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Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences is available to students pursuing Bachelor of Science degree in the Richard W. Riley of the College of Education at Winthrop University. This degree does not lead to teacher licensure but does prepare graduates for human and consumer service careers where children and families are the focus.

Minor in Family and Consumer Sciences

The minor in Family and Consumer Sciences consists of 19 credit hours as follows:

• FACS 101 Intro to Family & Consumer Sciences
• FACS 350 Parenting Through the Lifespan
• FACS 401 Consumer Economics or 502 Family Resource Management
  
• FACS 501 Residential Technology
• NUTR 221 Human Nutrition
• SOCL 305 Marriage and the Family

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