Prepares students to build their bridge to success by connecting them to people, resources, and opportunities at the University of Georgia and within the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. A systems perspective is emphasized, examining the family and consumer sciences ecological perspective related to individual, community, and global topics.
Athena Title
Intro Family and Consumer Sci
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FACS 2000E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will articulate how individuals are impacted by human ecologies, which include the natural and human-built environment.
Students will recognize ethical issues within family and consumer sciences disciplines and use the ecological perspective as a framework to understand cross-relationships among these issues in the field.
Students will consider the best ways in which individual, family, and community resources can be applied to resolve ethical issues in a variety of settings.
Students will associate how human behavior and issues within various ecological systems impact and are impacted by the physical, social, organizational and/or social environment in the natural and human-built environment.
Students will consider how a person's social identity, social location, and roles shape their well-being and worldview.
Students will formulate how the ecological perspective helps promote awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of cultures and communities beyond one’s own.
Topical Outline
Overview and history of family and consumer sciences
Ecological perspective
Career Center
Experiential learning
Student engagement
Academic and campus resources
Historical and current influences of different identities and perspectives in the discipline of family consumer sciences
Current student and alumni perspectives in family and consumer sciences
