Each incoming student is assigned a faculty advisor to provide an initial point of contact. A student may change advisors simply by informing the Department's Director of Graduate Studies in writing of the change.
Most students select an advisor who shares their research interests in the family area.
Information about faculty , their research interests, and their research projects is available on this website. With the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies, students may transfer up to six credit hours of graduate work not applied to a previous degree toward their FMST degree. For further information on transfer of credits, see the Graduate Catalog on the University website. If a student is inadequately prepared for some graduate courses, the Department's Graduate Committee may require the student to take additional courses. Such additional courses may not be considered part of the coursework required for the degree.