College of Business and Technology

Department of
FAMILY STUDIES AND INTERIOR DESIGN

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• FAMILY STUDIES AND INTERIOR DESIGN MAJOR
  • Interior Design Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
  • Family Studies - Bachelor of Science Degree
• Minor in Family Studies
• Architecture Preparation
• FSID Courses

• Sylvia Asay, Chair
• Professors: Asay, Moore, Stolzer
• Associate Professor: Crosswhite
• Assistant Professors: Hill, Vaterlaus, Westfall
• Senior Lecturers: C. Glazier, P. Johnston
• Lecturers: Larsen, Nordhues

Mission

The mission of Family Studies and Interior Design is to enable families, both as individual units and generally as a social institution to build and maintain systems of action which lead (1) to maturing in individual self formation, (2) to encourage enlightened, cooperative participation in the critique and formation of social goals and means of accomplishing them; and (3) to enable individuals to be critically aware of consumer resources and their management as well as to develop the competence to base actions upon rational, responsible decisions. (The Department's mission statement is adopted in part from the Mission Statement of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.)

Department Objectives:

• Family Studies: To present opportunities to identify universal principles governing development in the family, encounter and analyze a variety of theories, and study the complex but integrated life-styles and family structures which evolve over the life span.
• Interior Design: To provide students with a background in the physiological, sociological and economic aspects of housing and in the selection of housing, commercial and residential interior design, furnishings and equipment, with additional specialization in kitchen and bath design.

• The Interior Design program is accredited by the National Kitchen and Bath Design Association and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.
• The Family Studies program is certified by the National Council on Family Relations.
  (Students fulfilling the NCFR Curriculum requirements may apply for the Provisional Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation.)

Department Policy

All students completing a major or minor in the department will be required to earn a "C" or better grade in all FSID courses in the major or minor.

College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take at least 50% of their major area credit hour requirements from the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take a minimum of 30 of their last 36 hours of credit needed for their degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology are required to complete 3 hours of designated Experiential Learning (EL) coursework.

FAMILY STUDIES AND INTERIOR DESIGN MAJOR

Two options are available in this major:

1. Interior Design Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
2. Family Studies - Bachelor of Science Degree

Family Studies and Interior Design offers the Family Studies minor.

The Department advises students in the Architecture Preparation program.

Courses with the prefix FSID are offered by the department.