Overview
Human Development and Family Sciences (Research in Family and Human Development) from Texas State University offers a flexible model of graduate training that allows students to develop individualized degree plans catered to career goals, provides opportunities to conduct research, supports cross-disciplinary education and emphasizes mentorship and professional opportunities to support students’ development and career placement.
Career Options
Students will find a variety of career options available after graduation including:
- Child Life Specialists in hospitals and community-based nonprofit organizations
- leadership roles in nonprofit agencies and early childhood education programs
- research and project coordinators in governmental agencies
- faculty members at community colleges
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Statistics and Data Analysis for Family and Consumer Sciences
- Research Methods in FCS
- Advanced Cultural Diversity of Families
- Advanced Child Development
- Advanced Theory in Human Development and Family Sciences
- Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Family & Consumer Science Educational Research Community Development View 101 other Masters in Community Development in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
- a copy of an official transcript from each institution where course credit was granted
- minimum 3.0 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)
- background course work
- official GRE (general test only) required with competitive scores in the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections
- resume/CV
- statement of purpose (approximately 500 words)
- three letters of recommendation
Tuition Fee
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International
9184 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4592 USD per semester during 12 months. -
National
9184 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4592 USD per semester during 12 months. -
In-State
4288 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2144 USD per semester during 12 months.
Living costs for San Marcos
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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