A school subject covering cooking, sewing, budgeting, and other practical life skills. Typically taught in middle and high school.
I learned the basics of cooking in middle school home economics.
We made aprons in home economics class.
In today's home economics class, we made curry.
My mother teaches home economics at a junior high school.
My little sister is good at home economics and always cooks well.
家庭科 is the school subject that teaches practical home-economics skills, whereas 家政 is the academic or professional term for household management as a whole.
home economics room
Compound of 家庭 (household, home) and 科 (subject, department).