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Apparel & Textiles
Financial Services
Food Services
Interior Designer
Home-based Entrepreneur

Things you can do in Apparel and Textiles:

Fashion Designer, Seamstress, Tailor, Consultant, Retail Buyer and Manager, Pattern-maker, Custom Sewing, Merchandiser, Textile Specialist, etc.

Recommended SFL Emphasis: Family and Consumer Science Education

Recommended elective courses: Select upper-division courses according to your specific interests.

SFL Courses:

  • SFL 185R Beginning Clothing Construction
  • SFL 280 Dynamics of Clothing
  • SFL 282 Textiles
  • SFL 287 Intermediate Clothing Construction
  • SFL 380 History of Apparel
  • SFL 387 Advanced Clothing Studies: Pattern making
  • SFL 487 Advanced Clothing Studies: Construction
  • SFL 488R Home-based Entrepreneurs

MS required? No.

Ph.D. required? No.

Alumni Spotlight: Kelsey Johnson (Assistant Buyer)

Assistant Buyer

Things you can do in financial services:

Family Financial Planning & Consulting, Consumer Protection Agencies, Banking/Mortgage/Lending/ Insurance Services, etc.

Recommended SFL Emphasis: Family & Consumer Sciences Education

Recommended elective courses: Select upper-division courses according to your specific interests.

SFL Courses:

  • SFL 260 Family Finance
  • SFL 360 Advanced Family Finance
  • SFL 361 Money in the Family
  • SFL 472 Temporal Welfare in Families

MS required?
No, but an advanced degree in family economics, finance, or business management may be needed for some positions.

Ph.D. required?
No, but an advanced degree in family economics, finance, or business management may be needed for some positions.

Alumni Spotlight: Drew Egan (Financial Trainer)

Financial Trainer

Things you can do in Food Services:

Family Financial Planning and Consulting, Consumer Protection Agencies, Banking/ Mortgage/ Lending/ Insurance Services

Recommended SFL Emphasis: Family & Consumer Sciences Education

Recommended elective courses: Select upper-division courses according to your specific interests.

SFL Courses:

  • SFL 110 Food Preparation in the Home
  • SFL 215 Advanced Food Preparation
  • SFL 340 Family Meal Management
  • SFL 488R Home-based Entrepreneurs

MS required? No.

Ph.D. required? No.

Recommended SFL Emphasis: Family & Consumer Sciences Education

Recommended elective courses: Select upper-division courses according to your specific interests.

SFL Courses:

  • SFL 102 Interior Design
  • SFL 202 Design in the Home
  • SFL 230 Housing the Family
  • SFL 328 History of Interior Design and Architecture 1
  • SFL 328 History of Interior Design and Architecture 2
  • SFL 488R Home-based Entrepreneurs

MS required? No.

Ph.D. required? No.

Recommended SFL Emphasis: Family & Consumer Sciences Education

Recommended elective courses: Select upper-division courses according to your specific interests.

SFL Courses:

  • SFL 110 Food Preparation in the Home
  • SFL 215 Advanced Food Preparation
  • SFL 340 Family Meal Management
  • SFL 488R Home-based Entrepreneurs

MS required? No.

Ph.D. required? No.