2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog
College of Business and Technology

Department of
FAMILY STUDIES AND INTERIOR DESIGN

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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:
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 minors in Family Studies and Nutrition.

The Department advises students in the Architecture Preparation program.

Courses with the prefix FSID are offered by the department.

12 May 2014

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