experience in WIC, child nutrition, wellness facilities, public health, etc.
Prereqs: Senior standing in CPD
FCS 4880 Management Supervised Practice II (8 credits)
Supervised practice with dietitians and employees in school and hospital food service settings in Idaho or Washington.
Prereqs: FCS 3870 and Senior Standing in CPD
FCS 4960 Internship: Fashion Business (2-8 credits, max 8)
Supervised experience in fashion business: fashion design, textile/apparel manufacturing, retailing, merchandising; geared to career goals of student. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prereqs: Apparel, Textiles and Design major.
FCS 4980 (s) Internship (3-9 credits, max 9)
Supervised internship in education institutions, governmental/social agencies, hospitals, business, or industry; geared to the professional goals of students.
Prereqs: Permission
FCS 4990 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5000 Master's Research and Thesis (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5010 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5020 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5030 (s) Workshop (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5050 (s) Professional Development (1-16 credits, max 99)
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FCS 5310 Applied Educational Approaches in FCS (3 credits)
This course focuses on supporting students to discover their personal teaching approach and philosophy in areas related to FCS professions. This course will also focus on creative methods, practical tools, and advice for teaching in FCS fields. Students will be matched with a faculty member who will assign some teaching responsibilities, such as grading, curriculum development, and/or leading a lecture or class activity, not to exceed 45 hours over the course of the semester. Typically Offered: Spring.
FCS 5910 Single-Subject Research Design for Social Sciences (3 credits)
This is a course that will focus on applications and interpretations of single subject research designs and the analysis of human behavior in educational and community settings. It will cover several topics such as method designs, behavioral measurements, data analyses, and writing research proposals. Typically Offered: Varies.
FCS 5980 (s) Internship (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged. Supervised internship in educational institutions, governmental/social agencies, hospitals, or industry; geared to the educational and vocational goals of students.
Prereqs: Permission
FCS 5990 (s) Non-thesis Master’s Research (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged. Research not directly related to a thesis or dissertation.
Prereqs: Permission
FCS 6000 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (1-45 credits, max 99)
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