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Components of Home Science

There are five major components of Home Science: Food and Nutrition, Family Resource Management, Textile and Clothing, Human Development, and Communication and Extension. Each component is a broad domain that covers specific areas of specialization and career opportunities in that field. The components include studying nutrition, family budgeting, textile science, human development across lifespan, and communication/extension methods.

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Components of Home Science

There are five major components of Home Science: Food and Nutrition, Family Resource Management, Textile and Clothing, Human Development, and Communication and Extension. Each component is a broad domain that covers specific areas of specialization and career opportunities in that field. The components include studying nutrition, family budgeting, textile science, human development across lifespan, and communication/extension methods.

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Components of Home Science

There are five major components or areas of specialisation in Home Science. • Food and
Nutrition • Family Resource Management • Textile and Clothing • Human Development •
Communication and Extension

COMPONENTS OF HOME SCIENCE

There are five major components or areas of specialisation in Home Science.

• Food and Nutrition

• Family Resource Management

• Textile and Clothing

• Human Development

• Communication and Extension

The study of Home Science is so advanced that each specialization is a vast


domain in its own ways with its areas of specialization and vocation/professional
opportunities. Table- 1 emphasises the branches of Home Science along with spe-
cific areas dealt in each branch.
1. Foods and Nutrition
In this course, the chemical composition of food, the nutrients present in them,
their bioavailability, functions of various nutrients, and loss of nutrients in cooking
and processing, techniques in food safety and food security, nutritional deficiencies
in the human body and its consequences are dealt with in detail.
2. Family Resource Management
The management of resources such as time, money, energy and space are the main
topics for study under family and community resource management. The students
gain knowledge about home scale budget preparation and work simplifica-tion
techniques.
Consumer education is also included under this subject in order to ensure that
students become intelligent consumers who are aware of their duties,
responsibilities, rights and privi-leges as consumers in the society. The stu-dents
are provided information regarding food safety, safety against adulteration,
common adulterants, health hazards and Consumer Protection Act. Major princi-
ples and basics of design and arts are also detailed in this area.
3. Textile and Clothing
Textile science includes all details about various natural and synthetic fibres. The
process involved in construction of fab-rics, apparel designing and as well as fab-
ric finishes are also taught.
4. Human Development
Human development deals with the development of a child from conception to old
age and the developmental task pertain-ing to each stage in life. Physical, motor,
emotional, language, cognitive and social development of human beings are also
included in this. Behavioural problems of children, special or differently abled
chil-dren and specific problems and issues that hinder the development of human
beings are also dealt. Geriatrics is also a part of the study.
5. Communication and Extension
Extension education includes the study of programme planning, preparation of
audio visual aids, social work, applied nutrition and methods of communicating
with the society.

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