Courses
FCOS 212: Concepts of Family Resource Management
Family Resource Management unlocks the complexity of family decision making; the concepts and the underlying explanations of family behaviors: Understanding of the major management principles and frameworks with emphasis on the managerial processes: decision... |
FCOS 208:Human Physiology
Composition of blood: Anaemia; blood groups; homeostasis and blood coagulation; conditions that cause excessive bleeding; functions of blood; structure of the heart. Cardiac cycle; Circulatory systems; factors that affects heart rate. Structural organization... |
FCOS 206:Principles of Foods
Basic composition of foods, their physical and chemical properties and their relationship to food preparation; Fruits and Vegetables, Carbohydrate structural constituents, Pigments, Flavours, Changes during cookery; Milk and Milk Products, Components,... |
FCOS 204:Adult Development
Fundamental concepts and empirical research on the development and changes in perception, cognition, emotion, and social functioning over the adult lifespan; Analysis of change from early adulthood through death in the areas of social, cognitive, and physical... |
FCOS 203: Task Performance Management
The purpose of simplifying home related-work. Application of principles of body mechanics relating to the work place, work methods, time and motion. Disabilities and home-related work life; Housing and Maslow’s notion of human needs. |
FCOS 202: Introduction to Fashion Design
Concepts and practices for garment production, Selection, use, care and storage of tools and equipment used in apparel production; Body measurements/ reference points with their names and symbols; Figure types; Basic stitches, methods of obtaining patterns,... |
FCOS 201: Child & Adolescent Development
Physical, intellectual and socio-emotional development of children; progression of pregnancy and prenatal development, birth and the newborn, types of growth and development, stages of growth and development, needs of children and adolescents, factors... |
FCOS 104:Introduction to Family Resource Management
Fundamental knowledge in Family Resource Management and overview of the family, its types, stages of the family life cycle and managerial functions of families; Meaning, scope and significance of management and its application in the home; Analogies between... |
FCOS 103:Introduction to Textile Fibres & Fabrics
Production, classification, physical and chemical properties of fibres; subjective and objective methods of fibre identification; fibre morphology and its effect on fibre properties; yarn type and structure; methods of fabric construction; fabric type/names,... |
FCOS 102: Scope & Philosophy of Family & Consumer Sciences
Philosophy, scope and historical developments of Home Science (Now Family and Consumer Sciences); examination of basic human needs; the impact of local and global issues on the needs; overview of programme approaches in Family and Consumer Sciences which help... |