Courses

HFL 100: Home and Family Living

Creating home as a sacred center for individual, marital, and family development; how temporal activities in the home have spiritual importance

HFL 102: Introduction to Interiors

Interior design, emphasizing history and development of the American home

HFL 110: Food Preparation in the Home

Principles of cooking and skill development in food preparation techniques. Lab required. Fee.

HFL 180: Clothing the Family

Comprehensive approach to consumer economics of clothing selection and care for individuals across the family life cycle and across cultures. Adapting clothing to meet diverse individual (physical and psychological) needs in the market-oriented economy.

HFL 185R: Beginning Clothing Construction

Unit method of clothing construction, with projects individualized to student experience. Student-supplied materials required.

HFL 202: Design in the Home

Intermediate application of elements and principles of design for the home.

HFL 210: Advanced Food Preparation

Lecture, readings, and intense practicum in food preparation, food preservation and storage, presentation, consumerism, equipment usage, and social/familial aspects of food

HFL 223: Marriage Preparation

Factors related to quality relationships, mate selection, and the transition to marriage.

HFL 224: Marriage Enhancement

Designed primarily for those who are married or engaged. Couples are encouraged to enroll together.

HFL 230: Housing the Family

Social-psychological, economic, and political aspects of housing families; making selections that will enhance the quality of housing, increase productivity, and protect the health, safety, and well-being of the family across the life cycle.

HFL 260: Family Finance

Principles in family science applied to family money management

HFL 282: Textiles

Natural and synthetic textile fibers, yarns, fabric construction, dyes, and finishes. Care and performance of textile fabrics for clothing and household use.

HFL 287: Intermediate Clothing Construction

Prerequisite: HFL 185 R or equivalent sewing skills
Assessing and executing various construction methods, including construction of several full-scale garments. Student-supplied materials required. Fee.

HFL 319: The Family in Fiction

Concept, theories, and insights about family life as illustrated in various works of great literature.

HFL 328: History of Interior Design and Arcitecture1

History of interior design, architecture, and furnishings from ancient Egypt to beaux arts movement. French, English, and American design.

HFL 329: History of Interior Design and Architecture 2

Furniture, interior design, and architecture form Industrial Revolution to present.

HFL 333: Religion in the Home

How families of various faiths live their religion in their homes, with emphasis on practical, day-to-day home and family life rather than on abstract theology.

HFL 335: Household Equipment

Selection and performance of coolware and small and large household appliances; equipment function based on physical science principles; consumer use nad energy conservation.

HFL 340: Family Meal Management

Prerequisite: HomEc 110 or instructor's consent.
Organizing and managing time, energy, finance, and nutrition in planning, preparing, and serving family meals; ethnic and cultural diversity in etiquette and meal planning. Lab required. Fee.

HFL 360: Advanced Family Finance

Theory and practice in family science applied to family money management.

HFL 361: Mondy in the Family

Money attitudes & financial behaviors in the family-distinguishing between living high and living well. Mentored learning course.

HFL 370: Families in Communities

How families successfully interact with their external contexts (school, church, workplace, legal system, health care, media, etc.) in patterns of mutual influence.

HFL 371: Work and Relationships in the Home

Theoretical and practical implications of interplay between household work, family relationship, and human resource development.

HFL 380: History of Apparel

Costume, clothing, and textiles as mediums for understanding the stages and states of individuals, families, and societies; apparel diversity and cultural identity.

HFL 381R: Textile Design (Weaving)

Various components, including color and textural effects, of designing textiles. Development of structural and applied design abilities through hand-production methods and computer-integrated design systems.

HFL 387: Advanced Clothing Studies: Pattern

Prerequisite: HomEc 287 or equivalent sewing skills.
Flat pattern design, basic drafting, and basic draping for women's apparel. Student-supplied materials required.

HFL 395R: Special Topics in Home Economics

Various topics in home economics.

HFL 397: Advanced Clothing Studies

Prerequisite: HomEc 287 or equivalent sewing skills.
Advanced and decorative clothing construction techniques in a variety of specialty fabrics. Fee.

HFL 399R: Academic Internship: Home Ec.

Prerequisite: cooperative education coordinator's consent.
Supervised on-the-job experience in clothing.

HFL 400R: Teaching practicum

Qualified students provide instruction for pre-selected labs in HFL classes

HFL 403R: Research/Creative Works Practicum

Research/creative works experience in a project directed by a faculty.

HFL 461: The Family and the Law

Legal environment of the family system, with emphasis on husband-wife and parent-child relationships, rights, and responsibilities.

HFL 472: Temporal Welfare in Families

Assumptions, philosophy, and theory accounting for resource allocation, use, and meaning in families

HFL 488: Seminar: Home-based Entrepreneurs

History, philosophy, theory, and application of occupational/vocational guidelines and requirements.

HFL 489: The Family and Public Policy

Investigation of public policy processes related to legislation and laws affecting home economics/home and family life. Funding and grantsmanship.