The Family and Consumer Sciences program is housed in the Department of Health and Human Sciences in the College of Education and Human Development. Students can major in Family and Consumer Sciences as well as select a specific concentration if they want to specialize in one area of the discipline; FCS Education, Human Development and Family Studies, and Retail Merchandising.
- Oldest department on Campus; 1st BS degree at the University of Montevallo granted to a Family and Consumer Sciences graduate.
- Accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
- Continuous record of educating Family and Consumer Sciences teachers in the State.
- Approved Certified Family Life Education program.
- All students in each concentration complete an internship in the field.
- Child Study Center:
- 1st Child Development Center in Shelby County to achieve NAEYC accreditation.
- Continuous programming for children since 1931.
- Approved Office of School Readiness (OSR) center.
Review FCS Fast Facts Fall 2023 (PDF)
3-Year FCS Major Overview
3-Year FCS Program Outcomes
| 12-30-2023 | Format Reported | Frequency Updated and Reported | Briefly describe your methods of data collection: i.e. where you got your data and how your data were measured | |||
| Fall-to-fall | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
| Retention Rate for major | 66.7% | 100% | 83.3% | Website | Data collected and reported annually | Retention rates for the major are calculated annually in the Office of Institutional Research based upon declaration major. |
| 4-year cohort | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Graduation Rate for major | 66.7% | 100% | 50% | Website | Data collected and reported annually | Graduation rate is calculated and provided by the Office of Institutional Research, University of Montevallo for fall semester only |
| Performance on National Examinations (% of passed) required) | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
| edTPA |
100% n=1 |
N/A |
100% n=3 |
Data collected each semester |
Data collected from edTPA nationally
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| FCS Praxis |
2 n=2 |
2 n=2 |
Data collected each semester | Data collected from ETS nationally | ||
| Number of Graduates (required) | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | |||
| FCS Major Total | 18 | 14 | 9 | Statistics provided annually to the department from the Registrar’s office. | ||
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||
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13 | 11 | 4 | |||
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4 | 3 | 0 | |||
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0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Job Placement in field (% of graduates) | ||||||
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | ||||
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100% | n/a | 0 |
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Updated annually |
Data collected from follow-up contact with graduates.
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53% 1 entered graduate school |
54.5% |
25% 1 entered graduate school |
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50% 2 entered graduate school |
100% | n/a | |||
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n/a | n/a | 100% | |||
| Graduate School | ||||||
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | ||||
| FCS Major Total |
16.7% n=18 |
n/a |
11.1% n=9 |
Updated annually |
Data collected from follow-up contact with graduates.
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