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Chair: Barbara Stewart

The Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences (HDCS) provides a service to the community in which it is embedded by producing a stream of well educated and dedicated professionals in the fields of merchandising and industrial distribution, human nutrition and foods, and human development and family studies. Through its students, the department will contribute to economic growth and quality of life by providing career-oriented graduates with skills to enrich personal lifestyles.

The primary goal of professionals in human development and consumer sciences is to improve the quality of life. The programs of study prepare students for career opportunities in public service organizations, government, the health sciences, school systems, and business and industry.

Merchandising and Industrial Distribution

The Merchandising and Industrial Distribution program is unique in its coverage of the entire distribution chain from producer to end user. Exposure to this breadth enhances the understanding of graduates in contrast to traditional programs which focus independently on either merchandising or distribution. Merchandising and Industrial Distribution focuses on the processes of retail and industrial marketing and distribution, and analysis of consumer and industrial issues and problems.

Students in the Merchandising and Industrial Distribution (MID) major select an elective block in either Consumer Science and Merchandising or Industrial Distribution to complete their major requirements.

Consumer Science and Merchandising Specialization

     Specialization Requirements
     Major Core Requirements
     University Core Curriculum and
     College General Requirements
     Certification in Marketing Education

Consumer Science and Merchandising is designed to develop professionals who can integrate knowledge of consumers and merchandising processes and apply that knowledge to a broad spectrum of problems facing individual consumers, families, service agencies, and retail marketers of products and services. Consumer Science and Merchandising focuses on analyzing the consumer as a social and economic unit of society and on the process of merchandising products to consumers. Processes of retail marketing and consumer affairs are emphasized. Graduates will:

• Apply merchandising techniques and principles to the selling of products and services;

• Demonstrate the relationship between consumers and businesses through employment in the fields of retail marketing, fashion, sales, buying, public relations, and education.

• Specialization Requirements

HDCS 1331: Introduction to Merchandising
HDCS 2300: Research Concepts
HDCS 3301: Consumer Science
HDCS 4303: Merchandising Systems
HDCS 4393: Internship in CSM

Approved electives. 15 semester hours to be selected
     from the following:

HDCS 3302: Consumer Textiles
HDCS 3304: Visual Merchandising
HDCS 3306: Family Economics
HDCS 4302: Apparel Analysis
HDCS 4394: Internship in CSM
HDCS 4396: Selected Topics in CSM
DIST 1362: Introduction to Industrial
     Distribution
DIST 3387: Procurement I
DIST 4387: Procurement II
COMM 3356: Business and Professional
     Speech
OCED 5390: Instructional Strategies for
     Marketing Education

• Major Core Requirements

DIST 3380: Distribution Technology
DIST 3381: Industrial/Consumer Sales
HDCS 3300: Organizational Decisions in
     Technology or
     ITEC 3340: Organizational Leadership and
     Supervision
HDCS 4369: Entrepreneurship
HDCS 4386: Communication Strategies for
     Merchandising and Industrial Distribution
ITEC 2371: Industrial Fiscal Records
OCTE 2360: Business Law
TECH 1301: Introduction to Computer Application
     Technology
TECH 3365: Industrial Computer Applications

• University Core Curriculum and College General Requirements

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 1376 or 1377, 1378 or 1379

American Government (6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336, 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list
     HDCS 1300 (writing intensive)

Humanities (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Visual/Performing Arts (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Mathematics (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 1335

Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
     TECH 3360

Mathematics/Reasoning/Formal Science (6 semester hours)

Natural Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Merchandising and Industrial Distribution
Specialization: Consumer Science and Merchandising

Certification in Marketing Education

Secondary certification in marketing education can be attained by selecting a minor in education in conjunction with the Consumer Science and Merchandising specialization of the Merchandising and Industrial Distribution major (see advisor).

Industrial Distribution Specialization

     Specialization Requirements
     Major Core Requirements
     University Core Curriculum and
     College General Requirements

Industrial Distribution is a technically-based program concerned with the flow of industrial goods and services from manufacturer to industrial user.

