FCS at Jacksonville State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FCS coursework.

• FCS 352Child Growth and Development (WI)opens 9 courses (5.5 directly)
• FCS 322Normal Nutritionopens 8 courses (5.5 directly)
• FCS 337Methods of Nutritional Assessmentopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• FCS 132Culinary Scienceopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FCS 420Medical Nutrition Therapy Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FCS 450Curriculum Planning in Child Developmentopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FCS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 48 FCS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more FCS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FCS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FCS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at FCS 421

  1. BY 263Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  2. FCS 322Normal Nutrition
  3. FCS 337Methods of Nutritional Assessment
  4. FCS 420Medical Nutrition Therapy I
  5. FCS 421Medical Nutrition Therapy II

• 4 courses deep, ending at FCS 463

  1. FCS 353Child Growth and Development Laboratory (WI)
  2. FCS 352Child Growth and Development (WI)
  3. FCS 450Curriculum Planning in Child Development

• 3 courses deep, ending at FCS 438

  1. FCS 122Fundamentals of Food Preparation and Meal Management
  2. FCS 132Culinary Science
  3. FCS 438Principles of Culinary Management

• 2 courses deep, ending at FCS 334

  1. FCS 131Clothing Construction
  2. FCS 334Flat Pattern and Advanced Apparel Construction

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FCS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FCS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FCS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the JSU campus feed.