家庭与消费者科学专业的文学硕士课程采用多学科方法在选定领域内进行学生探究。该计划旨在帮助学生利用理论和实践来浏览整个过程。它的目的是通过识别以下指出的家庭与消费者科学学科中的最新和最引人注目的问题，激发学生发挥其全部潜能，并构建旨在减轻这些问题同时解决个人，家庭生活质量问题的研究机构以及社区。服装设计与销售，室内设计，饮食学，家庭和消费者科学
The M.A. degree in Family & Consumer Sciences is designed to prepare students for advanced studies of individual, family, and community issues using an interdisciplinary approach. With an advisor students develop their degree program in one of the family and consumer sciences specializations. Throughout the degree, students gain a greater understanding of current issues and trends in apparel design & merchandising, interior design, nutrition/dietetics, and family studies. The degree consists of 30 units including completion of a master's thesis or field study project as a culminating experience. Graduates of the M.A. in FCS have gone on to careers in the apparel industry, non-profit sectors, community agencies, early childhood settings, education, and food and nutritional sciences. The M.A. also prepares students for continued education at the doctoral level.