Graduates are employed as industrial sales representatives, operations managers, purchasing representatives, inventory control specialists, marketing directors, and warehouse supervisors. With fewer than twenty Industrial Distribution programs worldwide, the University of Houston has recognition among the better programs. Located in Houston, one of the world's largest ports and centers of distribution, graduates of this program will be well prepared to seek a position in the field and ready to meet future growth in the field. In addition, they will have developed skills to enhance their personal lifestyles. Graduates will:

• Apply knowledge and analytic skills in such industrially relevant disciplines as marketing, logistics, procurement, transportation, and quality;

• Have engaged in a wide range of instructional and student organization experiences which enable meaningful careers in Industrial Distribution.

• Specialization Requirements

DIST 1362: Intro to Industrial Distribution
DIST 3384: Physical Distribution
DIST 3385: Transportation and Traffic Technology
DIST 3387: Procurement I
ITEC 3372: Communication in Science, Engineering,
     and Technology

Technical Specialization

DIST 4380: Quality in Distribution
DIST 4389: Applied Problems in
     Industrial Distribution
ELET 2307: Electrical-Electronic
     Circuits
ITEC 4341: Production Control
MECT 1364: Materials and Processes

Recommended Electives:
DIST 4312, DIST 4389, HDCS 4393, COMM 3356

• Major Core Requirements

DIST 3380: Distribution Technology
DIST 3381: Industrial/Consumer Sales
HDCS 3300: Organizational Decisions in
     Technology or
     ITEC 3340: Organizational
     Leadership and Supervision
HDCS 4369: Entrepreneurship
HDCS 4386: Communication Strategies
     for Merchandising and Industrial
     Distribution
ITEC 2371: Industrial Fiscal Records
OCTE 2360: Business Law
TECH 1301: Introduction to Computer
     Application Technology
TECH 3365: Industrial Computer
     Applications

• University Core Curriculum and General College Requirements

Communication (6 semester hours)
     ENGL 1303: English Composition I
     ENGL 1304: English Composition II

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 1376 or 1377, 1378 or 1379

American Government (6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336, 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours selected from core approved list
     (ECON 2304 or 2305 recommended)
     HDCS 1300 (writing intensive)

Humanities (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Visual/Performing Arts (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Mathematics (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 1335

Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 3360

Mathematics/Reasoning/Formal Science (6 semester hours)

Natural Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours selected from core
     approved list

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Merchandising and Industrial Distribution
Specialization: Industrial Distribution

Human Nutrition and Foods

     Major Core Requirements (non-ADA)
     Major Core Requirements for ADA Certification
     University Requirements
    

The Human Nutrition and Foods major offers an interdisciplinary approach to nutrition and foods in relationship to socioeconomic factors, management skills, and health care services. The program allows students to fulfill career plans in commercial, educational, community, or research settings. The basic curriculum track in Human Nutrition and Foods prepares students for careers in extension and food service management. Students interested in seeking registration as a dietitian may follow an American Dietetics Association (ADA) approved program. The University of Houston is granted approval by the Commission on Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association, 216 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60606-6995 (telephone 312-899-4876). Upon completion of this degree, also called the Didactic Program in Dietetics, students are eligible to apply for entry into a supervised practice program which will prepare them to take the Registration Examination for dietitians.

Graduates will:

• Work as part of a health care team in hospitals, physicians' offices, and clinics as well as consultants to food providers such as restaurants, corporations, or other food industries;

• Meet requirements for graduate professional schools such as medicine, physical and occupational therapy, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, and public health;

• Meet requirements to apply for entry into dietetic internships as preparation to become a registered dietitian.

• Major Core Requirements (non-ADA)

HDCS 1300: Research Concepts
HDCS 2317: Intro to Human Development and
     Intervention
HDCS 2332: Normal Nutrition
HDCS 2333: Food Science I
HDCS 3300: Organizational Decisions in
     Technology or
     ITEC 3340: Organizational Leadership
     and Supervision
HDCS 3301: Consumer Science
HDCS 3333: Nutrition Assessment and Planning
HDCS 3335: Commercial Food Production
HDCS 4332: Food Service Systems Management
HDCS 4334: Community Nutrition
HDCS 4335: Food Science II
HDCS 4396: Selected Topics in HNFDS**
TECH 1301: Introduction to Computer Application
     Technology

