家庭和消费者科学的核心，内容和商业课程提供的基础将提高各种职业选择的能力。该专业领域结合了业务，管理，社区，设备以及家庭和消费者经济学领域的精选概念。从其他学科中选出的大多数课程或在选择该专业之前完成的大多数课程都在人文科学或应用科学中。所需的个人特征包括业务导向，自我激励，能量，组织技能以及动员创新和变革的能力。推荐的研究方向：会计，农业综合企业，生物学，环境科学，商业管理，商业经济学，计算机科学，刑事司法，戏剧，英语，印刷新闻，广播电台，法语，黑人研究，数学，政治学，心理学，社会学和西班牙语。<br>
The foundation that is provided by the Family and Consumer Sciences core, content, and business courses will advance competencies for a variety of career choices. This professional area incorporates selected concepts from the fields of business, management, communities, equipment, and family and consumer economics. Most courses selected from other disciplines or those completed prior to the selection of this major are in the human sciences or applied sciences. Personal characteristics needed include business orientation, self-motivation, energy, organizational skills, and the ability to mobilize innovation and change. Recommended paths of study: accounting, agribusiness, biology, environmental science, business administration, business economics, computer science, criminal justice, drama, english, printing journalism, radio broadcasting, french, black studies, mathematics, political science, psychology, sociology and spanish.<br><br>The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at South Carolina State University is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. The accreditation of South Carolina State University's Nutrition Option of the Didactic Program in Dietetics is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Child Development Learning Center is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The success in attaining these accreditations is a testament to the high quality of our programs. The department offers undergraduate degrees in Nutrition and Food Management, (Options in Nutrition or Food Management) and Family and Consumer Sciences Business (Options in Child Development, Fashion Merchandising, and Multidisciplinary).