Offered by Department of Family Studies and Interior Design:

Family Studies and Interior Design Major

Family Studies Option
Bachelor of Science

BT BS 1414

All College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements must be fulfilled.

 
Minimum General Studies = 45

English Language minimum = 9

Humanities minimum = 9

Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3

Natural Sciences minimum = 7

Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12

FSID 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3 hours

PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours

Personal Development minimum = 3

FSID 151GS, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours

BS Science-related course requirements = 0

Major Option = 36

Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24

Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 107

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 18

Minimum total hours required for BS in Family Studies = 125

UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

All students completing this major will be required to earn a "C" or better grade in all FSID, ART, BIOL, BMGT, CHEM, ITEC and SOWK courses in the major.

Family Studies Requirements (36 hours required)

Take all of the following:

FSID 104, FSID Orientation - 1 hour

FSID 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3 hours

FSID 250, Infant Development - 3 hours

FSID 253, Child & Adolescent Development - 3 hours

FSID 280, Field Experience - 2 hours

FSID 340, Family Life Education - 3 hours

FSID 371, Parent Education - 3 hours

FSID 402, Selected Readings in Marriage and Family Relationships - 3 hours

FSID 406, Family Resource Management  - 3 hours

FSID 450, The Aging Adult - 3 hours

FSID 475, Internship - 3 hours

FSID 481, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns - 3 hours

FSID 486, Families in Crisis - 3 hours

The following additional classes are necessary for CFLE certification:

SOWK 170GS, Introduction to Social Welfare - 3 hours

SOWK 172, Human Service Issues, Ethics and Experience - 3 hours

SOWK 276, Social Welfare Policies & Services - 3 hours