Consumer Affairs

Department Chair: Wendy Reiboldt

Department Office: Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) - 001
Telephone / Fax: (562) 985-4484 / 985-4414
Website: www.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/fcs

Faculty: Mariné Aghekyan, Michelle Barrack, Rachel Blaine, Lee Blecher, Marie Botkin, Tiffany Brown, Soo Hyun Cho, Maria Claver, Nancy Dayne, Gail C. Frank, Virginia Gray, Libby Gustin, Young Ha, HyeJeong Kim, Younok Jung, James E. Koval, Peter Kreysa, Mary Marshall, Suzanne Marshall, Iveris Martinez, Nilufer Medora, JungMee Mun, Wendy Reiboldt, Cheryl Rock, Roudi Roy, Myunghae Sohn, Michelle Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Long Wang, Jung-Mao (Ronnie) Yeh, Yun Ying (Susan) Zhong

Program Director: Peter Kreysa

Baccalaureate Program Coordinator: Nancy Dayne
Graduate Coordinator: Virginia Gray

Administrative Support Coordinators:
Mikal Lok, Marina Bendersky, John Ciulik

Instructional Support Technician: Bonnie Rice

Instructional Support Assistant: Jenny Tran

College: College of Health and Human Services  

Related Departments:

• Family and Consumer Sciences  
• Child Development and Family Studies  
• Fashion Merchandising and Design  
• Food Science  
• Hospitality Management  

​​Courses: CAFF  ​ 

Career Possibilities

Consumer Advocates on Television and Radio Stations • Litigation Consumer Specialist • Product Safety Advocate • Credit Counselor • Food and Drug Consumer Specialist • Federal Trade Consumer Specialist • Community Consumer Educator • Consumer Science Teacher • Financial Advisor • Financial Counselor • Product Safety and Health Care Consultants • Customer Service Representative • Housing Counselor • Homeless Coordinator • Property Manager • Product Researcher (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, refer to www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Programs

• Family and Consumer Sciences, Consumer Affairs Option, B.A.

• Consumer Affairs Minor

Courses

• CAFF 223 - Personal and Family Financial Management
• CAFF 226 - Consumer Life Skills
• CAFF 228 - Housing in Global Perspective
• CAFF 307 - Crimes against Consumers
• CAFF 309 - The Consumer in the Legal and Economic Environment
• CAFF 321 - Family and Consumer Resource Management
• CAFF 322 - Family Housing and the Urban Community
• CAFF 388 - Consumers vs. Technology: Who’s Winning?
• CAFF 420 - Personal Finance for the Aging
• CAFF 422 - Housing Policies: Public and Private
• CAFF 425 - Personal Financial Planning and Analysis
• CAFF 426 - Family Financial Problems
• CAFF 427 - Consumer Dynamics
• CAFF 429 - Consumer Protection
• CAFF 492C - Internship in Consumer Affairs