CAREER IN HOME SCIENCE

Home Science is both science and an art related to modern house-keeping. Home Science has been defined as a field of study built upon many disciplines for the purpose of achieving and maintaining the welfare and well being of home and family life in an ever changing society. The subjects that come under the study of Home Science include Chemistry, Physics, Physiology, Biology, Hygiene, Economics, Rural Development, Child Development, Sociology and family relations, community living art, food, nutrition, clothing and textiles and home management.
COURSES :
Home Science is an approved subject at the +2 level by many State Boards as well as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE.) While the curriculum at the +2 stage barely introduces the student to the study of home science, it is only at the graduate level that the curriculum becomes extensive. At the post graduate level there are separate courses in various branches of home science which include food, nutrition and dietetics, rural community extension, child development, family relation, textiles and clothing, home management, home science education and extension.
COURSE DURATION :
Bachelor’s Degree - 3 years.
Post Graduate Degree - 2 years.
INSTITUTIONS :
The bachelor degree and post graduate level courses in Home Science is offered by around 100 colleges affiliated to various Universities in the country, departments and faculties of the Universities and the Agricultural Universities. In Orissa, the Home Science courses are available in the following Institutions :
UNIVERSITY
COURSE
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
B.A. (Home Science)
10+2
Sambalpur University, Sambalpur.
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10+2
Berhampur University, Berhampur, Ganjam.
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10+2
Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar.
B.Sc (Home Science)
10+2 with Physics, Chemistry,Biology, Mathematics.
POST GRADUATE COURSES
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
M.A. (Home Science)
B.A. in Home Science.
Sambalpur University, Sambalpur.
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Sambalpur University, Sambalpur.
M.Sc.(Home Science)
B.Sc. (Home Science.
Berhampur University, Berhampur, Ganjam.
M.A. ( Home Science)
B.A. degree.
EMPLOYMENT AVENUES :
People qualified in Home Science have options to enter production jobs such as dress making, food preservation, specialized cooking, technical jobs such as Research Assistants, Food Analysis, Food Scientist etc. They can also take up teaching jobs. B.Sc. Home Science is a recognized qualification for a pre-primary and primary school teacher. Home Science post graduates also take up teaching assignments in Senior Secondary Schools and Home Science Colleges.