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;
2. to extend competencies for family and consumer sciences specialists in dietetics, extension, business, industry and education; and
3. to prepare promising students for doctoral study.

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

1. Clothing, Textiles, and Merchandising
   
2. Family and Consumer Sciences Education
3. Family Economics and Resource Management
   
4. Interior Design
   
5. 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.
   
5. Submit a personal statement.
6. Submit a writing sample of scholarly work, including instructor's grade and/or comments.

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. This plan requires the completion of a thesis. Students complete 15 hours of Family and Consumer Sciences coursework, 4 hours of statistics, 12 hours in an approved minor, and 6 hours of thesis work. The comprehensive examination must be taken in the major field and in the minor field. Students must be enrolled in the University the semester or summer session in which the comprehensive exam is administered.

Master of Science, Plan II. In this non-thesis plan, students complete 21 hours in Family and Consumer Sciences coursework, 4 hours of statistics, and 12 hours in an approved minor. The comprehensive examination must be taken in the major field and in the minor field. Students must be enrolled in the University the semester or summer session in which the comprehensive exam is administered.

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Degree Plans

Plan 1 - MS Family and Consumer Sciences

Item	Requirement	Options	Hours Required
1	Specified Courses	Choose all from: FCS 530 <FACS 5330> Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences Research SOC 543 <SOCI 5414> Social Statistics	7
2	FACS Electives	Choose four from: All Graduate courses in FACS <FACS>	12
3	Minor Field	Choose four from: Graduate courses in an approved field:	12
4	Thesis	Choose four from: FCS 698 <FACS 6398>Thesis FCS 699 <FACS 6399>Thesis	6
TOTAL			37

 

Plan 2 - MS in Family and Consumer Sciences

Item	Requirement	Options	Hours Required
1	Specified Courses	Choose all from: FCS 530 <FACS 5330> Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences Research SOC 543 <SOCI 5414> Social Statistics	7
2	FACS Electives	Choose six from: Graduate courses in FACS <FACS> except thesis courses	18
3	Minor Field	Choose four from: Graduate courses in an approved field	12
TOTAL			37

 

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Courses

Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS)

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