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School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Encouraging student success through innovative thinking & learning techniques

Master of Science Program in

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

with options in MS in FCS Dietetics and MA in FCS Gerontology

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Master 0f Science in

Family and Consumer Sciences

THE SCHOOL OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES The School of Family and Consumer Sciences is accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. The School prepares students to improve the global society through its life span perspective and with an applied integrative focus on individual and family development, nutrition and health, consumer studies, merchandising, apparel and textile design and hospitality management.

About our Program Students may develop an individualized graduate program with approved selection of courses in human development and family life, consumer studies, textiles and nutrition. Applicants who have not completed a baccalaureate family and consumer sciences program will be expected to satisfy undergraduate deficiency course requirements in addition to their graduate course requirements. Potential undergraduate deficiency courses are FCS 1800 Life Span Human Development, FCS 2100 Nutrition in a Global Society and FCS 3300 Consumer Education or their approved equivalencies. The graduate coordinator will identify any undergraduate deficits at the time the admission decision is made.

Flexibility Traditional and non-traditional student schedules are accommodated through a variety of formats. Scheduling of classes includes many evening, intensive summer, weekend, off-campus and Internet-delivered courses. http://www.eiu.edu/~adulted/schedule/

Graduate Independent Study Paperwork for a fall graduate independent study must be submitted by Spring Break of the previous spring semester. Paperwork for a spring graduate independent study must be submitted by Thanksgiving Break of the previous fall semester.

Graduate Internship Graduate assistantships are offered each year in teaching; textiles, foods and child development laboratories; Nutrition Education Resource and Referral; student organization management; Child Care Resource and Referral; and general support for the School of Family and Consumer Sciences.

The weekly work obligation is 18-19 hours. Applications for graduate assistantships are due to the graduate coordinator by February 15 or the following business day.

Program Requirements Students are required to choose one or more of the following options to include in their program for a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 semester hours: internship (FCS 5980), thesis (FCS 5950) or complete an approved independent study (FCS 5990). Either the comprehensive exam or thesis is required as the Certificate of Comprehensive Knowledge. Programs of study are completed in consultation with a graduate advisor and program committee and require a presentation component as determined by the program committee in graduate internship, independent study or thesis.

Master 0f Science in

Family and Consumer Sciences

* 30 Semester hours and thesis or 32 semester hours without thesis.

* FCS Core Courses (9 semester hours) * 5460 Issues and Trends (3) * 5900 Research Methods in FCS (3) and * 5901 Statistical Analysis in FCS (3)

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Focus on Diabetes Nutrition and the Addicted Person Nutrition for Physical Performance Consumer Decisions in the Marketplace Death and Dying The Disadvantaged Family The Family in Crisis Aging in the Family Infant Development Parent-child Study and Community Involvement Administration of Child Care Programs Addictions and the Family Public Presentation Techniques Textile Simulations Nutrition for Older People Nutrition in the Life Cycle Teaching and Marketing Nutrition Special Topics in Family and Consumer Sciences International Special Topics in Fcs Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences Critical issues in Consumer Affairs Consumer and Management Problems of Older People Family Budgeting and Debt Management Special Problems in Gerontology Administration of Human Services Programs Readings in Human Development and Family Life Adolescence and The Family Family and Professional Group Processes Thesis (3-6) Internship (3-6) Independent Study (1-6)

CONTACT US: For more information or an appointment to discuss your interests in our program, contact: Graduate Coordinator: School of Family and Consumer Sciences Eastern Illinois University 600 Lincoln Ave Charleston, IL 61920-3099 Phone: 217-581-8584 Fax: 217-581-6090 E-mail: msfcs@eiu.edu Admissions: http://www.applyweb.com/ap ply/eiu/menu.html Financial Aid: http://www.eiu.edu/~finaid/ The Graduate School: http://www.eiu.edu/~graduate MS in FCS Dietetics Option: http://www.eiu.edu/~dietetic

Other Requirements In addition to Family and Consumer Sciences core courses, 21-23 semester hours of electives are to be selected by the student with prior approval of the advisor.

Selection of electives will be determined by undergraduate preparation, inclusion of foundational program’s content area at the 5000 level, professional goals, interests, and needs of the student.

ABOUT EIU

Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, a community of 20,000 in east central Illinois, 185 miles south of Chicago and 130 miles east of St. Louis. Eastern is a residential university of largely full-time students.

Approximately 10,000 students from nearly all Illinois counties, most of the continental states, and about 25 foreign countries enjoy an attractive, compact 320-acre campus with a full range of extracurricular activities. The University offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs and develops broadly educated, responsible, productive citizens prepared to serve and lead in a free society.

Faculty and staff consider students their prime responsibility and treat them as individuals in a caring environment.

For more information or an appointment to discuss your interests in our program, contact: School of Family and Consumer Sciences Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave. Charleston, IL 61920-3099 Phone: 217-581-8584 | Fax: 217-581-6090 | E-mail: msfcs@eiu.edu

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