All Family and Consumer Science courses meet the practical/vocational arts requirement.  The skills taught are essential to each individual for successful living.  We all face a future of constant change.  Technological advances are causing dramatic changes in the way students are prepared for the workplace and for managing their lives and homes. 

Family and Consumer Science programs focus on the development of skills, knowledge, attitudes, and essential competencies that directly affect individual and family life management. FACS department offers two career curriculum pathways;   Teaching and Early Childhood Education   and Culinary Arts and Hospitality .  The curriculum paths include introductory courses, advanced courses, and ROP courses.  College credit is available for successfully completing specific courses.    Completion Certificate awarded at 30 Units           

Career Pathway Course sequence:

Teaching and Early Childhood

• Introductions to Family and Consumer Science FACS
• Child Development
• ROP Careers with Children
• Teacher Cadet
• Senior FACS/Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts and Hospitality

• Introduction to Family and Consumer Science FACS
• Food and Nutrition
• Senior FACS/ Culinary Arts
• ROP Restaurant Practices

All FACS courses meet the district’s ten-credit/one year practical/vocational arts graduation requirement.  A lab fee is required to cover cost of materials used by the student

Are you interested in teaching Family and Consumer Science? Many of the teachers in our area will be retiring in the next 4 years. Get your teaching credential and take over our jobs! All of the following universities offer pathways to teaching Family and Consumer Science! Apply today!