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Contribute to Our Strength

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Welcome to the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Wyoming.   We are located in the College of Agriculture, and are committed to strengthening rural families and communities.

But our students are prepared for more than rural America! The world is more complex, and solving problems and being competitive in the workplace requires new skills and new solutions.   Our students are equipped with tools for success in the 21st Century. They are as comfortable working in the small towns of Wyoming as they are in Los Angeles, Houston, or New York City.

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Program Option Check sheets.

Are You Interested in?...
 

Nutrition and its contributions to health and wellness?

We have options in dietetics and human nutrition and food and a minor in food and nutrition. Faculty in this program area conduct nutrition-related research on asthma, calcium intake of school age children, obesity and healthy weights, nutrition concerns of children with special health care needs, food product development and the sensory evaluation of food. Students can take courses in sports nutrition, food program management and nutrition in the elderly, or prepare for a career track in medicine or culinary arts.

Apparel design, interior design, or fashion illustration?

We have a program in textiles and merchandising with minors in apparel design or interior design. Faculty in this program have won national design competitions; and conduct research in historic clothing, body image, and value-added products from wool. Students participate in international study tours in Italy, England and Scotland and showcase their creations each year at the American Heritage Center.

Making a difference in the lives of young children, youth and families?

We have options in professional child development and family and community services. Faculty in this area conduct research in early childhood learning, motor development, resiliency, rural family development, and child and family policy.   Student internships allow real world experiences in early childhood education, child care consultation, resource and referral services, family services, and prevention programs. Students may also choose a minor in child and family studies.

Graduate education?  

We offer a Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences. You can choose a focus in nutrition, child and family studies, or textiles and merchandising.

We offer an interdisciplinary Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences/Early Childhood Development that allows you to choose courses with an early childhood focus in six different departments.

We offer an interdisciplinary Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition jointly with the Department of Animal Science.

Family & Consumer Sciences - We are New Thinking!