As a FCS Education Composite major, students are qualified to teach in subjects such as nutrition and foods, child and human development, clothing and textiles, and more. Students also graduate with an Idaho Teaching License and are able to teach as soon as they graduate. Students are able to become teachers in these subjects that they love and teach students from grades 6-12.

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) is a discipline that focuses on relationships among individuals, families and communities, as well as the environment in which they function. It is a discipline that prepares men and women to work inside and outside the home in a variety of career areas: Food and Nutrition, Child Development, Housing and Interior Design, Hospitality, Education and Extension, Apparel Entrepreneurship, Family and Community Services, & Resource Management. FCS careers are in high demand, marketable, have a positive impact on families, and secure self-reliance.

Family and Consumer Sciences Education, formerly known as Home Economics, is a program for students who plan to teach Family and Consumer Sciences at the middle school, junior high, high school, or postsecondary levels. Family and Consumer Sciences Education directly addresses the needs of individuals, families, and consumers. Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences can directly impact the lives of individuals, the health of families, and the welfare of society and help to shape the future in a very direct way.