Home Science can be defined as the study needed for development of family or home life within a changing society by taking the help of scientific methods and knowledge. Home Science courses normally includes subjects like textile management, home management, clothing, food, art, community living, rural development and hygiene. In the present scenario, home science course are gaining huge popularity among students because of its huge application in industries like interior decoration, textiles, clothing, food preservation, etc…

More and more colleges are introducing this course with the interest shown by future generation (particularly women) for this course. However, Home Science (honors) at the UG level is offered only by a few colleges in India and when it comes to government colleges for this course only two colleges that are constituent units of Delhi University offer this course and they are:

• Institute of Home Science

• Lady Irwin College

Eligibility requirement:

For getting into the B. Sc (hons.) course in Home Science, candidates must have completed their higher secondary examination with at least 50% of aggregate marks with any of any three subjects of the following groups and at least one subjects should be from the Group A given below:

• Group A:

o Biology/biotechnology

o Chemistry

o Physics

• Group B:

o Psychology

o Computer science

o Economics

o Home science

o Mathematics

From the above-mentioned subjects, it is clear that constituent units of Delhi University admits only science stream candidates at the higher secondary level are admitted for the B. Sc (hons.) course in Home Science.

Job prospects after B. Sc (hons.) in Home Science:

Home Science is a field that can offer a recognized professional career in India since it not only deals with home along, on the other hand, it has opened new opportunities and views for students in different walks of life. There are broad array of job opportunities in this field like in cafeterias, counseling, service sectors, fashion journalism, restaurants, apparel merchandising, welfare organizations, hospitals, colleges and schools. Candidates with home science honors degree can find job opportunity as research assistant, demonstrators, nutrition consultants and as food scientists. Sales promotion companies engaged in food products, readymade food stuffs, baby foods also employ graduates with graduation in home science. Even some manufacturing firms employ home science graduates for serving as research assistants.

Course structure:

The B. Sc (honors) course in Home Science normally extends to a period of three years and some of the subjects offered in this course are:

• Dynamics of communication & extension

• Fundamentals of fabric & apparel science

• Introduction to human development

• Foundation of food & nutrition

• Introduction to psychology

• Introduction to sociology

• Fabric science

• Apparel for children & adolescents

• Family finance and consumer studies

• Housing and space designing

• Nutritional biochemistry

• Nutrition of family

• Women’s issues and concerns

• Media systems & communication technology

• Fabric science

Apart from this, the best thing about Home Science honors course is that both the above mentioned government colleges offer this course with different specializations as given below:

• Communication and extension

• Fabric & apparel science

• Human development

• Resource management

Since the course covers different areas like health, textile, nutrition, food science, etc… candidates with graduation in this course, can enter wide range of fields as mentioned earlier.

Higher studies option after B. Sc (hons.) in Home Science:

On completion of B. Sc (hons.) in Home Science, candidates can go for the following courses for higher studies:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Home Science

• Master of Science in Home Science

Thus, B. Sc (hons.) in Home Science course from the above colleges can offer better higher studies and career option to aspiring candidates.