Family and Consumer Sciene

Classes offered at various grade levels may require a prerequisite. Refer to the course catalog for detailed information.

FC100 FACS FOUNDATIONS (Grades 9-12)     

Weight 1.0 Credit 0.5/semester

An overview of the five areas of FACS (textiles and clothing, food and nutrition, housing and interior design, child development and family skills, and resource managing).  This course will provide a student to obtain a knowledge base to decide on which FACS course to take.

FC111 TEXTILES 1 (Grades 9-12)     

Weight 1.0 Credit 0.5/semester

This course is designed for the beginning seamstress.  Students may have had sewing in junior high level or may have never sewn before.  The class begins by covering:  1) fashion selection, production, and design and their global impact and implications; 2) pattern and fabric merchandising; and 3) sewing technology.    

FC112 TEXTILES 2 (Grades 9-12)     

Weight 1.05 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation: Successful completion of Textiles 1 

Textiles 2 will be available in the 2023-24 school year, followed by the 2025-26 school year.

Are you considering a career in the areas of stage designer, fashion or apparel designer, textile designer or costume designer?   This course is a continuation, building, and improving of basic sewing technology learned in Textiles 1 and will help you with the listed career options and many others.

The students will acquire and apply advanced techniques through samples and the construction of more advanced projects.  We will explore techniques for working with different types of fabrics as well as fabric production in the world marketplace. Clothing consumerism will be intertwined throughout the semester. New machine technologies will also be explored. 

FC113 INDEPENDENT TEXTILES (Grades 10-12)

Weight 1.1 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation:  Successful completion of Textiles 1 and 2

Independent Textiles will be available in the 2024-25 school year, followed by the 2026-27 school year.

This course involves the practice and implementation of advanced machine technology and project design work.  Students will employ time/cost studies and their implications on project production. 

FC114 FASHION ART – THE FOUNDATIONS OF APPAREL DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT 

(Grades 10-12)

Weight 1.05 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation: Successful completion of Textiles 1 

The course will develop a more advanced knowledge and application of design skills necessary in fashion. It is designed for the student interested in apparel industry careers that include not limited to all areas of fashion design, design, accessory design, and costume design. The students will explore the who, why and how of the different Fashion Art styles used in today’s apparel industry. This course will involve both hand and digital rendering art techniques used in each area of the Fashion design process in today’s apparel industry. The course will take the students from inspiration boards based on trend forecasting research to product development presentation sketches based on a fashion figure. In this course students will explore the development of technical sketches and the uses of the technical sketching in development of a garment line and how technical sketches are used by domestic and offshore companies to communicate garments construction in today’s apparel industry. Finally, students will build an awareness of the history behind Fashion illustrations and the use of Fashion Illustration in today’s market by Fashion merchandising to promote/ advertise apparel to buyers and the public.

FC170 HOUSING AND INTERIOR DESIGN (Grades 10-12)    

Weight 1.05 Credit 0.5/semester

Bring out the interior designer in you!  Are you considering a career in the areas of state designer, interior designer, or home furnishing coordinator?  This course helps you identify housing styles, explore apartment living, evaluate floor plans, learn how to finance a house, and determine how to use color and furniture arranging.  

FC120 CULINARY ARTS (Grades 9-12)     

Weight 1.0 Credit 0.5/semester

In this basic culinary arts course, students will learn and practice food safety & sanitation procedures and basic food preparation skills enabling students to be self-sufficient in the kitchen.  Students will learn meal planning principles in the selection, preparation, and serving of meals that meet the nutritional guidelines as established by MyPlate.  There is one requirement for this course:  a home cooking final.  The guidelines of the National Restaurant Association are followed in the concepts taught in this class.  This is a prerequisite for Healthy Cooking, Advanced Culinary, and Baking and Pastry Arts.

FC130 HEALTHY COOKING (Grades 9-12)     

Weight 1.05 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation:  Successful completion of Culinary Arts 

Become a healthier you!  Students will gain a basic understanding of nutrition principles and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  Nutrition through the Life Cycle is explored as well as units on eating disorders, fad diets, vegetarian diets/organic foods and sports nutrition.  The guidelines of the National Restaurant Association are followed in the concepts taught in this class.

