消费者和社区研究（CCS）计划着眼于小规模社区和大规模环境的家庭福祉。该计划的学生将在本地，国家和国际层面对市场和社区问题进行跨学科的了解，并研究消费者，企业，社区组织和政府的观点。该课程包括一组核心课程，涵盖研究方法，经济学和金融，消费者健康选修课，社会政策，社区健康以及其他使学生根据自己的兴趣和优势定制课程的主题。考虑将财务计划（BA / BS）中的一项可选重点作为一项附加技能。除了理论之外，学生还可以完成社区服务和实习，获得改善家庭和社区生活所必需的调解技巧和实践经验。
The objective of the Consumer and Community Studies (CCS) major is to provide students with a major that focuses on the well-being of households as they are influenced by the marketplace institutions and communities in which households are embedded. Students in the CCS major gain an interdisciplinary understanding of marketplace and community issues at the local, national, and international level and do so by examining the perspectives of consumers, businesses, community organizations, and government. Students also acquire the practical skills necessary to improve the well-being of households, with courses providing students with opportunities to acquire mediation skills and learn through community service and internships. In keeping with the interdisciplinary character of the CCS major, faculty members are drawn from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. These include economics, sociology, psychology, law, and business education. With about a hundred students in the major at any one time, there are ample opportunities to gain research experience by working with faculty members on their research or to receive their guidance on individually-designed research projects.