The purpose of Campbell University's Family and Consumer Sciences Department is to prepare students with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to work to improve the lives of children and families at the national, state, county, or local levels.  Goals of the program include:

1. To instill among its students, Christian values and goals that shall guide them as they face the challenges of their ever-changing environment.
2. To encourage students to develop skills and competencies in family services, children's programs, life span development, foods and nutrition, consumer management, and secondary education teaching skills in family and consumer sciences education.
3. To help students gain an understanding of the dynamics of families and interpersonal relationships.
4. To prepare students to work with various populations by understanding the diversity of families.
5. To provide students with knowledge in human development across the life span, family relationships, parenting, and policies that affect family life.
6. To instill moral, ethical, and cultural sensitivity in students that will serve them in their careers and in their personal lives.
7. To prepare students to more effectively assume roles as family and consumer sciences professionals, community members, marriage partners, parents, teachers, and administrators.
8. To provide students opportunities to develop leadership qualities.
9. To prepare students for entry level employment in Family and Consumer Sciences and its related areas.

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