Fashion Design and Merchandising

The Fashion Design and Merchandising sequence prepares students for employment in the global textile and apparel industries.

Human Development and Family Science

The Human Development and Family Science sequence provides students the skills needed to provide educational, preventative and intervention services to individuals and families.

Interior Design

The Interior Design sequence curriculum develops students’ skills and knowledge in color, design, drafting, space planning, building and interior systems.

Teacher Education

The FCS Teacher Certification sequence certifies students to teach all areas of Family and Consumer Sciences at middle school and high school levels.

Food Nutrition and Dietetics

The Food Nutrition and Dietetics sequence prepares students for dietetic internships and successful careers in dietetics and food management fields.

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A Day in the Life of a CAST Alum: Nathan Schober, Family and Consumer Sciences and Kinesiology and RecreationThe College of Applied Science and Technology's "A Day in the Life of a CAST Alum" series is designed to shed some light on how CAST alumni spend their days.

CAST 50×50 recapThe College of Applied Science and Technology recaps its 50th anniversary article series, #CAST50.

Birthing dreams: Alumna achieves family, career success through surrogacyIllinois State alumna Zara Griswold is in the business of creating families. The agency Griswold created with Staci Swiderski helps couples who cannot physically reproduce their own child navigate the expensive and legally complicated process of using gestational surrogacy with egg and sperm [...]