Editing Home economics (section)

==Terminology==
[[File:State High School students.jpg|thumb|A group of students studying home science theory at [[Newmarket State High School]].]]
Family and consumer sciences were previously known in the United States as home economics, often abbreviated as "home ec" or "HE". In 1994, various organizations, including the [[American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences]], adopted the new term "Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS)" to reflect the fact that the field covers aspects outside of home life and wellness.<ref name="faq"/> FCS is taught worldwide, as an elective or a required course in [[secondary education]], and in many tertiary and [[continuing education]] institutions. Sometimes it is also taught in [[primary education]]. International cooperation in the field is coordinated by the [[International Federation for Home Economics]], established in 1908.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifhe.org/34.html |title=About IFHE |access-date=2015-01-11 |publisher=International Federation for Home Economics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207025618/http://www.ifhe.org/34.html |archive-date=2014-12-07 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

These programs have been called human sciences, home science, domestic economy, and the domestic arts, the domestic sciences, or the domestic arts and sciences, and may still be referred to as such depending on the academic institution.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hamon |first1=Raeann R. |last2=Smith |first2=Suzanne R. |date=2014-06-04 |title=The Discipline of Family Science and the Continuing Need for Innovation |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12068 |journal=Family Relations |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=309–322 |doi=10.1111/fare.12068 |issn=0197-6664 |access-date=2023-02-25 |archive-date=2023-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427140641/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12068 |url-status=live }}</ref> Home economics has a strong historic relationship to the field of [[human ecology]], and since the 1960s a number of university-level home economics programs have been renamed "human ecology" programs, including [[Cornell University College of Human Ecology|Cornell University's program]].<ref name=Cornell>{{cite web |title=Why the Change to Human Ecology? |url=http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/homeEc/cases/namechange.html |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009051921/http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/homeEc/cases/namechange.html |url-status=live }}</ref>