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HOME ECONOMICS is the study of families and the management of resources available to them for the satisfaction of basic needs in changing environments. It seeks to understand the multi-dimensionality of daily living in the context of home, workplace and community by drawing from a range of disciplines (science, arts and humanities) and integrating its specialized areas within home economics core.
As a discipline, home economics addresses itself directly to many of the most urgent issues and key concerns of human well-being such as food, nutrition, clothing and shelter. Its basic needs approach is anchored on the family and directly takes into account family relationships and family linkages. It is concerned with understanding the resources, processes, rationale, responsibilities and opportunities which make the home and family effective parts of the social fabric and significant contributors to national development.
Objectives of the College of Home Economics
1. To educate men and women for effective and satisfying personal and family life and responsible citizenship.
2. To prepare leaders in the various fields of home economics; home economics education, family life and child development, nutrition, food science and technology, hotel and restaurant administration, clothing technology and interior design.
3. To provide leadership in home economics research.
4. To contribute to the enhancement of the quality of life of Filipinos through community, extension and volunteer service programs.
5. To address the constitutional provision to strengthen the family as the foundation of the nation.
6. To enhance appreciation and valuing of home economics.
Graduate education in CHE provides advanced knowledge in the various sub-disciplines of Home Economics designed to meet disciplinal as well as professional goals with emphasis on theory, skills, and research. It aims to develop skills of critical inquiry and high level research as well as instill in each student an understanding of and a capacity for scholarship, independent judgment, academic rigor, and intellectual honesty. The highest standards of academic excellence, integrity, and academic freedom shall be promoted and upheld in all graduate programs of the College.
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