Master of Arts in Family and Consumer Sciences (Accelerated)

Western Michigan University

The Accelerated Graduate Degree Program (AGDP) in Family and Consumer Sciences applies to the tracks in Child Life, Family Science and Services, and Youth and Community Development. The AGDP allows qualifying students to begin accumulating credits toward completion of a Master of Arts degree in Family and Consumer Sciences while still enrolled as undergraduates in the Family Science and Human Development major. Undergraduate students admitted to the MA in Family and Consumer Sciences (Child Life, Family Science and Services, or Youth and Community Development) AGDP, with senior standing, may take up to 12 credit hours of designated 5000 and 6000-level courses for graduate credit. These designated courses may be used in completion of both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree.The Master of Arts in Family and Consumer Sciences track in Family Science and Services requires a total of 32 credit hours. An undergraduate degree in the Family Science and Human Development major requires a total of 122 credit hours. Students enrolling in the AGDP for the maximum 12 graduate credits would earn 142 total undergraduate and graduate credits in contrast to the typical combined 154 undergraduate and graduate credit hours under the usual progression to degree(s).

College of Education and Human Development