FSS 2nd Degree

*Please also pick up the option that you are pursuing for the department electives and elective choices.

Entrance Requirements

Same Faculty of Human Ecology entrance requirements as any other undergraduate student

After Degree Program (ADP) Required Courses

• ADP students must complete 60 credit hours in total to earn their second degree in FSS
• All FSS University One prerequisites are waived
• In order to facilitate ADP students completing the program in a timely manner, they will automatically be permitted (without special permission from the course instructor) to take FSS 2000 level prerequisites as co-requisites for any required FSS 3000 and/or 4000 level courses

Statistical Requirement				Credit Hours
STAT 1000			Basic Statistical Analysis 1
Faculty of Human Ecology Core Courses; any 2 of:				6-9
HEAL 2600			Integration of Health Determinants of Individuals
HMEC 2000			Research Methods and Presentation
HMEC 3000			Introduction to Social Epidemiology
Family Social Sciences Requirements				12
FMLY 2400			Family Financial Management
FMLY 2350			Multicultural Family Issues
FMLY 3780			Introduction to Development of Programs for Children & Families
FMLY 3790			Introduction to Evaluation of Programs for Children & Families
And a minimum of 2 of:				6
FMLY 2600			Foundations of Childhood Developmental Health
FMLY 2800			Family Violence
FMLY 2012			Development, Conflict, and Displacement
HMEC 2650 or SWRK 2650 or REC 2650			The Social Aspects of Aging
Family Social Sciences Option				15
As with all undergraduates in the FSS regular program, ADP students will be required to choose at least one option to specialize in and meet its requirements at the second year level and beyond. (For a complete description of these options, please refer to the Undergraduate Calendar). These 15 credit hours may include courses external to the Faculty of Human Ecology that are required to complete an option
Family Social Sciences Electives				15-18
ADP students will be encouraged to specialize in 2 options simultaneously because a) a majority of FSS undergraduates currently choose to do so, and b) dual specialization both strengthens and broadens students’ expertise If a second option is chosen, these credit hours may include courses external to the Faculty of Human Ecology that are required to complete an option If a second option is not chosen, then these credit hours must be taken within the department There are no free electives in the ADP program
Total: 60 credit hours

Notes:
1. The same entrance requirements will be applied to ADP students in order to maintain current Faculty of Human Ecology standards.

2. Basic social science knowledge is assumed because ADP students have previously completed an undergraduate degree; waiving U1 requirements for FSS courses acknowledges the skills, background & maturity of this particular group of students.

3. Students who have previously completed an undergraduate statistics course can either transfer it in directly (if already assessed as equivalent) or can request to have it assessed for advance standing; if successful, students will be required to add 3 credits to their program from courses selected within the Department of Family Social Sciences.

4. This choice provides students who have previously taken a research methods course with the option of avoiding redundancy in their program. Students are free to take all 3 courses if they feel it would benefit them.

5. Please refer to the Undergraduate Calendar for descriptions of current regular program requirements across all five FSS options.

6. Students will be asked to take a minimum of any 2 of the introductory levels courses across options in an effort to assist them with selecting an option as well as to encourage them to specialize in more than one option. These courses may be used to fulfill one or more options in Family Social Sciences.

7. Each FSS option is a total of 18 credit hours; since ADP students will have already taken at least one 2000 level course (3 credit hours) required by their chosen Option as part of their program requirements, the remainder of their Option requirements totals 15 credit hours.