Educational and Vocational Scope of Home Science

EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL SCOPE OF HOME SCIENCE

At the College / University level, Home Science is offered as a Bachelor’s Degree programme with a duration of three years and as a Master’s Degree programme with a duration of 2 years. Master of Philosophy in Home Science is one year programme. The course offered in some of the reputed colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu are given in Table-2.

The future career prospects for graduates and post graduates in Home Science are as follows:

1. Clinical Dietician

·        Hospitals and outpatient clinics,

·        Work with chefs in hospitals, cor-porate sectors, hostel and day care centres.

·        Consultants in diet and health

2. Public Health Nutritionists

·        Public health departments such as ICDS and Noon Meal Programme,

·        Food experts and scientists in insti-tutes such as Central Food Technolog-ical Research Institute and National Institute of Nutrition.

3. Academicians and Research Scholars

·        Teaching in schools, colleges, univer-sities, health professional colleges and culinary schools

·        Manage or assist with clinical proto-cols, interventions or clinical trials.

4. Consultant / Private Practice

·        Dietary consultants or Dietitians at hospitals after being certified as Regis-tered Dietitians.

·        Client counselling for weight manage-ment, eating disorders, sports nutri-tion, disease management,

·        Write cookbooks, educational pro-grams, articles for local newspapers or specialty magazines,

5. Business and Industry

Careers in business and industry include jobs such as sales, marketing, public relations, research and devel-opment (labeling, recipes, product information and production, quality control)

·        Food production ( food products & preservation),

·        Nutraceuticals.

·        Hotel Industry.

·        Fashion designing 

·              Establishing day care centres for babies and Pre-school children.

6. National and International Food Organizations

Based on the specialisation in various branches of Home Science a student may gain entry into

·              OrganizationssuchasWorldHealthOrgani-zation, Food and Agriculture Organization,

·              Public Policy / Government organizations

·              Public service through group service examination

Activity 1

How will you motivate your friends in Junior school to enrol for the subject Home Science in higher education by highlighting the scope of Home Science.