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

(120 units)

This program focuses on how businesses, government agencies, and community organizations interact with families and consumers.

Take one of the following support courses:

PSY 100 - General Psychology (3 units)
SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology (3 units)

Take one of the following support courses:

ECON 100 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 units)
ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
ECON 300 - Fundamentals of Economics (3 units)

Take one of the following support courses:

SOC 170 - Elementary Statistics (4 units) or HDEV 190 or PSY 110
STAT 108 - Statistics for Everyday Life (3 units)
STAT 118 - Introductory Business Statistics (3 units)

Take all of the following major courses:

FCS 299 - Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences (1 unit)
CAFF 223 - Personal and Family Financial Management (3 units)
CAFF 226 - Consumer Life Skills (3 units)
CAFF 228 - Housing in Global Perspective (3 units)
CAFF 321 - Family and Consumer Resource Management (3 units)
CAFF 427 - Consumer Dynamics (3 units)
CAFF 429 - Consumer Protection (3 units)
FCS 499 - Professionalism and Leadership in Family and Consumer Sciences (1 unit)

Take two of the following courses:

CAFF 307 - Crimes against Consumers (3 units)
CAFF 309 - The Consumer in the Legal and Economic Environment (3 units)
CAFF 322 - Family Housing and the Urban Community (3 units)
CAFF 388 - Consumers vs. Technology: Who’s Winning? (3 units)
CAFF 420 - Personal Finance for the Aging (3 units)
CAFF 422 - Housing Policies: Public and Private (3 units)
CAFF 425 - Personal Financial Planning and Analysis (3 units)
CAFF 426 - Family Financial Problems (3 units)
CAFF 492C - Internship in Consumer Affairs (3 units)
FCS 497 - Directed Studies (1-3 units)

Note(s):

Each course on the student’s program planner must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. In addition, a course in which a grade lower than “C” is received must be retaken and successfully completed prior to enrolling in any course for which it is a prerequisite. A student receiving a grade lower than a “C” may proceed with other courses with approval of the Consumer Affairs Area Coordinator.