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Our Mission
The Department of Human Sciences’ mission is to prepare students for leadership roles in professional family and consumer sciences careers that will empower individuals, strengthen families and enable communities by using an integrated approach to relationships to improve their quality of life through the synergy of education, development and discovery (research) and extension (outreach) of that knowledge to an increasingly global community.
The purpose of the undergraduate program in the Department of Human Sciences is to provide both a liberal and specialized education in which the interests and well being of family members and consumers are significant. The Department of Human Sciences currently has seven undergraduate programs: Fashion Merchandising, Design, Early Childhood Education, Child Development and Family Relations, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, Foods and Nutrition/Dietetics and Food Service Management. The following data contains information on licensing/credentialing, enrollment, retention and graduation rates.
Licensing & Credentialing
The Department of Human Sciences has a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DP). In 2013, undergraduate students completing Dietetic Internships had a 100% passing rate on the Registration Dietitian Exam. This is an improvement of 2009-2012 student passage rates of less than 50%.
In 2013, undergraduate students that took the Dietetic Technician Registered (DTR) Exam also had a 100% pass rate.
As of 2014, 67% of students were accepted to a Dietetic Internship, which is higher than the national average (54%).
Early Childhood Education Teacher Certification program provides undergraduate students with a combination of child development and teacher education courses needed for licensure. There is a 100% passage rate of undergraduate students that took the Praxis exam from 2009-2013.
Human Sciences Teacher Certification provide undergraduate students with a degree to provide instruction for Family and Consumer Sciences courses within school systems. There is a 100% passage rate of undergraduate students that took the Praxis exam from 2009-2013.
Enrollment
The following tables are five-year enrollment data for the Department of Human Sciences’ current undergraduate concentrations and Early Childhood Education undergraduate degree program (all data from TSU Office of Institutional Research):
Family and Consumer Sciences
|
|
Fall 2012-2013 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
|
Human Sciences (undeclared) |
122 |
109 |
49 |
42 |
27 |
|
Child Development and Family Studies |
n/a* |
n/a* |
37 |
42 |
47 |
|
Design |
n/a* |
n/a* |
7 |
11 |
17 |
|
Fashion Merchandising |
n/a* |
n/a* |
17 |
32 |
38 |
|
Food Service Management |
n/a* |
n/a* |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Foods and Nutrition/Dietetics |
n/a* |
n/a* |
9 |
10 |
23 |
|
Family and Consumer Sciences Education |
n/a* |
n/a* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
122 |
109 |
120 |
139 |
155 |
n/a*-Data not available for the specific concentration
RETENTION*
Over the past 5 academic years (2011-2016) the overall retention rate for the undergraduate Human Sciences concentration is 59.6%.
|
Year |
Total Undergraduate
|
Student Attrition |
Retention Rate |
|
2011-2012 |
127 |
54 |
57.5% |
|
2012-2013 |
122 |
60 |
50.8% |
|
2013-2014 |
109 |
54 |
50.5% |
|
2014-2015 |
120 |
44 |
63.3% |
|
2015-2016 |
139 |
37 |
73.4% |
|
Five Year Totals |
617 |
249 |
59.6% |
*All data from TSU Office of Institutional Research.
YEARS TO GRADUATION 2009-2013*
|
Year |
Total Number of Graduates |
Students Graduating in Less than 4 Years (%) |
Students Graduating in 4 Years (%) |
Students Graduating in 4.25-5.0 Years (%) |
Graduated in 5.25-6.0 Years (%) |
Graduated in 6 Years or More (%) |
Average Years to Graduation |
|
2011-2012 |
33 |
14 (42.4%) |
4 (12.1%) |
11 (33.3%) |
1 (3.0%) |
3 (9.1%) |
4.1 |
|
2012-2013 |
39 |
9 (23.1%) |
4 (10.3%) |
12 (30.8%) |
6 (15.4%) |
8 (20.5%) |
4.6 |
|
2013-2014 |
19 |
6 (31.6%) |
1 (5.3%) |
10 (52.6%) |
2 (10.5%) |
0 (0.0%) |
4.1 |
|
2014-2015 |
35 |
10 (28.6%) |
6 (17.1%) |
10 (28.6%) |
2 (5.7%) |
7 (20.0%) |
4.4 |
|
2015-2016 |
24 |
9 (37.5%) |
4 (16.7%) |
2 (8.3%) |
3 (12.5%) |
6 (25.0%) |
4.3 |
|
5 Year Composite |
150 |
48 (32.6%) |
19 (12.3) |
45 (30.7) |
14 (9.4%) |
24 (14.9%) |
4.3 |
*Graduate totals include undergraduate students in the Human Sciences concentrations and the Early Childhood Education majors. All data from TSU Office of Institutional Research.
