About the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Master’s Program
The Lubbock campus Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (FCSE) is designed to prepare individuals for advancement in family and consumer sciences careers. A minimum of 36 semester hours is required for the degree and includes either a thesis option or professional portfolio option. Required coursework includes curriculum development, evaluation, educational leadership, and research methods. The thesis option requires three credits in statistics.
An online master’s degree program with two options is offered in collaboration with the IDEA (Innovative Digital Education Alliance), formerly named Great Plains IDEA, a consortium of universities offering students the unique opportunity to take classes from multiple high-quality universities.
The first option is a non-thesis program designed for individuals who have a bachelor’s degree in a family and consumer sciences content concentration or related area and are interested in obtaining initial certification/licensure for teaching family and consumer sciences at the secondary level in Texas. The online program consists of a minimum of 38 semester hours and includes the pedagogy courses required for certification. Additional course credits in FCSE content may be necessary to complete the certification. Students must meet the admission requirements for the educator preparation program (EPP) as well as the master’s program admission requirements. Texas teacher certification in family and consumer sciences requires that either clinical student teaching or a clinical internship be completed in Texas, as well as a background check and the state-required certification exams. Students are also required to complete a professional portfolio for the degree.
The second online option is designed for FCSE professionals who are certified teachers or who are working in educational settings, such as Cooperative Extension. This program consists of 36 semester hours and provides a thesis option or a professional portfolio option.
Students admitted to the IDEA program register for all courses at Texas Tech, but the courses may be taught by faculty at any of the participating institutions. Additional information is available at https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/fcse/master.php, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/elearning/masters/family-and-consumer/, or by contacting an FCSE advisor.
