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
  including General Studies coursework required by major
  • 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 = 105
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 20
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Family Studies = 125
  All 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.

1. Family Studies Requirements (36 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • 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 Family Studies - 3 hours
     • FSID 404, Family Studies Professional Practice - 1 hour
     • 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
   • One of the following additional class options is necessary for CFLE certification:
     • Option 1
       • SOWK 172, Human Service Issues, Ethics and Experience - 3 hours
       • FSID 362, Families and Social Policy - 3 hours
     • Option 2
       • 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