master of science in Consumer Sciences with a concentration in consumer economics or Family Financial Planning and Counseling

Consumer sciences Required Courses:

• HES 509 Research Methods (3) or CSM 560 Fin Plan Case Study Capstone (3)
• ST 550 Stat Methods in Research I (3) or CSM 558 Spreadsheets in Fin Decisions (3)
• ST 551 Stat Methods in Research II (3) or CSM 554 Personal Income Tax Mgt Plan (3)​

Remaining courses depend on your concentration area and will be selected in consultation with your graduate advisor.

Choices include:

• CSM 500 Personal Insurance Planning and Management (3 hours)
• CSM 501 Consumer Protection (3)
• CSM 502 Social and Economic Problems of the Family (3)
• CSM 503 Recent Developments in Family Economics (3)
• CSM 504 Personal Investment Planning and Management (3 hours)
• CSM 505 Public Policy: Analysis of Family and Community Resources (3)
• CSM 506 Consumer Management Quality Assurance (3)
• CSM 507 Consumer Quality Management Facilitation Skills (3)
• CSM 508 Consumer Management Quality Systems (3)
• CSM 510 Personal Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (3 hours)​
• ​CSM 520 Personal Estate Planning (3 hours)
• CSM 515 Customer Service (3)
• CSM 525 Conflict Resolution for the Workplace (3)​
• CSM 550 Consumer Economics (3)
• ​CSM 559 Techniques of Counseling in Consumer Sciences (3 hours)
• ​CSM 599 Thesis Research (6)
• CSM 575 Entrepreneurship in HES (3)
• CSM 580 E-commerce @ HES (3)
• CSM 586 Principled Negotiation (3)

For more information about the consumer economics concentration, contact Dr. Madelaine L' Esperance.

For more information about the family financial planning and counseling concentration, contact Dr. K.T. Kim.

Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution

Program Information

Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution

This 15-credit hour non-degree certificate program teaches ways to manage consumer, workplace, and personal conflict through the use of effective communication, emotional intelligence skills, and cooperative problem solving. From a foundation in conflict theory, students learn strategies to prevent, reduce, and resolve conflict with the goal of preserving, and in many cases improving, relationships. All 15 hours required for the certificate are offered online and may be applied toward the 30-hour Master of Science in Consumer Sciences or the 30-hour Master of Science in Human Environmental Sciences.

The required courses for the certificate are as follows:

• CSM 525 Conflict Resolution for the Workplace
• CSM 527 Emotional Intelligence
• CSM 528 Processes of Negotiation
• CSM 559 Techniques of Consumer Counseling
• CSM 586 Principled Negotiation

For more information on the Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution, please contact:

• Dr. Kym Reddoch
• The University of Alabama
• Department of Consumer Sciences
• Box 870158
• Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0158
• kreddoch@ches.ua.edu
• (205) 348-4526

• CSM 525 Conflict Resolution for the Workplace (3)
• CSM 527 Emotional Intelligence (3)
• CSM 528 Processes of Negotiation (3)
• CSM 586 Principled Negotiation (3)
• Either CSM 530 Family Law for Non-Lawyers or CSM 559 Techniques of Counseling in Consumer Sciences

For more information, contact Dr. K.T. Kim.

Master of Science in Human Environmental Sciences with Consumer Quality Management area of Focus

• CSM 506 Consumer Management Quality Assurance (3)
• CSM 507 Consumer Quality Management Facilitation Skills (3)
• CSM 508 Consumer Management Quality Systems (3)
• HES 509 Research Methods (3)
• CSM 515 Customer Service (3)
• CSM 525 Consumer Conflict Resolution (3)
• CSM 527 Consumer Mediation, Negotiation, & Management—Advanced I (3)
• CSM 547 Digital Resources (3)
• HES 590 Special Problems (3)

For more information, contact Dr. Juanita McMath.