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Master's Degree (thesis) Requirements Worksheet
Doctor of Philosophy Degree Requirements Worksheet
HACE 6000 - Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics
Non-experimental research designs, measurement techniques, and methods of data collection used in social science research. Students learn about each phase of the research process and become good consumers of research. Survey research methods commonly used in housing and consumer economics research are emphasized.
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.
HACE 6000S - Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics
An introduction to non-experimental research designs, measurement techniques, and methods of data collection used in social science research. Students learn about each phase of the research process and become good consumers of research. Survey research methods commonly used in housing and consumer economics research are emphasized.
Non-traditional format: Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.
HACE 6100 - Economic Status of American Households and Related Policy
The interrelationship between demographic and family economic characteristics and well-being. Poverty, income, public policy, and other determinants of the economic status of households.
HACE 6200 - Family Savings and Investments
Management of family financial resources; emphasis on savings and investment planning. Study of the securities market, investment risk and return, features of fixed and variable investments including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, and other speculative investments and security valuation, performance measurement, and analysis.
HACE 6205 - Family Portfolio Management
Focuses on the expansion and application of knowledge acquired in the course Family Savings and Investments. Emphasis on the investment planning process and issues facing financial planners who manage clients' assets. Students will evaluate client risk tolerance, investment objectives and time horizons, analyze asset managers' historic performances, and create portfolios using asset allocation models. Students will develop an Investment Policy Statement for a portfolio. They will construct, manage, valuate, and select securities for use in the portfolio.
HACE 6210 - Family Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits
Evaluation of retirement plans and employee benefits in the context of prescriptive financial planning decisions. Discussion of a more advanced concept of time value of money, risk tolerance, life expectancy, social security, retirement plans, tax implications of retirement plans, and health insurance.
HACE 6220 - Family Estate Planning
Principles and practices of family estate planning for the professional financial planner. Methods of property transfer at death, estate planning documents, family and charitable gifting strategies and gift taxation, incapacity planning, and calculation, deferral, and minimization of estate and gift taxes.
HACE 6230 - Family Tax Planning
Introduces students to current tax laws, regulations, principles, and practices that affect families and individuals. The perspective of this course is planning; namely, how families as producers and investors can manage their tax liability through proper financial planning.
HACE 6250 - Practice Management in Financial Planning
The skills needed to create and sustain a profitable practice in financial planning. Topics pertain to issues facing professionals when they start their practices such as state licensures, regulatory environment, marketing professional practices, business networks, developing client bases, and effective and ethical marketing techniques for practice in financial planning.
HACE 6300 - Advanced Housing Theories
Sociological and economic theories of housing consumption and production in housing markets, including basic concepts of housing needs, quality, norms and satisfaction. Economic theories relating to characteristics of housing and capital markets, including primary and secondary mortgage markets and alternative financing.
HACE 6310 - Housing Policy
Housing policies at the federal, state, and local levels as they relate to current housing markets. Barriers and incentives for housing development activities created by regulations, finance, and taxation. The role of public/private initiatives in the provision of housing.
HACE 6320 - Legal Issues in Residential Property Management
Review of the legal environment and parameters that affect the residential property management industry. Introduction to relevant topics in Landlord-Tenant Law, Fair Housing Law, The Americans with Disabilities Act, Employment Law, Collections Law, Environmental Law, Premises Liability, Zoning, Property Law, Agency Law, and Contract Law.
HACE 6330 - Leasing Strategies for Residential Property Management
Review of the leasing strategies that contribute to the overall success and profitability of the residential property asset. Introduction to relevant topics such as strategic planning, budgeting, demographics, media mix, resident retention, and customer satisfaction.
HACE 6350 - Household Technology and Systems
Technological devices and their use within the household, including mechanical and electrical systems, home automation, universal design, regulation, and national appliance standards.
HACE 6400 – Family Demographics and Policy
Basic concepts and measurement issues of family demography, including migration, income, marriage, and divorce; implications of family structural characteristics for public policies.
HACE 6500 - Aging and the Family
Review of theory, research, and methodology on aging and the family. Emphasis rests with identifying current concepts and controversies, and diversity in the experiences of families and aging individuals.
AAEC 6580 - Microeconomics: Theory with Applications
Partial and general equilibrium analyses in the study of efficient resource allocation among households and firms. Perfect and imperfect output and input markets are investigated in terms of economic efficiency.
HACE 6810 - Housing the Elderly
Housing needs and conditions, housing alternatives, legislation and current programs related to housing elderly persons. Survey of current housing is compared to proposals for effectively meeting more of the housing needs of the elderly person.
HACE 6900 - Seminar in Housing and Consumer Economics
Selected topics and problems in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Course should be variable to accommodate non-traditional format for seminar and departmental orientation classes.
HACE 6910 - International Agribusiness Marketing and Management
Directed field study tour(s), site visits to agribusiness firms, and lectures in agribusiness marketing and management from an international perspective. Language, cultural, and environmental aspects of agricultural production, processing, and international marketing.
HACE 7000 - Master's Research
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
HACE 7005 - Graduate Student Seminar
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
HACE 7010 - Directed Study in Housing and Consumer Economics
Directed study on master's research in housing and consumer economics.
