FACS Minors

CHECK OUT THESE EXCITING MINORS TO COMPLEMENT YOUR MAJOR.

PLEASE NOTE: For all FACS Minors: One-half of hours required for the minor must be at the 300 course level or above.

Child Life (21 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 191 Child Development

     FACS 391 Risk and Resilience

     FACS 393 Play and Child Development

     FACS 395 Child and Family Stress

     FACS 494 Parenting Strategies

     PHIL 322 Biomedical Ethics

     AND three hours of restricted electives chosen with advisor

Child Studies (21 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 191 Child Development

     FACS 297 Family, Community & Early childhood Program Partnerships

     FACS 395 Child and Family Stress

     FACS 492 Growth and Guidance of Children

     FACS 494 Parenting Strategies

     AND 6 hours of restricted electives chosen with advisor

Consumer and Family Sciences (21 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 110 Design Concepts

     FACS 111 Human Nutrition

     FACS 310 Management of Family Resources

     FACS 311 Family Relations

     FACS 431 Clothing and Human Behavior

     AND 6 hours of approved electives.

Family Studies (21 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 191 Child Development

     FACS 310 Management of Family Resources

     FACS 311 Family Relations

     FACS 494 Parenting Strategies

     FACS 495 Interpersonal/Relationship Violence

     AND 6 hours of approved electives

Food Service Management (24 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 151 Food Science

     FACS 171 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 251 Commerical Food

     FACS 275 Restaurant Management

     FACS 313 Practicum

     FACS 351 Human Resource management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 353 Menu Planning and Purchasing

     FACS 452 Quality and Service Management in the Hospitality Industry

Interior Design (22 hours)

  Required Courses:

     DMT 110 Design Concepts

     DMT 120 Design Studio I

     DMT 201 Design Studio II

     Restricted Electives:

     DMT 300 Design Studio III

     DMT 303 Lighting Design Seminar

     DMT 403 Business Principals and Practices

     DMT 422 Textile Design and Performance

     DMT 446 Restoration of Historic Interiors

     DMT 448 Interior Illustration

Lodging Management (21 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 171 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 252 Computer Applications in Hospitality

     FACS 271 Tourism Planning and Development

     FACS 313 Practicum

     FACS 351 Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 371 Lodging Management

     FACS 452 Quality and Service Management in the Hospitality Industry

Meeting, Convention, and Exposition Planning (21 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 171 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 313 Practicum (must be in Meeting, Convention, and Exposition Planning)

     OR

     REC 490 Practicum (site must be approved by course instructor)

     FACS 375 Meeting and Convention Management

     REC 306 Recreation Program Planning

     MKT 325 Personal Selling

     Electives (6 hours) Electives must be selected from the following list of courses. When

     selecting electives, only two courses in this minor may be duplicated in the student's major

     or another minor.

     FACS 351 Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 373 Tourism and Destination Marketing

     FACS 378 Legal Environment of Hospitality and Tourism

     COMM 240 Critical Listening

     COMM 345 Advanced Public Speaking

     COMM 346 Persuasion

     HORT 209 Floral Design

     HORT 309 Advanced Floral Design

     HORT 409 Wedding Floral Design

     MGT 311 Human Resource Management

     MGT 312 Entrepreneurship

     MGT 333 Management of Non-Profit Organizations

     MGT 365 Entrepreneurial Law

     MKT 323 Services Marketing (MKT-220 prerequisite for this course)

     MKT 328 Marketing on the World Wide Web

     MKT 425 Advanced Personal Selling Strategies

     MKT 427 Entrepreneurial Marketing

     PSY 370 Industrial/Organization Psychology

     REC 424 Camp and Conference Center Administration

     REC 426 Facility Planning and Design

Nutrition (22-23 hours)

  Required Courses:

     FACS 111 Human Nutrition

     CHEM 109 Chemistry for the Health Sciences

     FACS 261 Advanced Nutrition

     Electives (Choose 12-13 hours from courses listed below):

     FACS 361 Life Stage Nutrition

     FACS 365 Community Nutrition

     FACS 367 Nutrition for the Aging Population

     FACS 368 Dietary and Herbal Supplements

     CHEM 304 Biochemistry for the Health Sciences

     FACS 364 Sports Nutrition

Textiles and Apparel Merchandising (24 hours)

  Required Courses:

     DMT 132 Perspectives of Dress

     DMT 223 Textiles

     DMT 231 Textiles and Apparel Quality Analysis

     DMT 333 Fashion Fundamentals

     AND 12 hours TAM electives

Tourism (Collaborative Minor with Physical Education and Recreation Dept.)(21 hours)

Students must take 9 hours from CFS and 9 hours from PE & Rec. Minor must include a minimum of one-half of required hours in upper division courses.

  Required Core Courses:

     FACS 271 Tourism Planning and Development

     MKT 320 Basic Marketing Concepts

     REC 450 Introduction to Commercial Recreation and Tourism

     REC 490 or CFS 313 Internship/Practicum in Tourism

     Plus nine hours chosen from the following restricted electives:

     FACS 171 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry

     FACS 373 Tourism and Destination Marketing

     FACS 375 Meeting and Convention Management

     REC 302 Recreation Leadership

     REC 383 Social Recreation

     REC 451 Recreation Management for Specialized Facilities

If you are interested in adding a FACS minor to your current program, please contact the department by phone (270-745-4352) or e-mail (lauri.warden@wku.edu).