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Careers

Opportunities in Child Development & Family Life

Adolescent Service specialist
After- school program director
Camp director
Child advocate
Child psychologist
Childlife therapist
Child welfare professional
Counseling therapist
Day-care center director Day-care teacher
Elementary teacher
Family life educator

Family preservation specialist
Human relations specialist
Marriage & Family counselor
Preschool director
Psychiatric assistant
Program director
Recreational specialist
Social welfare worker
Teen parent educator
Youth program director
Youth service worker
University extension educator

Opportunities in FCS Education

Preschool teacher
Middle school teacher
High school teacher
Adult educator
Alternative school counselor
Cooperative extension
Consumer service consultant
Human resource manager

Product design/testing
Welfare advisor
Energy specialist
Health care director
Hospital educator
Specialist in aging agency
Corporate consultant

Opportunities in Interior Design

Studio Option

Residential environments:

Housing/home interior design
Kitchen and bath design
Home office design
Store planning design

Non-residential environments:

Office/commercial design
Healthcare/daycare/wellness design
Hotel/restaurant design
Institutional design

Related Career Tracks

Furniture design
Lighting design
Theater set design
Textile design

Education
Research
Journalism

Opportunities in Food & Nutrition

Dietetics

Administrative
School food service
College/university food service
Military food service
Health care facilities
Clinical
Hospitals
Clinics
Long term care facilities
Consulting
Private practice
Community
Maternal and child health programs
Weight loss programs
Senior and home delivered meal programs
Health promotion and wellness programs
Hunger relief programs

Food Service Management

Industry
Private restaurants/clubs
Hotel/motel food service
Fast food chains
Airline food service
College/university food service
Correctional facilities food service

Food and Nutrition

Food testing
Food and nutrition writers
Community nutritionist
Graduate study leading to
Research
University teaching

Opportunities in Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising

Retail buyer or assistant buyer
Personal shopper
Retail management
Management trainee programs with department stores, mass merchandisers, or specialty stores
Advertising, journalism, or photography as these areas relate to the fashion industry
Special events coordinator
Fashion promotion
Visual merchandiser
Showroom sales or sales representative for manufacturers of apparel or related goods