CUET Home Science Syllabus 2024

Unit 1- Nutrition, Food, Science and Technology 

• Clinical nutrition and Dietetics – Significance, Diet Therapy objectives, Role of a nutritionist, Types of diets, scope, and career.
• Public Nutrition and Health – Concept of Public Health and Nutrition, Nutritional Problems in India, Strategies to tackle Nutritional Problems, Scope and Career.
• Catering and food services management – Types of food service system, Management in food Services, scope and career.
• Food Processing and Technology – Basic concepts – food science, food processing, food technology, food Manufacturing, Development of food processing and technology and its importance, Classification of processed food, Scope, and career.
• Food Quality and Safety – Basic Concepts – food safety, food contamination, food adulteration, Food Standards Regulation – India (FSSAI, Agmark) and International (CAC, WTO, ISO), Food safety management systems, Scope, and career.

Unit 2- Human Development: Lifespan Approach 

• Early childhood care and Education- NCF (Principles and Objectives, Concept of a creche, daycare centre and Montessori schools, Viewpoint of Psychologist- Piaget and Vygotsky, Scope, and Career. 
• Special Education and support services- Disability, special education methods, scope and career. 
• Management of institutions and programmes for children, youth, and elderly- Children: Vulnerable, programmes, Youth: Vulnerable, programmes, Elderly: Vulnerable, programmes, Scope and career. 

Unit 3: Fabric and Apparel 

• Design for fabric and Apparel – Design Analysis – structure and Applied, Elements of design, Principles of design, Scope, and Career.
• Fashion design and Merchandising – Fashion terminology – Fashion, style, Fad, classic, Fashion Development – History and Evolution, Fashion Merchandising, Scope and career.
• Production and quality control in the Garment Industry – Stages of apparel production, Quality Assurance in the Garment Industry, Scope and career.
• Care and Maintenance of fabrics in Institutions – Laundry equipment – Washing, drying, and ironing. Institutional laundry. Scope and career.

Unit 4: Resource Management 

• Human Resource Management: Significance and Functions of HRM, Scope, and Career. 
• Hospitality Management- Concept of different hospitality establishments, Guest Cycle, Departments in Hospitality organisations, Front Office, Housekeeping, Food and Beverages, Scope, and Career. 
• Consumer Education and Protection- Consumer Problems, Consumer Protection Act (2019)- Consumer Rights and responsibilities, Standard Marks- ISI, Agmark, FSSAI, HallMark, Silk Mark, Wool Mark, Eco Mark, Voluntary Consumer organisations, Scope and Career. 

Unit 5: Communication and Extension 

• Development of communication and Journalism- Basic concepts- Development, Development Journalism and Development Communication, Methods of communication, Scope, and Career.