Choose the profession that impacts lives. . . Become a Teacher of Family & Consumer Sciences!

     The Department of Family & Consumer Sciences offers a Bachelor of Science in Education degree/Family & Consumer Sciences.  Certification for teaching family and consumer sciences in secondary schools is earned with the BSE degree.

    In addition to ongoing teacher shortages in most geographical areas, career opportunities in business, industry and the public sector exist for the graduate with an education degree in family and consumer sciences.

Positions in the following are available to the education major:

• Educator in business and industry public affairs.
• Specialist/Director, consumer affairs
• Cooperative Extension service, Head Start
• Test kitchen director
• Arkansas Department of Health educator
• Community and technical college teacher

FACS Education majors attended FCCLA Cluster Meeting in Houston, Texas Fall 2005

Mentor and student teacher planning for lab experiences

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