人类环境科学学院提供理学硕士学位，学生可以在消费者科学系（CSM）学习课程，课程重点是消费者经济学或家庭财务计划和咨询。消费者科学理学硕士课程为30个学时，可在两个互补的集中领域提供高级研究。消费者科学系的使命是在行业中提供强大的本科和研究生课程。此外，新闻部努力促进在消费科学领域（包括交互式技术）中产生新知识，并将该知识应用于改善阿拉巴马州及该地区的个人，家庭和社区的生活质量。
The Master of Science in Consumer Sciences is a 30-credit-hour degree program that offers advanced study in two complementary concentration areas.<br>Consumer Economics Concentration<br>The Consumer Economics concentration offers an applied microeconomics approach to understanding consumers in home, policy, and market environments. This concentration prepares students to continue study in a doctoral program or employment in a research-oriented setting investigating consumer decision-making, personal finance, and related family and consumer policy. This research-oriented concentration requires the successful completion of a thesis.<br>Family Financial Planning and Counseling Concentration<br>The Family Financial Planning and Counseling concentration focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in financial planning and related careers. The curriculum fulfills the educational requirements to sit for the CFP certification exam that leads to the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. Students who successfully complete the concentration may sit for the CFP certification exam that leads to the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification. The concentration also fulfills the educational requirements to sit for the Accredited Financial Counselor exam offered by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Successful completion of a capstone project, practicum, or portfolio is required.