MS Consumer Sciences at University of Alabama

Programme overview

The Master of Science in Consumer Sciences is a 30-credit-hour degree program that offers advanced study in two complementary concentration areas. The Consumer Economics concentration offers an applied microeconomics approach to understanding consumers in home, policy, and market environments. This concentration prepares students to continue study in a doctoral program or employment in a research-oriented setting investigating consumer decision-making, personal finance, and related family and consumer policy.

Faculty: College of Human Environmental Sciences | Department: Consumer Science | Duration: 30 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

What you will study

The degree requires 30 credit hours. Courses in the listed curriculum include CSM 560 Finan Plan Case Study Capstone, BER 540 Statistical Methods In Educ, CSM 558 Spreadsheets in Fin. Decisions, BER 640 Adv Statistical Methods in Ed, CSM 554 Personal Income Tax Mgt Plang, CSM 500 Personal Insurance Plan & Mgt.

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Application information

Entry requirements

See the Admission Criteria section of this catalog for more information. See the Application for Graduation section of this catalog for more information. A limited number of graduate assistantships and graduate school fellowships are available. The number of assistantships available varies each year. Graduate assistants must be available in-person approximately 20 hours/week. These assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis. Graduate assistants may be asked to assist with teaching, research, and service missions of the academic unit to which they are assigned. The application for Graduate Assistantship should be submitted before January 15 of each year for full consideration. For more information on the Financial Support, contact the Department of Consumer Sciences Graduate Coordinator. Further financial assistant information is available at https://catalog.ua.edu/graduate/about/general-information/financial-assistance/index.html

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (the admissions page lists Spring, and Summer/Fall priority deadlines).

Graduate application fee is $65 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and $80 for international students (nonrefundable). Deadlines are set per programme in the Academic Programs Portal; some programmes require a standardized test such as GRE or GMAT.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.ua.edu/

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