Family & Consumer Sciences Emphasis (Tennessee Transfer Pathway), A.S.

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The Family and Consumer Sciences emphasis provides students various foundational courses in the field of family and consumer sciences. The student completes the first two years of requirements leading toward a baccalaureate degree.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enroll in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Major/Concentration Codes: UTPS-UFCS

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General Education Requirements:

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
ART 1035 - Introduction to Art Credits: 3
-OR- MUS 1030 - Introduction to Music Credits: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Electives Credits: 6^{(6.) (8)}
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
-OR- SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
Social/Behavorial Sciences Elective Credits: 3 ^{(1) (6.)}
HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credits: 3 ⁽²⁾
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credits: 3
Natural Science Electives Credits: 8 ^{(3) (6.)}
Mathematics Elective Credits: 3 ^{(4) (6.)}

Area of Emphasis Requirements:

PSYC 2130 - Lifespan Development Psychology Credits: 3
HPED 220 - Principles of Nutrition Credits: 3
ECEd 2320 - Infant, Toddler, and Child Development Credits: 3
ECEd 2340 - Family Dynamics & Community Involvement Credits: 3
ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3
General Electives Credits: 4^{(5) (7.)}

Total: 60 Semester Hours

Footnotes:

⁽¹) Recommended courses are ECON 2100: Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON 2200: Principles of Microeconomics.

⁽²⁾ Students who intend to transfer to UTK should take 6 credit hours of a non-U.S. History sequence to fulfill the History requirement.

⁽³⁾ Biology or Chemistry General Education Natural Science electives. Students transferring to the UoM should take a BIOL or CHEM sequence.

⁽⁴⁾ Mathematics course must be a general education Mathematics elective MATH 1130 or higher. Students transferring to UTC are required to take MATH 1710. Students transferring to ETSU are required to take MATH 1530.

⁽⁵⁾ Unspecified electives should be 2000-level only. Students who intend to transfer to UTM should take BIOL 2010: Human Anatomy and Physiology as an unspecified elective.

^(6.) For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

^(7.) General electives must be selected from courses which are part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway. Consult the Course Descriptions section in this catalog. Courses which are designated as **Not Part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway** should not be taken as general electives.

⁽⁸⁾ One course must be in literature.

NOTE: Students interested in Dietetics or FCS Teacher Certification will have different requirements and are strongly encouraged to contact the transferring institution.