Competency Areas

The College of Consumer and Family Sciences is committed to educating, as well as graduating, superior students. Our students are not only able to effectively function in the world, they excel. We have a responsibility to provide a cohesive set of Competency Areas for all CFS students to ensure a continuation of this tradition of excellence. The CFS Curriculum Committee has identified and unanimously agreed upon these Competency Areas that are necessary to enable all students graduating from CFS to lead productive and fulfilling lives.

Technology

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about, integrate, and apply technology in a variety of settings.

Social Ethics

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about and apply principles and concepts of ethical behavior in a variety of settings. 

Social and Behavioral Science

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about and apply and/or demonstrate an understanding of scientifically-based information about human development, relationships, and consumer behavior in a variety of settings.

Oral and Written Communication

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about and effectively apply oral and written communication skills in a variety of settings.

Natural Sciences

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about the natural sciences and apply the scientific process in a variety of settings.

Mathematics and Statistics

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about and apply and/or demonstrate appropriate mathematical and statistical skills in a variety of settings.

Culture and Diversity

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about race, ethnicity, gender issues, cultures, and other diversities, and apply and/or demonstrate what it means to have a global perspective in a variety of settings.

Conceptual and Critical Thinking

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about and apply and/or demonstrate critical thinking, using the required analytical and decision-making tools for producing solutions in a variety of settings.

Aesthetics

CFS graduates are knowledgeable about aesthetics and make appropriate aesthetic judgments in a variety of settings.