**May complete up to 3 HDCS 4396: Selected Topics in Nutrition if topics vary.

Minor: 15 semester hours minimum

• Major Core Requirements for ADA Certification

HDCS 2300: Research Concepts
HDCS 2332: Normal Nutrition
HDCS 2333: Food Science I
HDCS 3333: Nutrition Assessment and
     Planning
HDCS 3334: Advanced Nutrition
HDCS 3335: Commercial Food
     Production
HDCS 4332: Food Service Systems
     Management
HDCS 4333: Clinical Nutrition
HDCS 4334: Community Nutrition
HDCS 4335: Food Service II
TECH 1301: Intro to Computer
     Application Technology

Choose 3 of the following courses:
HDCS 4337: Seminar in Therapeutic
     Nutrition or equivalent
HDCS 4393: Internship in HDCS
     (Nutrition)
HDCS 4396: Selected Topics in
     HNFDS**
    
**May complete up to 3 HDCS 4396: Selected Topics in Nutrition if topics vary.

ADA Certification Requirements:
     HDCS 3300: Organizational Decisions in
         Technology or
     ITEC 3340: Organizational
         Leadership and Supervision
     KIN 3306: Physiology of Human
         Performance
     PHAR 2362: The Science of Drug Action

• University Requirements

Communication (6 semester hours)
     ENGL 1303: English Composition I
     ITEC 3372: Communication in Science,
         Engineering, and Technology

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 1376 or 1377, 1378 or 1379

American Government (6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336, 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Either PSYC 1300 or SOC 1300, and
     HDCS 1300 (writing intensive)

Humanities (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Visual/Performing Arts (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Mathematics (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 1335

Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 3360

Mathematics/Reasoning/Formal Science (6 semester hours)

Natural Sciences

Human Development and Family Studies

Certification for Elementary Teachers
Major Core Requirements for non-Certification
Major Core Requirements for Certification
University Requirements

The Human Development and Family Studies major focuses on developmental studies of individuals, small groups, and families. The program prepares students to deliver human services to individuals and groups across the life span and in a variety of settings.

The Human Development and Family Studies major not only qualifies students for social services, teaching, and management, but also serves as a basis for graduate research and training. The Human Development and Family Studies program reaches out extensively into the community via its partnerships with more than 80 agencies and organizations. For students interested in teaching, the Human Development Laboratory is a model early childhood education facility with a strong national and international reputation. Graduates will:

• Demonstrate the ability to improve the quality of life for themselves and others through the delivery of Human Services throughout the life span, including teaching, administration of programs, advocacy activities, and others;

• Articulate and apply a cohesive theory of Human Development that is relevant to the culture and Human Services field;

• Demonstrate sound professional practice and leadership through employment in the "helping professions" including early childhood education and social services for children, adolescents, families, and the elderly.

Certification for Elementary Teachers

Major Core Requirements for non-Certification
Major Core Requirements for Certification

The Human Development and Family Studies area also offers a program option that leads to certification for Early Childhood Education, Option 2 (pre-kindergarten through grade six). This certification from the State Board for Educator Certification and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education qualifies students to teach in the public schools as well as in preschool and day care settings. Additionally, it provides a basis for graduate training and research. Elementary certification in human development and family studies can be attained by selecting a minor in education in conjunction with the degree in Human Development and Family Studies.

Students completing the Human Development and Family Studies major (non-certification) must complete the following courses, including the university core requirements.

• Major Core Requirements for non-Certification

HDCS 1332: Food, Nutrition, and
     Society or
     HDCS 2332: Normal Nutrition
HDCS 2300: Research Concepts
HDCS 2317: Introduction to Human
     Development and Intervention
HDCS 3300: Organizational Decisions in
     Technology or
     ITEC 3340: Organizational
     Leadership and Supervision
HDCS 3317: Prenatal & Infant
     Development
HDCS 3318: Human Ecology & Adult
     Development
HDCS 4316: Development of Social
     Relations in the Family
HDCS 4318: Human Ecology of
     Parenting
HDCS 4390: Family Community
     Interface:Human Services
     in the Community
HDCS 4393, 4394: Internship in
     HDFST
TECH 1301: Introduction to Computer
     Application Technology

HDCS 3350: Child Development
     Practicum
HDCS 4317: Theory and Practice in
     Programs for Young Children I
HDCS 4319: Theory and Practice in
     Programs for Young Children II
HDCS 4320: Evaluating Educational
     Programs for Young Children
HDCS 4396. Selected Topics in HDFST
     (may be repeated)
COMM 1333: Interpersonal
     Communication

