Family and Consumer Sciences, MS

Program Description | Admission | Degree Requirements | Degree Plans | Courses

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Program Description

The graduate program in Family and Consumer Sciences is designed to provide advanced specialized leadership in various professions, and to further professional competencies for students in dietetics, extension, business, industry and education.

The graduate program in Family and Consumer Sciences is designed to accomplish the following basic purposes:

1. to develop leadership for family and consumer sciences professions;

1. 2o extend competencies for family and consumer sciences specialists in dietetics, extension, business, industry and education; and

2. to prepare promising students for doctoral study.

The curriculum is organized to permit advanced study and research in the following areas:

Clothing, Textiles, and Merchandising
Family Economics and Resource Management
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Interior Design
Nutrition and Dietetics

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Admission

Students seeking admission to the graduate program in Family and Consumer Sciences must meet the following requirements:

1. Submit a Graduate Studies Application for Admission with the application fee to Graduate Studies.

2. Submit official transcripts of all college-level work, including the transcript that shows the date the undergraduate degree was conferred.

3. Submit GRE scores.

4. Submit two letters of recommendation that discuss the applicant's suitability for graduate study.

A holistic review of each student's application file will be completed on a competitive basis.

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Degree Requirements

Master of Science, Plan I. Designed primarily for prospective college or secondary school teachers, study may be chosen in one area of Family and Consumer Sciences by selecting a majority of credit hours and a thesis topic in that area. The comprehensive examination must be taken in two areas of study in the major field and one area in the minor. Students must be enrolled in the University the semester or summer session in which the comprehensive exam is administered. Thesis required.

Master of Science, Plan II. Designed for prospective college or secondary school teachers, students take thirty-seven semester hours, twenty-one in Family and Consumer Sciences, four hours of statistics and twelve in an approved minor. The comprehensive examination must be taken in two areas of study in the major field and one area in the minor. Students must be enrolled in the University the semester or summer session in which the comprehensive exam is administered. A thesis is not required.

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Degree Plans

Plan 1 – MS in Family and Consumer Sciences
Item	Requirement	Options	Hours Required
1	Specified Courses	Choose all from: FCS 530 Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences Research SOC 543 Social Statistics	7
2	FCS Electives	Choose four from: All graduate courses in FCS	12
3	Minor Field	Choose four from: Graduate courses in an approved field	12
3	Thesis	Choose all from: FCS 698 FCS 699	6
TOTAL			37

 

 

Plan 2 – MS in Family and Consumer Sciences
Item	Requirement	Options	Hours Required
1	Specified Courses	Choose all from: FCS 530 Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences Research SOC 543 Social Statistics	7
2	FCS Electives	Choose six from: All graduate courses in FCS except thesis courses	18
3	Minor Field	Choose four from: Graduate courses in an approved field	12
TOTAL			37

 

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Courses

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