集中精力使学生为服装领域的职业做好准备，包括设计，制造，分销，营销和消费。该计划强调满足消费者相对于服装和纺织品的经济，生理，心理和社会需求的当代和历史方式。家庭和消费者科学的重点是增强技能和知识，以促进个人，家庭和社区的福祉。我们的计划和专业专注于个人和家庭，以实现人与环境之间的最佳平衡。家庭和消费者科学的使命是增强个人和家庭在全球社会中相互依存的能力。
The major prepares students for careers in the global fashion industry, including management, marketing, buying, advertisement, promotion, manufacturing, sourcing, distribution, retailing, and many more. The program also emphasizes the contemporary and historical ways of meeting the economic, physiological, aesthetic, psychological, sociological, and cultural needs of consumers relative to fashion products.<br>The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences offers three distinct programs, two minors and one certificate. The focus of these programs is to enhance the skills and knowledge that will promote the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Our programs and professions focus on individuals and families in order to achieve an optimum balance between people and their environments. The mission of Family and Consumer Sciences is to empower individuals and families to function interdependently in a global society.