Home Economics is a comprehensive applied discipline that focuses on human family life, aims at improving the quality of family life, strengthening the quality of family members and benefiting all mankind, and guides people's family life, social life and emotional and ethical life. With a brand-new educational concept, the major of home economics is committed to cultivating students with systematic basic theories of home economics and related professional knowledge, and mastering professional skills such as home economics management, family education, nutritious meals, community service, clothing fabrics, family finance, career guidance, aged care, marriage guidance, consumption planning, etc. And can be engaged in industrial management and training personnel in companies, enterprises, institutions, communities and other departments, as well as domestic teachers in primary and secondary schools and research and promotion personnel in related industries, so that students can have.
2. Main courses of home economics.
Introduction to sociology, social medicine, social psychology, introduction to life science, applied nutrition, eugenics, children's health care and education, psychological consultation and counseling, family medicine, social security, family investment and financial management, life aesthetics, gerontology, public utility management, family ethics, marriage and family counseling.
3. Training objectives of home economics major.
Training objectives
The major of domestic economics trains high-quality domestic professionals who have systematic basic theories and relevant professional knowledge, master professional skills such as domestic management, nutrition deployment, community service and family education, and can engage in work related to improving the quality of life of the whole people in urban and rural communities, family services, enterprises and institutions, hospitals, military, schools, government agencies and other departments.
Training requirements
The major of domestic economics requires a systematic grasp of the basic theories, professional knowledge and professional skills of domestic economics through the study of this major; Familiar with the basic research methods of domestic economics, master the skills of market planning, operation and prediction in domestic economics industry; Be able to use the knowledge learned to guide family life scientifically, and at the same time have the educational ability to impart family life knowledge; Understand the frontier and development trend of domestic and international housekeeping; Have a high level of foreign language and computer application ability; With strong practical ability, it provides scientific guidance for improving the quality of life of the whole people.
4. Employment direction and prospect of home economics major.
Employment direction
Graduates majoring in home economics can engage in community management and service, life and family education guidance, marriage and family consultation, etc. In government departments and civil affairs systems, women's federations, social work systems, community guidance, service and management institutions, and property management institutions, and can engage in life education and life management in primary and secondary schools and preschool education institutions; Be able to engage in health care and life management of employees in enterprises and institutions; Engaged in the development, organization and operation of life science industry, such as the development of household products and elderly products, and the promotion of medical care products.
Career prospects
In recent years, with the development of China's economy, various research institutions related to people's family life needs, such as clothing, materials, housing, use and children's education, have been established one after another, and short-term training of various vocational education has flourished, with the number of newspapers and magazines guiding family life increasing year by year. 1In May, 1985, Henan Women's Cadre School opened a "Women's Home Economics Class"; In June, 1985, Dalian started the "wife housekeeping class"; 1986 Wuhan Home Economics Research Center was established in Wuhan, Hubei. 1in the spring of 988, China was the first school to teach domestic scientific knowledge comprehensively and systematically after liberation. Wuhan Modern Home Economics College was established with the approval of Hubei Provincial Education Commission, and was upgraded to Home Economics College from 65438 to 0997. Since then, more than 20 secondary specialized schools and nearly 30 higher vocational colleges have set up home economics majors, and Jilin Agricultural University and Tianjin Normal University International Women's College have also set up undergraduate education in home economics. With the continuous development of society, it can be predicted that in the near future, China's domestic professional education will have broad prospects.
Second, the ranking of domestic economics universities
1. Jilin Agricultural University A++
2. Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus A+
3. Tianjin Normal University a
4. Hunan Women's College a