The Family and Consumer Sciences major is a broad program which includes preparation in general university requirements, and in specific subject matter areas of Family and Consumer Sciences including:  family life; child development; food and nutrition; housing and household equipment; management; fashion and textiles; and consumer sciences.

Successful completion of this major leads to a certification to teach Family and Consumer Sciences in secondary schools.  Completion of the B.S. degree with a major in Family and Consumer Sciences satisfies the course requirements in Texas for a Provisional Teacher Certificate in Family and Consumer Sciences.

What a former student has to say about this program

Lynn Singletary

Degree Plans

• FCS - Composite [PDF]
• FCS - Composite Sequence Sheet [PDF]
• FCS - Hospitality, Nutrition, Food Science [PDF]
• FCS - Hospitality, Nutrition, Food Science Sequence Sheet [PDF]
• FCS - Human Development and Family Studies [PDF]
• FCS - Human Development and Family Studies Sequence Sheet [PDF]

Texas Teacher Certification Information

• Steps to Teacher Certification [PDF]
• Teacher Education Student Handbook [PDF]
• Career Opportunities [PDF]
• Consumer and Family Science Jobs
• General Information on Teacher Ed
• TExES/ExCET Exam
• FCS Distance Education Alliance
• TEA's FCS

CFLE Application

Deadline to apply via the abbreviated process is two years after your date of graduation. When applying include the application, course checklist and a transcript

CFLE Application [PDF]
CFLE Undergraduate Course Checklist [PDF]

Family & Consumer Sciences Faculty

Joyce Armstrong Ph.D
jarmstrong@twu.edu
(940) 898-2690
HDB 104G