Graduate Programs
The School of Human Ecology offers a Masters of Science and PhD in Human Ecology with three graduate program options:
Consumer Behavior and Family Economics
The Department of Consumer Science offers a Masters and a PhD in Consumer Behavior and Family Economics. The program focus is on the well-being and choices of consumers as individuals and household members and their interactions with the marketplace and the public sector. Faculty members are trained in a variety of disciplines including economics, sociology, retailing, history of medicine, and family ecology. These backgrounds contribute to the strong interdisciplinary research and training program involving all aspects of consumer behavior and family economics.
Admission to Consumer Behavior & Family Economics MS
Admission to Consumer Behavior & Family Economics PhD
For information, contact Angel Skram at: akskram@wisc.edu
Design Studies
The Design Studies Graduate Program focuses on diverse areas of design and explores them through both academic and studio means. Graduate students and faculty work on a range of topics relating to environment and behavior, historical design, cultural and emotional meanings of design, and green design. We approach design as both a product and a process. Through curriculum, scholarship, analysis, and outreach, we advocate “design” as an encompassing discipline central to every aspect of life. The department’s emphasis on new and emerging areas of scholarship, such as material culture, provides an environment where students learn to push beyond boundaries and into new areas of research.
For information, contact: etd@mail.sohe.wisc.edu
Human Development and Family Studies
The HDFS Graduate Program provides challenging opportunities for advanced study, research, and outreach on human development and family studies. Scholarship on individual and family development emphasizes the larger social and cultural contexts in which people live, including community, social class, ethnicity, public policy, and historical change. The application of knowledge to real-world issues and programs is a vital form of scholarship in the program, consistent with the “Wisconsin Idea” of outreach and service.
For information, contact: hdfs@mail.sohe.wisc.edu
