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Course Syllabus

HFST 2250 Personal and Consumer Management

  • Division: Social and Behavioral Science
  • Department: Education and Family Studies
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 0
  • Prerequisites: none
  • Corequisites: none
  • Semesters Offered: Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2019
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2025
  • End Semester: Summer 2025
  • Optimum Class Size: 35
  • Maximum Class Size: 35

Course Description

This course covers the effective use of management theory in dealing with human and material resources; designed to teach basic skills needed to be a competent consumer; the relationship between management of time, energy, money and other resources necessary for effective living.

Justification

This course is designed to meet major requirements in the fields of family and consumer science and family resource management, as well as to help students become responsible consumers and more effective in their individual lives.

General Education Outcomes

  1. A student who completes the GE curriculum can read and research effectively within disciplines. Students are required to use the Internet to find additional information on the application of management skills. E-mail skills required to transmit some assignments.
  2. A student who completes the GE curriculum can draw from multiple disciplines to address complex problems. Students participate in two oral presentations.
  3. A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason analytically, critically, and creatively. Students will need to develop financial statements to effectively analyze financial situations (including their own).

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. The student will develop an awareness of the individual potential which contributes to a satisfying life.
  2. The student will develop skill in managing those resources available to individuals and families.
  3. The student will develop an awareness of individual goals and values.
  4. The student will develop a plan for effective accomplishment of life goals.
  5. The student will develop awareness of and skill in becoming a responsible consumer.
  6. The student will gain an understanding of appropriate management of economic resources.
  7. A student who completes the GE curriculum can read, retrieve, evaluate, interpret, and deliver information using a variety of traditional and electronic media.
  8. A student who completes the GE curriculum can speak and write effectively and respectfully as a member of the global community, and work effectively as a member of a team.
  9. A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason quantitatively in a variety of contexts.

Course Content

Management
• Philosophy and Definitions of Management.
• History of Management.
• Theories of Management
Management Concepts and Principles
• Values, Attitudes, Goals and Motivation
• Resources.
• Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating.
Management Applications
• Human Resources.
• Time.
• Work and Family.
• Stress and Fatigue.
• Environmental Resources.
• Finances.
• Negotiations
Future Challenges
• Technology.
• Family and Global Change.