The program begins at Hammarskjold Middle School with a cycle course covering topics such as interpersonal skills, self-awareness, basic nutrition, shopping tips, and the use of small appliances. It continues at Churchill Junior High School, where four semester electives are offered. In Creative Living I, students work in the food lab, study nutrition, and learn the basics of clothing construction and sewing machine operations. Creative Living II includes units on food preparation, sewing, and interior decorating. In Culinary Essentials, students learn more advanced food preparation techniques, and in Food Science and Nutrition, they explore the scientific aspects of food and nutrition and the way in which these relate to their daily lives.
At East Brunswick High School, the family and consumer sciences electives are scheduled by the semester or for a full year. They include a comprehensive series of three courses in Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts I through III, Everyday Foods, Food For Fitness, Food Science and Nutrition, Fashion Merchandising, and Retailing, Human Growth and Development, a Teacher Cadet Program and Preschool Education (Preschool Education classes meet for a double period for the entire year).