1900   First college-level work offered in home economics.

1909  Courses offered under the category of household administration.These included The Family History of Family Economic Function, Psychology of Family Life, and The Legal and Economic Position of Women—Women as Wage Earners.

1914  Creation of a Home Management house as a laboratory.

1919 The University of Minnesota becomes first in the country to include a course in child training in its home economics department.

1932   First Ph.D. awarded in home economics.

1946   Home Management Laboratory course credit is made available to married students on an “independent study” basis, enabling them to use their own homes as a laboratory.

1952   School of Home Economics begins.

1970   The School of Home Economics is renamed the College of Home Economics and reorganized into five departments: Family Social Science; Food, Science, and Nutrition; the Family Education Program; Textiles and Clothing; and Related Art (Design).

1990  The College of Home Economics becomes the College of Human Ecology, comprised of the departments of Family Social Science; Design, Housing, and Apparel; Food, Science, and Nutrition; and the School of Social Work.

2000  The Department of Family Social Science celebrates its 30th anniversary as a formal department.