1. Tanacia Blackwell Academic Advisor UGA Family and Consumer Economics
Say Yes to UGA FACS
Tanacia Blackwell
Academic Advisor
UGA Family and Consumer Economics

2. Social Media Ice Breaker

3. WHY UGA FACS?!?

4. UGA FACS InFo
4 Departments, 1 institute, 12 BSFCS majors, 6 accelerated BSFC/MS options, 6minors, numerous certificate programs, 4-H Extension (education outreach)
Students pursue careers financial planning, healthcare, education, to owning their own business.

5. Brief History Established 1918
Home to the first female undergraduates and graduates of UGA (Mary E. Creswell).
Focuses on the principles of science, business, design, fashion, journalism, art, education, health, and entrepreneurship
All centered on helping individuals, families, and communities from pre-birth to aging.

6. HS Pathways and UGA Facs majors
Culinary Arts (i.e. food safety; food selection; food preservation)
Early Childhood Care & Education (i.e. brain development; quality child care)
Entrepreneurship (i.e. starting a home-based business)
Financial Services (i.e. saving and investing, estate planning, renting/buying a home)
Food & Nutrition (i.e. weight loss & exercise, produce in season, healthy food preparation)
Housing & Community Management (i.e. living green, making homes safe, renting/buying a home, small houses)

7. Facs departments Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
Foods and Nutrition
Human Development & Family Science
Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors
FACS Education!

8. Know your FACS! True of False Was the college established in 1917?
Is the focus of the college centered around helping individuals, families, and communities from pre-birth to aging?
Does the college consists of 4 departments?
BONUS: Are there 7 minors?!?

9. Foods and Nutrition (fdns)
Undergraduate Programs
Dietetics
Nutritional Sciences
Consumer Foods
Graduate
Accelerated M.S.
M.S.
Ph. D
Dietetic Internship

10. Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics (fhce)
Undergraduate
Consumer Economics
Consumer Journalism
Financial Planning
Housing Management and Policy
Graduate
Accelerated M.S.
M.S.
M.S. Non-Thesis
Ph.D

11. Consumer journalism

12. Human Development and Family Sciences (hdfs)
Undergraduate
Can combine Psychology, Public Health, Early Childhood, and Sociology.
Students interested in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, and more.
Graduate
M.S.
Ph.D.

13. Textiles, merchandising, and Interiors (txmi)
Undergraduate
Fashion Merchandising
Furnishings and Interiors
Graduate
M.S.
Ph.D

14. Facs education Which pathway is right for YOU?!? Community Outreach
Culinary
Family Financial Planning
Interiors, Fashion, & Textiles
Early Childhood
Foods and Nutrition

15. KNOW Your FACS!
Does the FHCE Department have Consumer Economics as an undergraduate degree? True or False
What major can students look into that can prepare them for Med School?
Can HDFS be paired with Psychology or Public Health as a double major?
What degree program includes Community Outreach as an emphasis area?
BONUS: What major considers tiny homes as one of the new innovative ways of living?

16. Scholarship Opportunities
Study Away
16 of 16 applicants rewarded!; 30,250 awarded
Undergraduate
46 of 53 applicants
Graduate
28 of 40 with avg. of 1,586.
“The Marihope Troutman Flatt International Study Scholarship aided me in an opportunity of a lifetime to study abroad in Australia and New Zealand. I furthered my education of nutrition and sustainability by learning firsthand from local field guides! I will carry this experience with me throughout my life as I pursue my career as a registered dietitian. Thank you Marihope Troutman Flatt and FACS for making this possible!”
Krista Whitfield, Dietetics ’16

17. Experiential Learning (innovators)
Directed Studies
Internships and Practicums
Service-Learning
Undergraduate Research
Domestic Study Tours
International Study

18. Student Involvement Ambassadors The Bridge FACS Day at the Capitol
FACS Forward Mentor Program
Legislative Aide Internship

19. FCCLA Involvement
Alumni and Associates are part of a network of adults who believe in Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, its mission and purposes, and is key for anyone who is committed to investing in youth dedicated to becoming strong leaders in their families, careers, and communities.

20. VISIT US FACS Friday Tabling at Tate FACS Info Sessions Group Tours

21. Questions?!?