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MS Plan of Study
Circumstances Necessitating a Change in Plan of Study
Process to Change a Plan of Study
MS Degree Requirements
Master's Thesis Committee
MS Plan of Study
The plan of study should be developed during the first part of
the your second semester and submitted to the graduate coordinator
before the eighth week of that semester. Failure to do so will
result in encumbrance of registration for the following semester
and the possibility of delaying your commencement date. All plans
of study are submitted electronically.
Undergraduate courses taken during the graduate program in
order to establish subject competency will not be listed in
the plan of study. In addition, these courses will not count
toward the credit hours required for the graduate degree.
Core Courses
| CSR 600 |
Introduction to Research in Consumer Sciences and Retailing |
| CSR 631 |
Consumer Behavior Theories |
| CSR 685 |
Household Economic Behavior (formerly Seminars in Consumer Credit) |
| CSR 695 |
Behavioral Research Methods |
| CSR 690R |
Research in Retailing or advanced retail research courses |
| CSR 698 |
Thesis Hours (6 Credits) |
| STAT 501 |
Experimental Statistics I |
| STAT 502 |
Experimental Statistics II |
| OR |
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| STAT 511 |
Statistical Methods |
| STAT 512 |
Applied Regression Analysis |
Electives
| PSY 565 |
Interpersonal Relations |
| PSY 640 |
Survey of Social-Personality Psychology I |
| PSY 641 |
Survey of Social-Personality Psychology II |
| SOC 640 |
Theories of Social Psychology |
See CSR course descriptions
See
all course descriptions and information on the Schedule of
Classes Web site.
Circumstances Necessitating a Change in Plan of Study
It is sometimes necessary to change the courses
listed on an approved plan of study. Examples of circumstances
that necessitate a change include:
- a listed course is not
offered,
- the focus or the prerequisites
of a course change in such a way that it is not appropriate
for the student to take the course, or
- the focus of the
student's research changes.
Process to Change a Plan of
Study
A change in plan of study may be submitted electronically
(see graduate coordinator). The sequence for approval is 1)
major professor/graduate coordinator, 2) department head, and
3) a representative from the Graduate School.
MS Degree Requirements
- Thesis
- Proposal defense
- Oral presentation and final examination
- All requirements of the Graduate School must be fulfilled.
Minimum requirements: 36 credits
- 15 credits core courses
- 9 credits electives
- 6 credits statistics
- 6 thesis hours (CSR 698)
- Primary area: minimum of 12 credits plus 6 credits thesis
research. A minimum of 9 credits in the primary area
must be taken on the West Lafayette campus.
- Related area: no more
than 2 related areas with at least 6 hours in any area.
Master's Thesis Committee
The MS plan of study requires a minimum of three committee
members. The members of the MS committee may all be CSR faculty,
although students are encouraged to include faculty from other
departments on the committee. The major professor must be a
CSR faculty member. |
