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Welcome Video by Jeannie Navarre, Graduate Coordinator
Welcome Video by Ph.D. Graduate Students
The Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing offers MS
and PhD programs in consumer
behavior and family and
consumer economics. As a graduate student, you will thrive
in our research-oriented environment as you work alongside
faculty who are well known for their contributions in the field.
There are two essential parts to your graduate career: coursework
and research. At the graduate level, coursework will immerse
you in issues requiring integration, insight, and critical
thinking. While undergraduate education focuses on transmitting
knowledge, the goal of graduate education is teaching you how
to create knowledge. The focus is not so much on content
but on how present knowledge can be used to illuminate and
create new knowledge.
Research is the second part to your graduate education and
is as important as your coursework. Since graduate education
is so special, accomplishing it requires a more one-on-one
relationship with a research mentor. Get involved in research
from the start and build expertise in an area by immersing
yourself in that field of knowledge.
The workload to successfully complete a graduate program is intense
and immense. Graduate students must balance classes, assistantship
responsibilities, thesis/dissertation requirements, and research
with personal/family responsibilities. It requires motivation
and commitment, but it can be done — and the department
will provide the resources, support, and encouragement to help
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