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Family and Consumer Science Courses
FOODS: INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION AND FOOD PREPARATION (50)
Elective Course
2 Terms
2 Credits
Prerequisite: None
This introductory foods course is planned to provide a foundation in basic nutrition and food preparation. Emphasis is placed on learning the skills of food preparation and the whys of preparation of foods from the different food groups. This course provides for use of knowledge gained in the classroom through various laboratory experiences. Units covered with labs include the following; fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, milk and milk products, cereal grains, salads, soups, pastries, cakes and frostings, quick breads, yeast breads, cookies, and meats.
FOODS: BASIC FOOD PREPARATION AND MEAL PLANNING (51)
Elective Course
1 Term
1 Credit
Prerequisite: Foods: Introduction to Nutrition and Food Preparation
This basic foods course is planned to provide a foundation in food preparation, meal planning and food buymanship. Emphasis is placed on applying the skills of food preparation and buymanship from the different food groups to meal preparation and planning. Units covered with labs include fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, milk products, cereal grains, salads, soups, pastries, cakes and frosting, quick bread, yeast bread, desserts, casserole, and meats.
Special areas of interest include; food and your health (eating disorders, additives, special diets, health foods), microwave cooking, cooking on a tight budget, cooking for two, quick and easy meals, small appliance cooking (pressure cooker, wok, electric skillet, deep-fat fryer, blender, food processor, fondue, crock pot), U.S. regional cooking, and foreign cooking.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES (52A & 52B)
Elective Course
1 or 2 Terms
1 or 2 Credits
Prerequisite: None
Healthy Lifestyles is designed as a two term course to provide information in such a way that influences students to take positive actions about their own health. Throughout the course, students will participate in simple experiments, self inventories, and projects that help them learn how to make healthy choices in all areas of their daily lives (physical, mental, and social). The topics covered throughout the two terms are as follows: Personal Health and Fitness, Wellness and Mental Health, Stress and Stress Management, Nutrition, Diet and Weight Control, Substance Use and Abuse (Drugs as Medicines, Tobacco, Alcohol, other Psychoactive Drugs). Also covering: the life cycle, consumer health, personal safety, emergency response and basic first aid, treating, controlling, and preventing diseases (communicable, sexually transmitted, non communicable) and environmental health. Different topic are covered each term.
INDEPENDENT LIVING (53A & 53B)
Elective Course
1 or 2 Terms
1 or 2 Credits
Prerequisite: Course is designed for Juniors and Seniors
This course is a practical course designed to expose students to the basic skills and knowledge they need to function as self-reliant, successful adults. The topics covered in this one or two term course will include; Relationships (self-concept, communication skills, crisis), Lifestyles (awareness of various, rewards and challenges of), Consumerism (basics of budgeting, credit, taxes, insurance, rights and responsibilities of consumers, consumer buying trips), Foods and Nutrition (application of basic food preparation techniques, planning attractive low cot, nutritious meals), Textiles and Clothing (clothing selection, care, repair, and purchasing), Housing and Home Furnishings (housing alternatives, financial and legal aspects of housing, analyzing housing interiors, selecting and maintaining home furnishings and appliances). Different topics are covered each term.
HOUSING AND HOME FURNISHINGS (54)
Elective Course
1 Term
1 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to provide a basic background in interior design and home planning. It covers all aspects of housings: housing needs of families, housing and the environment, housing selection, housing styles (primitive 20th Century.), housing construction, evaluation of floor plans. Also covering: the economics of housing (renting vs. buying), furniture selection and arrangement, selection of home appliances, principles and elements of design, color and color schemes, home safety and maintenance, storage ideas, bath and kitchen design, and background in the home (window and wall treatments, floor coverings, lighting).
Elective Course
1 Term
1 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This is a basic introductory course for those students with little or no sewing experience. It includes a study of textiles, selection and care of clothing, fashion and design and an emphasis on clothing consecution (sewing machine, sewing equipment, pattern use and layout, preparation of fabrics, and basic clothing construction techniques). These areas will be studied and clothing projects selected according to individual student's needs and interests. Students will provide needed materials for clothing projects.
PARENTING: EARLY CHILDHOOD (56)
Elective Course
2 Term
2 Credits
Prerequisite: None
This course emphasizes exploration of the parenting experience (qualifications, responsibilities, roles, joys, frustrations, the decision to parent, readiness), prenatal and postnatal care and development, the physical, mental, social, and emotional development of the child from birth until six years, and child rearing practices. The course also discusses special-current topics in parenting and child development (male/female reproductive systems, birth control, abortion, adoption, teen pregnancy, child abuse, single parenting, working mothers, birth order, multiple births, birth defects, premature births, assisted reproduction and infertility). Also covering child's role in the family and society, along with careers and employment opportunities in child development and family-related occupations.
PARENTING: LATER CHILDHOOD (57)
Elective Course
2 Term
2 Credits
Prerequisite: Parenting: Early Childhood
The main focus of this course is on the child from school-age through adolescence and the responsibilities of parents regarding this age child. The basic areas of study include: theories used in child study, the areas of development; emotional, social, mental, and physical-motor, with particular attention toward the implications for parental behavior in regards to these areas, discipline, play, teaching responsibility, moral and personality development. Also covering parent-child relationships, problems and adjustments during puberty and adolescence, seeking independence, and current issues in child development and parenting.