15/16 Catalog
B.S. Family and Consumer Sciences - FACS
Family Studies Concentration - FAMS
Program Planning Sheet
Advisors:
Ann Moylan: moylan@csus.edu
Jerry Cook: cookj@csus.edu
Check the department website at www.csus.edu/facs for office hours and other information
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Units required for Major: 51
A. Required Core Courses
(24 units)
Prerequisites
CSUS
Transfer
Units
Grade
Equivalent/Substitute
Courses (campus,
number, title, units)
FACS 10 - Nutrition and Wellness (3)
FACS 30 - Fashion and Human
Environment (3)
FACS 50 - The Family & Social Issues
(3)
SOC 8 - Sense and Nonsense in Social
Research (3) OR
STAT 1 - Introduction to Statistics (3)
MATH 9
FACS 100 Research: Methods and
Application in FACS (3)
6 FACS units
FACS 140 - Family Resource
Management (3)
Passing score on WPJ
FACS 141 - Family Finance (3)
FACS 168 - Senior Seminar (3)
Graduating Senior with
21 FACS units
B. Required Lower Division Courses
(3 units)
FACS 52 - The Child in the Family (3)
fall only
(Over)
C. Required Upper Division
Courses (24 units)
Prerequisites
FACS 108 - Family Communication
(3)
COMS 8 or FACS 50 or
SOC 166 or Instructor
permission
FACS 150 - Family Stress and
Coping: Multicultural Focus (3)
FACS 50 or equivalent with
instructor permission:
passing score on WPJ
FACS 152 - Adolescent
Development (3) Not open to
students who have taken PSYC 149.
Previous or concurrent enrollment in
CHDV 133 strongly recommended.
spring only
FACS 52 , CHDV 30, or
CHDV 35 or instructor
permission
FACS 154 - Issues in Parenting (3)
previous enrollment or concurrent
enrollment in CHDV 133 strongly
recommended
FACS 52, CHDV 30 or
CHDV 35, or instructor
permission
FACS 155- Family Life Education
(3) fall only
CSUS
Transfer
Units
Grade
Equivalent/Substitute
Courses (campus, number,
title, units)
Junior or Senior standing or
instructor permission-FACS
100 or FACS 160 strongly
recommended
FACS 159 - Adulthood and Aging in
Human Development (3) spring only
FACS 162 - Family Support Services
(3) fall only
A minimum of 12 units in
FACS upper division family
area courses.
NURS 160 - Human Sexuality (3)
OR PSYC 134 - Psychology of
Human Sexuality (3) OR HLSC 134
-Understanding Human Sexuality (3)
Important Notes:
FACS 195C: Internship is required by NCFR for those pursuing the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). Enrollment
in FACS 195C requires a GPA of 2.5 or higher, and must be set up a semester in advance through consultation with an advisor
in Family Studies.
FACS 156: Child Life and Family-centered Care is required by the Child Life Council for those pursuing the Certified
Child Life Specialist (CCLS). Prerequisite for this course is a course in child development that covers birth through adolescence.
Requirements for B.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences:
 120 units minimum with 40 upper division units
 General Education requirements including 9 upper division General Education units
FACS majors must have a minimum grade of C- in all prerequisite courses within and outside the department.
All students should meet with their faculty advisor at least once per academic year.
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Date
Rev. Jan. 2016