<p>I’m watching the OSU UF game, and one of the OSU players is a Family Science major. Fill me in. What is that?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/hdfs/programs/ug-options.php[/url]”>http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/hdfs/programs/ug-options.php</a></p>
<p>This appears to be an undergraduate major that would lead to social services positions or to grad school in counseling.</p>
<p>Yeah…my favorite so far was “Recreation and events management” (UFlorida). It took me awhile to find it on the website, it was a concentration under the Tourism and Recreation Management department.</p>
<p>Sometimes I watch these games more to see the crazy majors and figuring out what they are than actually paying attention to the plays…</p>
<p>Years ago I got talking with a woman whose son was at U. of Texas, and I asked her what her son’s major was. She said, “Recreation.” I laughed and said," yea, aren’t they all? No, really" and she said,’ He IS a Recreation major. He’s learning how to manage campgrounds and YMCA"s" … OK</p>
<p>“Sometimes I watch these games more to see the crazy majors”</p>
<p>The major that stopped me in my tracks was Packaging. Can you imagine introductory, advanced, and independent courses in Packaging? When I looked into it, it seemed to be fairly rigorous, involving a lot of materials science and mechanical engineering (at least at that one school). But it sure was a double-take at first. “This semester, I have Calculus, French, and Packaging…”</p>
<p>I was also shocked to learn that Home Economics still exists as a university department, although it seemed (again at the one school) to point only to the career path of teaching Home Ec in middle and high school.</p>
<p>Actually most schools teach home ec under “Family and Consumer Sciences” now, guess it’s more “pc”. I have a friend who graduated with a ed degree in F&CS and is now employed as a banker. Guess she couldn’t find a job back home and refused to move for employment?</p>
<p>Packaging has actually become a rather complex technology. It goes far beyond what you see in the pharmacy or supermarket, though some of those containers can be rather complex (juice boxes, for instance). Development of large and safer containers for chemical products and all sorts of containers that are equipped for holding, and then dispensing a material, is constantly evolving.</p>
<p>We have a family friend who has made a fortune in innovative packaging. He developed a no drip baby bottle/nipple and a no drip sippy cup.</p>
<p>My husband just reminded me of another friend who makes in the mid/high six figures per year as a major event planner for the studios (big business here in Los Angeles!).</p>
<p>I had a friend in college who majored in “Leisure Studies”. Yes, really. I think the name has now been changed to something to do with recreation. We all laughed at her major back then but she was laughing all the way to the bank when a few years after graduation she was running a large aqautics program and doing very well.</p>