2009-2010 cohort
Content area preadmission course requirements
Master of education/initial licensure in family and consumer sciences
Content area courses are prerequisites; these courses must be completed or in progress at the time of M.Ed./ILP admission.
Courses in the content area are required to meet the Standards of Effective Practice for Teachers (SEPT) and content standards adopted in 1998 by the Minnesota Board of Teaching: “The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.” Contact the program coordinator, who will assess and recommend courses that fulfill this requirement.
The following are the subject matter requirements program admission, categorized into four areas of knowledge. The minimum number of credits required in each category is listed, along with recommended courses offered at the University of Minnesota. These lists are not complete and similar courses you have taken or are considering taking may also be acceptable. Courses listed are examples only.
* Denotes courses in the following list also offered as Independent and Distance Learning (IDL) courses.
The family (9-credit minimum)
The family as a context for human development, family forms, the meaning of families, family relations and communications, and family functions and roles.
Minimum of 3 credits in family structure and function is required. Students are strongly encouraged to complete FSOS 3102 or FSOS 4104W listed below, but they may also take the following courses to satisfy the 9-credit requirement.
- CI 5937—Parent-Child Interactions (3 cr)
- FSOS 1101—Intimate Relationships (4 cr)
- FSOS 1201—Human Development in Families: Lifespan (4 cr)
- FSOS 3102—Family Systems and Diversity (3 cr)
- FSOS 3104—Global and Diverse Families (3 cr)
- FSOS 4104W—Family Psychology (3 cr)
- FSOS 4155—Parent-Child Relationships (3 cr)
- YOST 5322—Work With Youth–Families (2 cr)
Human development (13-credit minimum)
Physical, social, cultural, intellectual, and physiological aspects of development over the lifespan.
PSY 1001 is required. Minimum of 4 credits in child psychology/child development and at least 3 credits in human nutrition is required. An additional 3 credits in human nutrition is strongly encouraged.
- CPSY 2301—Introductory Child Psychology (4 cr)*
- CPSY 3301—Introductory Child Psychology for Social Sciences (4 cr)*
- CPSY 4303—Adolescent Psychology (4 cr)*
- CPSY 4311—Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Children (4 cr)
- CPSY 4331—Social and Personality Development (4 cr)*
- CPSY 4334W—Children, Youth in Society (4 cr)
- CPSY 4993—Directed Instruction in Child Psychology (3 cr)
- CPSY 4996—Field Study in Child Psychology (1-4 cr)
- FSOS 1201—Human Development in Families: Lifespan (4 cr)
- FSOS 4101—Sexuality and Gender in Families and in Close Relationships (3 cr)*
- FSCN 1112—Principles of Nutrition (3 cr)*
- FSCN 3612—Life Cycle Nutrition (3 cr)
- FSCN 3614—Nutrition Education and Counseling (3 cr)
- FSCN 4612—Human Nutrition (3 cr)
- FSCN 4614—Community Nutrition (3 cr)
- PSY 3666—Human Sexuality (3 cr)
- PUBH 3905/6905—Human Nutrition and Health (2 cr)
- PUBH 6903—Child and Adolescent Nutrition (2 cr)
Family resource management (9-credit minimum)
Study of human, material, and financial resources, their distribution, and the principles by which families manage them.
Minimum of 3 credits in personal and family finance is required.
- APEC 4451W—Food Marketing Economics (3 cr)
- DHA 1101W—Introduction to Design Thinking (4 cr)
- DHA 1221—Clothing Assembly Fundamentals (3 cr)
- DHA 2213—Textile Analysis (4 cr)
- DHA 2401—Introduction to Housing (3 cr)
- DHA 2402—Residential Technology (3 cr)
- DHA 4212W—Dress, Society, and Culture (3 cr)
- DHA 4465—Housing in a Global Perspective (3 cr)
- DHA 5467W—Housing and the Social Environment (4 cr)
- FSOS 3101—Personal and Family Finances (3 cr)*
- FSOS 4106—Family Resource Management (3 cr)
- FSOS 4153—Family Financial Counseling (3 cr)
- FSOS 4156—Legal-Economic Controversies in Families (3 cr)
- FSCN 1021—Introductory Microbiology (4 cr)
- FSCN 1102—Food: Safety, Risks, and Technology (3 cr)
- FSCN 3102—Introduction to Food Science (3 cr)
- PUBH 3615—Sociocultural Aspects of Food, Nutrition, and Health (3 cr)
Contexts of the family (9-credit minimum)
Social, cultural, economic, and political dynamics affecting family well-being over time. Examples of courses:
- ANTH 3003—Cultural Anthropology (3 cr)
- ANTH 4051—Kinship, Gender, and Diversity (3 cr)
- CI 5908—Family and Work Relationships (3 cr)
- FSOS 3104—Global and Diverse Families (3 cr)
- FSOS 2103—Family Policy (3 cr)
- POL 3739—Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity (3 cr)
- SW 3101—Interventions in Community and Social Policy (3 cr)
- SW 3203—Interventions with Individuals and Groups (3 cr)
- SW 3703—Gender Violence in Global Perspective (3 cr)
- SW 5052—Ecologies of Child Development Within Communities of Color (3 cr)
- SW 5107—Child Welfare Policy (3 cr)
Return to program sheet for family education
Updated June 2009