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For a current listing of all CSR courses including description,
class time, and instructor, visit
the Schedule of Classes Web site.
CSR 590: Special Problems in Consumer Sciences
and Retailing
Credit variable.
CSR 600: Introduction to Research in Consumer
Sciences and Retailing
Required of all graduate students entering CSR.
Description: Introduction to research development, evaluation
and analysis in the consumer sciences and retail management. Emphasis
on preliminary stages of the research process including critical
reading, preparation of literature reviews, scholarship standards,
and preliminary proposal for research.
CSR 630: Social Policy and the Economics of Aging
Prerequisite: STAT
511 and 512, or equivalent.
Description: Interaction of consumption of public and
private resources and economic well being of older adults. Individualized
projects.
CSR 631: Consumer Behavior Theories
Prerequisite: PSY
600 and 601 or STAT 501 and 502, or equivalent.
Description: An
examination of research methods, principles, and theories of
social science as they apply to the study of consumer behavior
and marketing sciences.
CSR 681: Consumption Theories
Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor.
Description: Analysis of theories of consumption
with emphasis on their relation to current practices and to the
history of economic thought.
CSR 682: Analytical Tools for Consumer Economists
Prerequisite: ECON 251 and 252 and at least three
hours in economics or applied economics at the 400 level or above. Restricted
to CSR students or by consent of instructor.
Description: Economic and analytical skills needed to
interpret and conduct research in family and consumer economics. Focuses
on consumer theory and includes theory of the firm, price theory,
and welfare economics.
CSR 683: Seminar in Consumer Economics Research
Prerequisite: CSR
682.
Description: Analysis of current consumer research
literature which employs state-of-the-art research techniques.
CSR 684: Issues of Consumer and Family Economics
Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor.
Description: Tools for analysis of issues related to
economic well-being of consumers (or families) for developing
policy implications and other professional contributions. Research
on selected topics will be evaluated.
CSR 685: Household Economic Behavior (formerly - Seminar in Consumer Credit)
Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor.
Description: An intensive analysis of economic, social
and legal aspects of consumer credit concentrating on issues
of public policy. Also covers management of consumer
credit institutions, including such issues as collection procedures
and cost and credit analysis.
CSR 690: Independent Study in Consumer Sciences
and Retailing
May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Topic
and credit to be arranged.
CSR 690M: Multi-Cultural Marketing and Retailing
Description: The objective is to understand the importance
of culture in successful marketing and retailing in both domestic
and international markets. To identify marketing behavior and
practices of different market segments (e.g., Asian, Blacks,
Hispanics, Elderly, Women, Men, Children, etc.). To examine
marketing and retailing in international market. To learn retail
and marketing strategies that can be used to successfully market
any consumer segment.
CSR 690R: Research in Retailing
Description: A survey of the current academic research literature
about the scope of retailing. The purpose of this course is
to focus on the importance of developing programs of research
that can help launch students, graduate study, and their careers
in academia and/or the retailing industry.
CSR 690S: Retail Location Theory and Strategy
Description: An examination of theory and research related
to the location of industrial facilities, with particular emphasis
on retail facilities. Application of theory and research to
retail location strategy and to in-store productivity.
CSR 695: Behavioral Research Design
Prerequisite: Consent of
head of the department.
Description: Analysis and critical evaluation of behavioral
and economic research design and economic research design and
development of research proposals.
CSR 698: Master's Research
Description: MS Thesis
CSR 699: PhD Research
Description: Dissertation
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