The FCS department offers academic programs in dietetics, child development, child life, community engagement, event management, FCS education, family life education and more. Learn more about our Academic Programs. Family life education focuses on healthy family functioning within a family systems perspective and provides a primarily preventive approach. Our program is an approved program by the National Council on Family Relations. As a result, graduates of our program can have an abbreviated application process and a reduced fee to become a provisional certified family life educator.