Family & Consumer Sciences Education, B.S. - 4-Year Degree Map

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First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
*EDUC 106 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education	3	CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I	4
CONS 150 - Consumer Resource Management	3	ECON 110 - Principles of Economics	3
Foreign Language I	3	COMP 100 - Composition	3
Math Gen Ed	3	FASH 120 - Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress	3
Gen Ed Elective	3	NUTR 142 - Nutrition in Everyday Life
		Foreign Language II (same language)	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	16

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
HIST 144 OR HIST 145	3	*EPSY 250 - Adolescent Growth and Development	3
ARTH 109 OR ARTH 200 OR ARTS 140 OR ARTH 110	3	FOOD 130 - Introductory Foods	3
CHLD 170 - Children in Families	3	FASH 121 OR FASH 220	3
FAMS 160 - Family Perspectives	3	Liberal Arts Elective	3
EDUC 201 - Diversity and Teaching	3	Liberal Arts Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
CHLD 272 - Parent Education	3	EDUC 213 - Education Law Requirements	1
EPSY 275 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation	3	EDUC 346 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3
EDUC 246 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies	3	EPSY 229 - Survey of Exceptional Children	3
EDUC 254 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum: Middle and High School	3	FASH 280 - Interior Design	3
FASH 281 - Housing	3	HUEC 215 - Demonstration and Practical Skills for Human Ecologists	3
		Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	16

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
FCSE 392 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Family & Consumer Sciences Education	4	FCSE 396 - Student Teaching in Family and Consumer Sciences Education	12
FOOD 230 - Food Science	3	FCSE 398 - Seminar in Middle and High School Family and Consumer Sciences Education	3
HUEC 200 - Orientation to Human Ecology	1
Liberal Arts Elective	3
Liberal Arts Elective	3
TOTAL	14	TOTAL	15

Elective Key and Math Course Guidance

Gen Ed Elective: a course carrying one or more Gen Ed area attribute(s): Basic Communication (BC3), Mathematics (M3), American History (AM3), World Civilizations (OW3), Foreign Language (FL3), Social Sciences (SS3), Humanities (H3), The Arts (A3), Natural Sciences (NS3), Western Civilization (WC3). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

OCS Elective: any course that carries an Oral Communication Skills (OCS) attribute. This is a degree requirement for students matriculating in or after Fall 2020.

Liberal Arts Elective: any course that carries a Liberal Arts (LA) attribute. SUNY Oneonta’s minimum LA requirements vary by degree award.

Upper Division Elective: any elective course at the 200- or 300-level. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course at the 200- or 300-level carrying an LA attribute.

Elective: any course outside the major. Electives apply toward the total credits required by a degree program. Electives may also be needed to satisfy other degree requirements , including the minimum number of credits outside the department of the major.

Math Course Guidance

SUNY Oneonta recognizes that students enter college with different math backgrounds. For guidance on the math course(s) most suited to your preparation and program of study, visit the College’s Math Pathways site.