The department of Family, Nutrition, & Exercise Sciences (FNES) is a multidisciplinary department that offers programs in Food Management. Human Development & Family Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Exercise Science and Human Performance, and teacher education in Family and Consumer Sciences and Physical Education.

The mission of the department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Queens College, CUNY, is to prepare individuals to assume leadership roles in family and consumer sciences, nutrition, and exercise sciences, and in teacher education in family and consumer sciences and physical education; to create new knowledge through research and in-depth study of the respective disciplines; and to apply current knowledge to enhance the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities in an increasingly global society.