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Program Overview
Human Ecology, PhD
Human ecology is the study of the complex relationships between human beings and their environments. The school offers a doctorate of philosophy within four named options/specializations:
- Civil Society and Community Research (CSCR)
- Consumer Behavior and Family Economics (CBFE)
- Design Studies (DS)
- Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS)
Each named option has its own faculty, curriculum, requirements, and includes a challenging array of coursework along with exciting opportunities for research, outreach, and service consistent with each students scholarly interests and career aspirations.
Admissions
Students interested in the Human Ecology PhD should apply directly to one of the named options:
- Civil Society and Community Research (CSCR)
- Consumer Behavior and Family Economics (CBFE)
- Design Studies (DS)
- Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS)
Funding
Graduate School Resources
The Bursars Office provides information about tuition and fees associated with being a graduate student. Resources to help afford graduate study might include assistantships, fellowships, traineeships, and financial aid. Further funding information is available from the Graduate School.
Program Resources
Funding opportunities for Human Ecology graduate students are available and made possible, in large part, by generous donations to SoHE. Every year, these funds are used to fund teaching or project assistantships, award academic excellence scholarships, and provide students doing their master's or doctoral research or final MFA project with conference travel scholarships and graduate research scholarships.
Minimum Graduate School Requirements
Review the Graduate School minimum degree requirements and policies, in addition to the program requirements listed below.
Major Requirements
Curricular Requirements
- Minimum Credit Requirement: 51 credits
- Minimum Residence Credit Requirement: 32 credits
- Minimum Graduate Coursework Requirement: 26 credits must be graduate-level coursework
- Overall Graduate GPA Requirement: See Named Options for policy information
- Other Grade Requirements: n/a
- Assessments and Examinations: See Named Options for policy information
- Language Requirements: n/a
- Graduate School Breadth Requirement: See Named Options for policy information
Required Courses
Select a Named Option for courses required.
Named Options
A named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program. Named options appear on the transcript with degree conferral. Students pursuing the PhD in Human Ecology should select one of the following named options:
- Human Ecology: Civil Society and Community Research, PhD
- Human Ecology: Consumer Behavior and Family Economics, PhD
- Human Ecology: Design Studies, PhD
- Human Ecology: Human Development and Family Studies, PhD
Policies
Students should refer to one of the named options for policy information:
- Civil Society and Community Research (CSCR)
- Consumer Behavior and Family Economics (CBFE)
- Design Studies (DS)
- Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS)
Professional Development
Graduate School Resources
Take advantage of the Graduate School's professional development resources to build skills, thrive academically, and launch your career.
Program Resources
The School of Human Ecology Graduate Program values the professional development of graduate students and provides financial awards to those who are invited to present at professional conferences/exhibits. The purpose of the support is to encourage participation in professional development, scholarly research, and/or creative endeavor and to help cover expenses not covered by other sources.
Learning Outcomes
- Articulate challenges, frontiers, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the area of study.
- Formulate ideas, concepts, designs, and/or techniques beyond the current boundaries of knowledge within one's area of study.
- Consider the role of social, political, ethical, and economic contexts of research and creative scholarship in one's area of study.
- Consider the role of multiple paradigms for describing reality in one's area of study.
- Contribute to advancing the Human Ecology perspective by reflecting the relations among humans and their natural, social, and built environments and applying an interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary lens in one's area of professional practice.
- Create research, scholarship, or performance that makes a substantive contribution to one's field.
- Reflect the nature and significance of diversity in one's area of professional practice.
- Communicate complex or ambiguous ideas in a compelling manner to a variety of audiences.
- Foster ethical conduct and professional guidelines.