FC900 SERVSAFE® (Grades 11-12)  This course is also identified as a PC Now course, Sanitation

Weight 1.3 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation:  Successful completion of Culinary Arts and Healthy Cooking

Integration of the Applied Foodservice Sanitation Certification Course as approved by The Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association.  Topics include the principles of food microbiology, applied measures for the prevention of food borne illness, and emphasis on working through people to maintain a sanitary foodservice operation.  Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) fundamentals and steps for implementation is a key component of the course.  Course work prepares students for the ServSafe® certification test and is part of the Professional Management series of the National Restaurant Association.  This course is offered through PC NOW and earns one credit with Penn College of Technology.

FC140 ADVANCED CULINARY (Grades 10-12)

Weight 1.1 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation:  Successful completion of Culinary Arts and Healthy Cooking

Advanced Culinary will be available in the 2023-2024 school year, followed by the 2025-2026 school year.

Are you considering a career in the areas of restaurant, food service, lounge, casino, coffee shop, or catering owner, operator or manager?  This is an advanced food and nutrition course with a global perspective.  Students will learn about various food cultures in regional and foreign foods units.  They will also be introduced to meal planning including a unit on special event planning where they will explore garnishes, appetizers, and specialty desserts including cake decorating.  The guidelines of the National Restaurant Association are followed in the concepts taught in this class.

FC150 BAKING AND PASTRY ARTS (Grades 10-12)

Weight 1.1 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendations:  Successful completion of Culinary Arts and Healthy Cooking 

Baking and Pastry Arts will be available in the 2024-25 school year, followed by the 2026-27 school year.

This course will begin with learning the foundations of baking:  focusing on the common tools, equipment, ingredients and basic science.  Students will study the building blocks of the art by learning formulas, production techniques, and different recipes, and specialty desserts including cake decorating.  By the end of the course, students will have compiled a cookbook full of delicious recipes, developed knowledge of different opportunities available in the profession, and gained confidence in their skills.    The guidelines of the National Restaurant Association are followed in the concepts taught in this class.

FC185 CHILD CARE AND PARENTING (Grades 9-12) 

Weight 1.0 Credit 0.5/semester

Child Care and Parenting offers an in-depth study of children and families.  This course includes a study of parenting skills, responsibilities and everyday challenges, types of families, reproduction, pregnancy, childbirth, as well as health/safety and child abuse.  Students take home a computer baby as a project of this class.  Child Care and Parenting is beneficial for both boys and girls in their future role as a parent or those interested in a career with children as a director of a childcare facility, personal or home care aide, or recreation worker.

FC160 CONTEMPORARY LIVING (Grades 10-12)     

Weight 1.0 Credit 0.5/semester

Are you considering a career in the areas of child, family or school social worker, sociologist, school counselor, or leisure activity counselor?  Contemporary Living is designed to give both males and females a realistic look at relationships and their roles in today's society – both within the home and within our global community.  Many aspects of daily life will be discussed, including some controversial topics.  The course will cover the areas of dating, date rape, love, engagement, marriage, communication, divorce, and aging.  The class will examine many issues ranging from dating danger signals to the qualities of a successful marriage.  

FC180 CREATIVE CRAFTS (Grades 9-12)     

Weight 1.05 Credit 0.5/semester

Are you interested in developing ideas to stimulate learning in a unique way?  This course is open to males and females and includes the study and skills to create various projects.  This class would also be beneficial to students planning to take the Child Development I and Child Development II -- Preschool classes as there will be projects and activities which could be used in planning preschool lessons.  The course will include an evaluation of time management and costing as well as an examination of the “value” of handmade products, both in our society and globally.  A community service project will also be included. 

FC190 CHILD DEVELOPMENT I (Grades 10-12)    

Weight 1.05 Credit 0.5/semester

Are you thinking of working in childcare, preschool, or elementary school?  This class is for you!  The course includes studies of child development and learning theories, nutrition, health & safety for children, guidance and curriculum as well as procedures for running a preschool.  Students learn to plan activities and lessons, crafts, storytelling and songs with many hands-on activities.  This course provides valuable learning and experience needed for a career working with children or those pursuing Early Childhood Education.  This course is the prerequisite for Child Development II – Preschool.

FC200 CHILD DEVELOPMENT II -- PRESCHOOL (Grades 11-12)     

Weight 1.1 Credit 0.5/semester

Prerequisite recommendation: Successful completion of Child Development I

The first few weeks of this class, students learn how to work and care for children, safety procedures, and writing lesson plans.  The majority of the class is hands-on where the students actually run a preschool and are “teachers” for the preschoolers from the community that attend the program three to four times per week.