Purposes

• To instill a knowledge of the role and significance of social, economic, and political influences on human life;
• To provide students with the understanding of the development of personal and interpersonal skills for successful personal, professional, and family life; multicultural relations; integrity, and high moral values;
• To educate students in the comprehension of physical, emotional and social development in the successive stages of life;
• To prepare students for graduate school or a profession in education, business, industry, service agencies, and non-profit organizations.

Tradition of Excellence

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences emphasizes the many dimensions of human functioning and the importance of studying all its aspects. The department seeks to provide students with preparation for service and leadership in professions with strong family and consumer sciences skills to enhance the optimum well-being of families, individuals, and communities. The faculty is committed to developing and maintaining a close relationship with the students in the department. Point Loma is one of a few small, private universities in California to offer Dietetics, Family Life Services and concentrations in Family and Consumer Sciences, Fashion Merchandising, and Housing and Interior Environments. Child Development majors receive the added benefit of an on-site laboratory pre-school. These offerings, combined with the faculty’s dedication to being involved in students’ lives, provide students with excellent opportunities to move into challenging graduate programs or their chosen profession.

Career Opportunities

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences prepares students for careers in business, industry, public and private agencies, schools, and institutions that provide goods, services, education, and information to consumers and families. Many students have become teachers, school administrators, social service agents, family/adult educators, manufacturer’s representatives, fashion directors, interior consultants/coordinators, community service agents, nutrition educators, and healthcare specialists.

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