Recommended courses: COMM 3330, 3331, 3352; SOCW 3318, 3397

Recommendations: Foreign Language, Psychology, American Humanics, Interpersonal Communication, Human Nutrition and Foods, Consumer Science and Merchandising

• Major Core Requirements for Certification

HDCS 1332: Food, Nutrition, and
     Society or
     HDCS 2332: Normal Nutrition
HDCS 2317: Intro to Human
     Development and Intervention
HDCS 3300: Organizational Decisions in
     Technology or
     ITEC 3340: Organizational
     Leadership and Supervision
HDCS 3350: Child Development
     Practicum
HDCS 4317: Theory and Practice in
     Programs for Young Children I
HDCS 4318: Human Ecology of
     Parenting
HDCS 4319: Theory and Practice in
     Programs for Young Children II
HDCS 4320: Evaluating Educational
     Programs for Young Children
HDCS 4393, 4394: Internship in HDCS
     (Family Studies) (6 semester hours)
TECH 1301: Intro to Computer
     Application Technology
DAN 1105: Rhythm Skills for Children
     or KIN 1104: Movement Activities
     for Children
Approved electives: 12 semester hours in
     Family Studies

• University Requirements

Communication (6 semester hours)
     ENGL 1303: English Composition I
     ENGL 1304: English Composition II or
     ITEC 3372: Communication in Science,
         Engineering, and Technology

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 1376 or 1377, 1378 or 1379

American Government (6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336, 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Either PSYC 1300 or SOC 1300, and
     HDCS 1300 (writing intensive)

Humanities (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from
         core approved list

Visual/Performing Arts (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core
         approved list

Mathematics Requirements for non-Certification

Mathematics (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 1335

Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core approved list

Mathematics/Reasoning/Formal Science Requirement
for B.S. (Six semester hours)

Mathematics Requirements for Certification

Mathematics (3 semester hours)
     TMTH 1335

Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
     MATH 1313

Mathematics/Reasoning/Formal Science Requirement
     for B.S. (six semester hours)
     MATH 2303, plus three semester hours
         from core approved list

Natural Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours from core approved list


Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Human Development and Family Studies

Minors in Human Development and Consumer Sciences

The Human Development and Consumer Sciences Department offers the following minors to students who are interested in furthering their knowledge in the fields of consumer sciences, family studies, industrial distribution, merchandising, nutrition, and purchasing. Students who have declared a major in Merchandising and Industrial Distribution (MID) may not declare a minor in either Consumer Sciences and Merchandising or Industrial Distribution. (Refer to the information on the MID major for more information.) Students who select one of these minors must satisfy the general university requirements for a minor as well as the following specific course requirements:

Consumer Science and Merchandising
     (15 semester hours)
Required Courses:
     HDCS 1331, 3301, and 4303

Electives:
     Six semester hours selected from the following,
     including at least three advanced hours:
     OCTE 2360, HDCS 3300, 3302, 3304, 4302, 4369, 4380, 4386, 4396
     (Topics in CSM only)

Human Development and Consumer Sciences
     (15 semester hours)
Required Course:
     HDCS 1300

Electives:
     Twelve semester hours in HDCS, including nine
     advanced semester hours.

Note: A student completing any major within the Human Development and Consumer Sciences department may not declare the above minor.


Human Development and Family Studies
     (15 semester hours)
Required Course:
     HDCS 2317

Electives:
     Twelve semester hours to be selected from the following:
     HDCS 3317, 3318, 3350, 4316, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4320, 4396.
     (Topics in Family Studies only)

Human Nutrition and Foods
     (15 semester hours)
Required Courses:
     HDCS 1332 or 2332, 2333, 4334

Electives:
     Six additional advanced hours in Human Nutrition and Foods
     (Suggestions: HDCS 3333, 3335, 4332, or
     4337 unless all prerequisites have been met
     for 3334, 4333, and 4335.)

Industrial Distribution
     (15 semester hours)
Required Course:
     DIST 1362

Electives:
     Twelve semester hours to be selected from
     the following: DIST 3380, 3381, 3384, 3385,
     4312, 4389; ITEC 4341

Purchasing
     (15 semester hours)
Required Courses:
     OCTE 2360, DIST 3385, 3387, 4312, 4387