1- Introduction to the Department:
- The department was established in the academic year 1418 AH with the establishment of the College of Education to prepare female teachers in Delam, as it was affiliated with the Girls Agency of the Ministry of Education.
- It was changed to the Department of Home Economics and Art Education, and this regulation continued to be implemented from 1423 AH to 1429 AH.
- A new regulation was implemented from 1429 AH to 1431 AH, with the name of the department changed to the Department of Home Economics.
- The department developed through its affiliation to Al-Kharj University by working with the preparatory year system, where registration and acceptance to work with this system in the academic year 1431-1432 AH.
- The Department of Home Economics was separated from the Department of Art Education at the beginning of the first semester of the academic year 1432-1433 AH.
2- Head of Department Speech
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Prayers and peace be upon the master of the Messengers, Mohammed, his family, and companions. Hello everyone Greetings to all visitors of the Home Economics Department website, as it is the department that is concerned with preparing the student academically through the courses it offers. It mainly aims to prepare students for job and to improve the quality of the family’s life, as family is the nucleus of the society and its basic building block. The ultimate objective is to achieve family’s well-being, solve its problems and promote its solidarity in a rapidly changing world that is based on modern technologies. The department is currently working on a future plan that aims to develop its academic programs and develop new study tracks to open up several job opportunities commensurate with the needs of the labour market and community service, with an emphasis on the importance of scientific research. I hope that this platform will be a contact bridge that connect our dear students to all faculty members who save no effort to reply for Inquiries and consider useful suggestions. I ask God Almighty to help us with the responsibility and tasks entrusted to us and to repay our mistake for the good and interest of the department.
With all my best wishes
Head of the home economics department
Dr. Nouf Abdul Karim Al Kharashi
3- Vision, Mission and Objectives
Vision:
A distinguished program in education to qualify female teachers and pioneers in the sciences and arts of home economics.
Mission:
Seeks to prepare graduates in various fields who are able to meet the needs of society, educational projects and small industrial projects, and are able to achieve competition locally and regionally. In line with the requirements of the labour market, through effective community participation. The department also pursue to develop faculty members competencies in using the best learning techniques in the educational process and promote scientific research system in line with the requirements of the labour market.
Objectives:
The main task of the department is to serve the family and society to achieve development and provide a better life and seek to improve and promote home environmental conditions and health status through:
- Preparing graduates through an advanced education that is appropriate to work in the field of general education. This preparation is in an educational way that enables them to efficiently perform their task as teachers of family sciences and life skills courses through preparing them theoretically and practically.
- Providing the opportunity to student teachers for field training in schools and applying what they have studied in terms of teaching methods, plans and modern technical means.
- Preparing the Saudi citizen to be able to perform the duties of the Muslim woman as a wife, mother, and child-carer that is, to be the manager of all the family's resources. Conducting research in the field of home economics in its various branches.
- Encouraging handicrafts to find job opportunities for people appropriate talents in the field.
- Paying attention to small projects that are concerned with clothing, design, nutrition, and arts, to benefit from human energies for the development of the national economy.
- Designing specialized programs and activities for the students of the department to develop talents and manual skills.
- Organizing regular exhibitions for the works of the distinguished students of the department.