Undergraduate Program

The Discipline

The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumentality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions . . . (The First Presidency, Feb 11, 1999)

Home and family living fosters study of the home as a sacred center for everyday family life and as the basis for a vital community. Theory, research, and practice are used to illuminate the value of everyday home life; foster wellness and provident living in meeting practical human needs such as feeding, housing, clothing, and financing the family; value the potential that practical human needs present for the moral and temporal development of family members; promote religious and community involvement that maintains and strengthens home and family as the fundamental unit of society; and, prepare individuals as professional and everyday home and family educators.

Career Opportunities

Students in Home and Family Living can choose from two majors with distinct futures in the job market. The Home and Family Living major prepares students for successful home and family living but also enables students to develop an area of interest that leads to a home-based business or other professional endeavor. The Family and Consumer Sciences Education major prepares students to be licensed by the State of Utah for teaching in secondary schools. This teaching license can be transferred to other states upon meeting their requirements. Students may also find employment in business and Cooperative Extension.