
Family and Consumer Science
Family and Consumer Sciences is concerned with improving the life of individuals and families and includes such diverse areas as: Nutrition, Health, and Food Management; Interior Design and Housing; Family Relations and Human Development; Clothing and Textiles; Family Economics and Resource Management; Other related areas. As a family and consumer sciences professional, you may be employed in a vast array of positions. More traditional fields include teaching or cooperative extension work. You could also be employed in business, consumer affairs, finance, or communications.
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Psychology
Curiosity about why people act as they do is what attracts most people to the field of psychology. Understanding behavior, however, does more than merely satisfy the curios. For the manufacturer it can mean the difference between the success and failure of a new product. For the employer it can mean the difference between a high or low absentee rate. Most businesses and institutions now realize that products and services must be developed to meet consumer needs and that people, not machines, are their most important assets. As a result, people who are trained to understand and explain the actions of others are not merely limited to jobs in the mental health field, but have opportunities in many different areas.
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Sociology
If you enjoy learning about organizations, communities, families, diversity, and how people live and work together in harmony—or discord—sociology may be for you. Sociology is the study of group life. As a sociology student, you will analyze the trends, patterns and personal styles of people as they relate to: Urban and rural life; Family patterns/relationships; Inter-group relations; Environmental issues; Technology/communications; Health care and illness; Social movements; Responses to disasters.
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Social Work
If you like helping people and have the desire to help society become more responsive to the needs of its people, then perhaps social work is the profession for you. Social workers help people solve their problems and learn to live with dignity and self-respect. These may include people such as: an abused child; a lonely, elderly person; a teenager hooked on drugs or alcohol; someone who is depressed or suicidal; a pregnant teen.
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