Prerequisite: None

Learn about life. Map out your future and start deciding what you want to do when you grow up. This comprehensive laboratory course enables students to investigate careers in the human services career cluster, including counseling and mental health, early childhood development, family and community, and personal care services. This introductory course provides practical information in the areas of self-discovery, relationships, consumer resource management, housing/interior design, child care and development, nutrition and food preparation, clothing selection and maintenance, and career preparation essential for becoming successful personally and in the work place.

Prerequisite: None

Plan and prepare healthy meals. Learn to live a healthy lifestyle. This technical laboratory course concentrates on nutrition and food management skills promoting health and wellness. Instruction addresses menu planning for nutritionally balanced diets; strategies for managing diet related diseases; weight management and fitness; safety and sanitation in preparing and storing food; consumer management and fitness; consumer food buying strategies and budgeting and utilizing food labels. Students will investigate careers relating to nutrition and foods. The fully equipped lab facility allows students to demonstrate knowledge of food preparation management principles through laboratory experiences. Earn a ServSafe Starters Employee Guide Certificate.

Prerequisite: None

This course examines how the relationships between individuals and among family members significantly affect the quality of life. Students use knowledge and skills in family studies and human development to enhance personal development, foster quality relationships, promote wellness of family members, manage multiple adult roles, and pursue careers related to counseling and mental health services.

Prerequisite: None

As society points to a growing need for effective skills in caring for children, this practical laboratory course places emphasis on child growth and guidance as it addresses physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of the child. Students will develop the skills necessary in the caregiver role for promoting the healthy development of children, strengthening a culturally diverse society, and pursuing careers related to the care, guidance and education of children, including those with special needs.

Prerequisite: None

Do you like children? Are you interested in a career working with children? If you answered “yes”, then this course is for you! This course focuses on the many areas of development of children from conception through childhood, including those children with special needs. Other topics include proper prenatal care, providing appropriate activities for children, as well as information on child care related careers.

Prerequisite: Family and Community Services

If you are interested in community service experiences, then this course is designed for you. Students will plan and implement community service activities through community service projects each semester. Through these service opportunities students will develop and enhance their organizational and leadership skills and characteristics. Opportunities will also be provided for students to mentor elementary and middle school students on their respective campuses. Students will explore careers, agencies, and organizations focusing on family services

Prerequisite: : Family and Community Services

Seniors…If you are interested in community service experiences, then this course is designed for you. Students will plan and implement community service activities through community service projects each semester. Through these service opportunities students will develop and enhance their organizational and leadership skills and characteristics. Opportunities will also be provided for students to mentor elementary and middle school students on their respective campuses. Students will explore careers, agencies, and organizations focusing on family services.

Prerequisite: None

This laboratory course is designed to address the special needs and interests of male and female students who are parents or who are pregnant. Special emphasis is placed on prenatal care and development, postnatal care, child development, infant care, and parenting skills. Students are provided opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills to become successful parents and to prepare for managing the multiple roles of student, parent, family member, and wage earner