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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 the Competency Areas that are necessary
to enable all students graduating from CFS to lead productive and
fulfilling lives.
CFS graduates are able to interface effectively with
clients, patients, consumers, families, co-workers, and/or businesses
with respect to the following Competency Areas:
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.
CFS Undergraduate Student Services
Consumer and Family Sciences
700 W. State Street
Stone Hall, Room 110
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2059
Phone: (765) 494-8533
Fax: 496-1168
E-mail: cfsundergrad@purdue.edu |
