Family & Consumer Sciences

E = Elective and the year student is eligible for the course

Food For Life

Course #: 640 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 9-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course is an entry-level cooking course. We will learn the basic knowledge and skills needed to be successful in a kitchen setting. Units include: Food and Kitchen Safety; Recipes; Nutrients; and Food Choices. We will be conducting food labs for hands-on learning!

Professional Cooking I

Course #: 641 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: Food For Life

In this advanced level course, students learn culinary techniques and skills that are needed in the foodservice industry. Prior knowledge of kitchen and food safety, kitchen math, and basic measuring knowledge is highly recommended. Units include: Food and Workplace Safety (including HACCP); Current Trends and Sustainability; Mise en Place; and Equipment and Techniques. Kitchen labs will include: Breakfast Foods; Stocks and Soups; Holiday Labs, and one Lab of Choice.

Child Development

Course #: 643 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 9-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

Child Development is a course designed to equip students with child development knowledge, skills, and understanding from preconception through the age of six. Throughout the semester we will study the four areas of child development - physical, social, emotional and intellectual. Some of the major topics will include: Birth Defects; Shaken Baby Syndrome; Brain Development; and Safety and Nutrition.

Health Occupations

Course #: 644 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

Thinking of a career in healthcare? Health Occupations is a dual credit course that allows you to explore careers in the healthcare field. Students will acquire a knowledge base of information, terminology, and skills used in medical occupations. Frequent guest speakers will share information relating to their career choices. This is a preparatory course for the health services career pathways.

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Medical Terminology

Course #: 655 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: Health Occupations

This course is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a career in health care. This course introduces prefixes, suffixes, and word roots used in the language of medicine. Topics include medical vocabulary and the terms that relate to the anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, and treatment of selected systems. Upon completion, students should be able to pronounce, spell and define medical terms as related to selected body systems and their pathological disorders. This is a preparatory course for the health services career pathways.

Food Service Work Based Learning Experience

Three Choices: Length: 1 tri, 2 Tris, 2 Tris Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5, 1.0. 1.5

Course #: 725, 726, 727 (Employability Skills)

Course #: 722, 723, 724 (Youth Apprenticeships)

Recommended Courses: Food For Life & Professional Cooking I

This work based learning experience is an on-the-job training program. With the help of the instructor, students are responsible for obtaining a work site that corresponds with the offerings through the Food and Consumer Education Department. Students in this course will be responsible for completing weekly reports, following a training agreement, and completing employability assignments. Quarterly evaluations are provided by the employers to help students improve their work skills. Upon completing this course and a required number of work hours, students are eligible to earn certification from the State Department of Public Instruction.