HACE 7020 - Research Development I
Prerequisite: Admitted HACE M.S. or Ph.D. student.
Students develop the skills necessary to develop a thesis or dissertation proposal, including the identification of a viable research question and the structure of an empirical research paper. Students also learn about research areas and expertise of HACE faculty, the requirements of the department and university, and how to locate the resources necessary to author a successful proposal.
HACE 7025 - Research Development II
Prerequisite: Admitted HACE M.S. or Ph.D. student.
Students develop preliminary thesis or dissertation research plans, share their plans with other students and faculty for constructive feedback, and critique others' research plans. Students will write preliminary thesis or dissertation chapters and share this preliminary work in a scholarly, constructive environment.
HACE 7100 - Consumer Policy
Consumer rights and responsibilities in the private and public sector of the economy. Relationship of government, nonprofit, and corporate response to consumer problems; legislation concerning consumer information, product safety, and choice of goods and channels of appeal for the consumer.
HACE 7150 - Consumers' Market Environment
The consumer marketplace in terms of the welfare of the consumer. Actions of consumers with changing marketplace, institutions, and government policies.
HACE 7200 - Family Financial Counseling
Indicators, causes, and impact of family financial problems on the family's well-being. Topics covered include credit difficulties, repossessions, liens, garnishments, and bankruptcy.
Non-traditional format: Students are required to work on a regular basis with families in financial difficulty.
HACE 7250 - Family Financial Planning
Advanced financial topics and development of a comprehensive financial plan. Regulation, certification, and legal and ethical requirements for financial planners.
HACE 7300 - Master's Thesis
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
HACE 7310 - Managing Nonprofit and Special Community Housing
Examination of residential property management in a variety of nonprofit, government, and government-assisted contexts. Special focus is given to management in various special housing communities including senior housing, supportive housing for the elderly and people with mental or physical disabilities, affordable housing, military housing, and student housing.
HACE 7320 - Residential Property Management Technology and Simulation
Examination of the technological products used in multifamily property management, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), market forecasting software, and management, operations, and finance software designed for the multifamily industry. Exposure to the applications of such products in the context of an ongoing simulation exercise.
HACE 7330 - Multifamily Housing and Society
Review of the sociological and economic theories of multifamily housing consumption and production in multifamily housing markets, including basic concepts of housing needs, quality, norms, and satisfaction. Students gain an understanding of the social forces affecting those households residing in rental properties.
HACE 7350 - Housing Counseling
Basic information for certification as a Professional Housing Counselor. Includes basic techniques for housing, budget, and tenancy counseling.
HACE 7400 - Demographics of Special Populations
Demographic trends of special populations including elderly, persons with disabilities, African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics and female heads of households.
HACE 7710 - Study Tour in Housing and Consumer Economics
Topics relating to housing and/or consumer economics, with site visits to relevant locations. Combines in-depth study with first-hand experience gained on site.
Non-traditional format: Lecture, tour, and other activities for the length of the program.
HACE 7900 - Professional Seminar and Internship Orientation
Orientation to an internship experience.
HACE 7910 - Housing and Consumer Economics Internship
Supervised work experience in housing, consumer economics, or consumer journalism.
Non-traditional format: Internship.
HACE 8000 - Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics I
Research design. Emphasis on common problems incurred in measurement and data analysis in housing and consumer economics.
HACE 8050 - Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics II
Advanced research methods. Integration of research design, measurement, and data analysis. Preparing a research proposal on topics in housing and consumer economics.
HACE 8100 - Theory of Households, Consumer Economics, and Financial Behavior I
A survey of contemporary theories of consumer and household decision making. Includes neoclassical economic analysis, theories of savings and consumption, financial behavior, theories of housing, and related material. Seminal theories are supplemented with notable examples from research-based and practitioner-oriented bodies of knowledge.
HACE 8150 - Theory of Households, Consumer Economics, and Financial Behavior II
A formal introduction to contemporary economic theories of decision making. The goal is to understand the behavior of economic agents, consumers and firms, and their interaction in various market environments. Emphasis is placed on analytical rigor and applications that motivate the use of different mathematical techniques.
HACE 8200 - Family Financial Analysis
Family financial decision making over the life cycle. Advanced techniques in present and future value analysis. Economics of saving and borrowing, insurance and risk management, and retirement and estate planning. Effects of public policy on household financial decisions, and the interrelationship between family finance and the labor market.
HACE 8300 - Housing Theories, Research, and Policies
Theoretical and empirical housing models and concepts. Building on previous research, the student will develop and test his/her own conceptual model.
HACE 8400 - Demographics and Policy
Application of demographic data in the development of public policy. Includes changes in family status, aging, rural to urban migration, and economic development.
HACE 8900 - Seminar in Housing and Consumer Economics
Selected topics in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Students will meet with faculty members on a regular basis.
HACE 9000 - Doctoral Research
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
HACE 9005 - Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a students’ approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
HACE 9010 - Directed Study in Housing and Consumer Economics
Directed study in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
HACE 9100 - Consumer Policies and Programs
Public policies and programs relating to consumers in the market. Policies promoting consumer information and protection as well as service-provision programs are explored in terms of benefit/cost relationships.
HACE 9300 - Doctoral Dissertation
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
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