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Family & Consumer Sciences in Business Option

 

Core Requirements

The FCS in Business Option includes the business administration minor courses. Students must also select one of three concentrations: Consumer Affairs, Hospitality Management, or Merchandising.

Courses required for this option include:

BUS 1950
Computer Concepts and Applications for Business.  (3 credits)
BUS 2101
Financial Accounting.  (3 credits)
BUS 2710
Survey of Finance.  (3 credits)
BUS 3010
Management and Organizational Behavior.  (3 credits)
BUS 3470
Principles of Marketing.  (3 credits)
FCS 2244
Consumer Textiles: Care and Production.  (3 credits)
FCS 4275
Internship.  (3 to 9 credits)

Consumer Affairs Concentration

32 Semester Hours:

ECN 2801G
Principles of Macroeconomics.  (3 credits)

(also counted as general education)

FCS 2250
Consumer Technology.  (3 credits)
FCS 2270
Housing.  (3 credits)
FCS 3300
Consumer Education.  (3 credits)
FCS 4300
Consumer Issues.  (2 credits)
FCS 4770
Consumer Decisions in the Marketplace.  (3 credits)
FCS 4926
Public Presentation Techniques.  (3 credits)

Select 15 Additional Semester Hours From the Following:

BUS 2750
Legal and Social Environment of Business.  (3 credits)
ECN 2802G
Principles of Microeconomics.  (3 credits)
FCS 1120
Food Selection and Preparation.  (3 credits)
FCS 2100
Nutrition in a Global Society.  (3 credits)
FCS 2231
Sociology of Clothing.  (3 credits)
FCS 2233
Fashion Distribution Systems.  (3 credits)
FCS 2234
Principles of Clothing Construction.  (3 credits)
FCS 2831
Women in Contemporary Society.  (3 credits)
FCS 2850
Child Development.  (3 credits)
FCS 3233
Fashion Buying.  (3 credits)
FCS 3280
Interior Design.  (3 credits)
FCS 3790
The Hospitality Industry.  (3 credits)
FCS 4780
Living Environments.  (3 credits)
FCS 4790
Interior Design Practices.  (3 credits)
FCS 4840
The Disadvantaged Family.  (3 credits)
FCS 4846
Aging and the Family.  (3 credits)

Select an Additional Six Semester Hours

from the following courses counted in the Business Minor.

BUS 2102
Managerial Accounting.  (3 credits)
BUS 2750
Legal and Social Environment of Business.  (3 credits)
BUS 2810
Business Statistics I.  (3 credits)
BUS 3500
Management Information Systems.  (3 credits)
BUS 3950
Operations Management.  (3 credits)
CIS 2000
Problem Solving with Visual BASIC.  (3 credits)
CIS 3500
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development.  (3 credits)
CIS 3510
Business Presentations and Document Design.  (3 credits)
FIN 3720
Investments.  (3 credits)
FIN 3750
Management of Financial Institutions.  (3 credits)
FIN 3770
Working Capital Management.  (3 credits)
MAR 3720
Consumer Behavior.  (3 credits)
MAR 3875
Retail Management.  (3 credits)
MGT 3450
Human Resource Management.  (3 credits)
MGT 4320
Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  (3 credits)

Hospitality Management Concentration

(Note:  This concentration will be revised beginning Fall 2005 per CAA approval on 8/26/04)

28 Semester Hours

BIO 1004G
Practical Microbiology.  (3 credits)
ECN 2801G
Principles of Macroeconomics.  (3 credits)

(also counted as general education)

FCS 1120
Food Selection and Preparation.  (3 credits)
FCS 1121
Food Service Sanitation.  (1 credits)
FCS 1800
Life Span Human Development.  (3 credits)
FCS 2100
Nutrition in a Global Society.  (3 credits)
FCS 2140
Quantity Food Production.  (3 credits)
FCS 3790
The Hospitality Industry.  (3 credits)
FCS 3796
Hospitality Operations.  (3 credits)
FCS 4340
Conventions and Trade Shows.  (3 credits)
FCS 4345
Hospitality Administration.  (3 credits)
FCS 4940
Food Systems Management.  (3 credits)

Select an Additional Six Semester Hours

From the Following Courses Counted in the Business Minor:

BUS 2102
Managerial Accounting.  (3 credits)
BUS 2750
Legal and Social Environment of Business.  (3 credits)
BUS 2810
Business Statistics I.  (3 credits)
BUS 3500
Management Information Systems.  (3 credits)
BUS 3950
Operations Management.  (3 credits)
CIS 2000
Problem Solving with Visual BASIC.  (3 credits)
CIS 3500
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development.  (3 credits)
CIS 3510
Business Presentations and Document Design.  (3 credits)
FIN 3720
Investments.  (3 credits)
FIN 3750
Management of Financial Institutions.  (3 credits)
FIN 3770
Working Capital Management.  (3 credits)
MAR 3720
Consumer Behavior.  (3 credits)
MAR 3875
Retail Management.  (3 credits)
MGT 3450
Human Resource Management.  (3 credits)
MGT 4320
Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  (3 credits)

