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Hunt(1992) identifies the four major stakeholders of university discipline that aspires to be a professional discipline as the society, the students who major the discipline, the potential employers of the major’s graduates, and the academia. The purpose of this study is two folds: 1) to assess whether or not the needs of the major stakeholders of Consumer Sciences are met by analysing the current course offerings of Consumer Sciences departments in higher education institutions in Korea, and 2) to make constructive suggestions for curriculum development for Consumer Sciences programs. Results of curriculum analysis suggests that the current Consumer Sciences programs’ curriculum relatively well responds to the traditional charge of the discipline. However, the curriculum needs to take a step further in order to accomodate the career needs of its students, in the direction of career path in private corporate sector, and several suggestions in the direction are discussed.