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Marketable Skills Report

Applied Arts

Family & Consumer Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.F.C.S.) Major in Consumer Affairs

Marketable Skills:

  • Think critically
  • Analyze and solve problems
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • A strong sense of personal and social responsibility (personal ethics and integrity) as one interacts with consumers
  • Ability to examine issues from multiple points of view or perspectives
  • Ability to work independently and with persons from different professional backgrounds as part of a team
  • Apply qualitative and quantitative skills and use appropriate technology to explore data to better problem solve complex issues consumer face in the marketplace
  • Skills in negotiation, persuasion to influence behaviors for consumer well-being
  • Skills in numeracy, analyzing, interpreting data for translation into evidence based practices

Applied Arts

Family & Consumer Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences (B.S.F.C.S.) Major in Consumer Affairs

Marketable Skills:
  • Think critically
  • Analyze and solve problems
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • A strong sense of personal and social responsibility (personal ethics and integrity) as one interacts with consumers
  • Ability to examine issues from multiple points of view or perspectives
  • Ability to work independently and with persons from different professional backgrounds as part of a team
  • Apply qualitative and quantitative skills and use appropriate technology to explore data to better problem solve complex issues consumer face in the marketplace
  • Skills in negotiation, persuasion to influence behaviors for consumer well-being
  • Skills in numeracy, analyzing, interpreting data for translation into evidence based practices
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