Merchandising Concentration

(Note:  This concentration will be revised beginning Fall 2005 with approval from CAA on 8/26/04)

30 Semester Hours

  • FCS 3300, 4926, ECN 2801G (counted in general education – social and behavior sciences), and PSY 1879G (counted in general education – social and behavior sciences)
  • Apparel Focus: FCS 2231, 2233, 2234, 3245
    or
  • Housing/Interior Design Focus: FCS 2270, 3280, 4780, 4790
ECN 2801G
Principles of Macroeconomics.  (3 credits)

(counted in general education -- social & behavior sciences)

FCS 2231
Sociology of Clothing.  (3 credits)
FCS 2233
Fashion Distribution Systems.  (3 credits)
FCS 2234
Principles of Clothing Construction.  (3 credits)
FCS 2270
Housing.  (3 credits)
FCS 3245
Textiles: Color Design Production  (3 credits)
FCS 3280
Interior Design.  (3 credits)
FCS 3300
Consumer Education.  (3 credits)
FCS 4780
Living Environments.  (3 credits)
FCS 4790
Interior Design Practices.  (3 credits)
FCS 4926
Public Presentation Techniques.  (3 credits)
PSY 1879G
Introductory Psychology.  (3 credits)

(counted in general education -- social & behavior sciences)

Select 12 Additional Semester Hours

from the following:

FCS 2100
Nutrition in a Global Society.  (3 credits)
FCS 2232
Historic Costume and Fashion Analysis.  (3 credits)
FCS 2250
Consumer Technology.  (3 credits)
FCS 3233
Fashion Buying.  (3 credits)
FCS 3790
The Hospitality Industry.  (3 credits)
FCS 4238
Principles of Pattern Design.  (3 credits)
FCS 4300
Consumer Issues.  (2 credits)
FCS 4770
Consumer Decisions in the Marketplace.  (3 credits)

Select an Additional Six Semester Hours

from the following courses counted in the business minor:

BUS 2102
Managerial Accounting.  (3 credits)
BUS 2750
Legal and Social Environment of Business.  (3 credits)
BUS 2810
Business Statistics I.  (3 credits)
BUS 3500
Management Information Systems.  (3 credits)
BUS 3950
Operations Management.  (3 credits)
CIS 2000
Problem Solving with Visual BASIC.  (3 credits)
CIS 3500
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development.  (3 credits)
CIS 3510
Business Presentations and Document Design.  (3 credits)
FIN 3720
Investments.  (3 credits)
FIN 3750
Management of Financial Institutions.  (3 credits)
FIN 3770
Working Capital Management.  (3 credits)
MAR 3720
Consumer Behavior.  (3 credits)
MAR 3875
Retail Management.  (3 credits)
MGT 3450
Human Resource Management.  (3 credits)
MGT 4320
Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  (3 credits)

Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study

Depending on Foreign Language and Math Placement, electives may be needed to meet 120 semester hours. Concentration and elective course work is to be selected in consultation with the school advisor.

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Humanities. Credits: 3
  • General Education Fine Arts. Credits: 3
  • General Education Mathematics. Credits: 3
ENG 1001G
Composition and Language.  (3 credits)
PLS 1153G
American Government and Constitution.  (3 credits)

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Physical Sciences. Credits: 4
  • Concentration. Credits: 3
ENG 1002G
Composition and Literature.  (3 credits)
FCS 1000
Foundations of Family and Consumer Sciences.  (2 credits)
SPC 1310G
Introduction to Speech Communication.  (3 credits)

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • General Education Biological Science. Credits: 3
  • Concentration. Credits: 1
BUS 1950
Computer Concepts and Applications for Business.  (3 credits)
ECN 2801G
Principles of Macroeconomics.  (3 credits)
FCS 2000
Family Perspectives.  (3 credits)
FCS 2244
Consumer Textiles: Care and Production.  (3 credits)

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Humanities. Credits: 3
    (Hospitality students must take BIO 1004G.)
  • Concentration. Credits: 6
  • General Education Social and Behavior. Credits: 3
BUS 2101
Financial Accounting.  (3 credits)

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • Minor Requirement. Credits: 3
  • Concentration. Credits: 3
BUS 2710
Survey of Finance.  (3 credits)
BUS 3010
Management and Organizational Behavior.  (3 credits)
FCS 3000
Family Resource Management.  (3 credits)

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • Minor Requirement. Credits: 3
  • Concentration. Credtis: 9
BUS 3470
Principles of Marketing.  (3 credits)

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 14

  • Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
  • Concentration. Credits: 3 or 6
  • Elective. Credit: 3 or 6 or 9
FCS 4000
Professional Focus of Family and Consumer Sciences.  (2 credits)

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • Concentration or Elective. Credit: 6-12
FCS 4275
Internship.  (3 to 9 credits)

Footnotes

 (Major GPA based on all Family and Consumer Sciences courses taken at EIU)

Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.

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