Human Environmental Sciences

Mary Warnock

Director

118 Home Economics Building

479-575-4305

E-mail: mwarnock@uark.edu

Web: http://www.uark.edu/depts/hesweb/

• Professors Farmer, Martin, Warnock, Whan
• Associate Professors Bailey, Gentry, Noble, Turner
• Assistant Professors Apple, Fitch-Hilgenberg, Foote,
     Killian, Takigiku, Webb
• Instructors Baldwin, Crandall, Smith

Degree Conferred:

M.S. (HESC)

Areas of Concentration:  Apparel studies; food, human nutrition and hospitality; human development and family sciences; and general human environmental sciences. (The Rural Sociology M.A. is awarded in the Sociology Department.)

Prerequisites to Degree Program: In general, 12 semester hours in junior-senior courses in one or more given areas of human environmental sciences or related subject matter are considered minimum prerequisites to graduate study. Specific course minimums depend on the area of concentration chosen. Eligibility for admission to any of the program areas is determined by an admissions committee (appointed by the Director at the time an application for admission is received). The admissions committee specifies any deficiencies in admission requirements that must be met by students who are accepted. The Director recommends a major adviser to the Graduate Dean. The student, in consultation with the major adviser, will select a graduate advisory committee. Specific recommendations about the composition of advisory committees appear in the Graduate Student Handbook for the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

Prerequisites for the Concentration in Rural Sociology are found in the description of the Sociology program.

Requirements for the Master of Science Degree: All master’s programs in the School of Human Environmental Sciences offer a thesis and non-thesis option.

Thesis Option: The thesis option requires a minimum of 24 semester hours of course work and 6 semester hours of thesis research. At least 12 of the 24 hours of course work must originate within the student’s area of concentration. Students must also take at least one course each in statistics and research methods. Students on the thesis track are required to pass an oral comprehensive exam as well as an oral defense of their thesis. Those students who have research assistantships funded through the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station are required to participate in the thesis option.

Non-thesis Option: The non-thesis option requires a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate level course work. A minimum of 15 of the semester hours must originate in the student’s area of concentration in HESC. Students must take at least one course each in graduate statistics and research methods. At least 15 hours of course work must be earned at the 5000- or 6000-level. Students in this option are also required to take both written and oral comprehensive exams.

General Human Environmental Sciences Concentration: The General Human Environmental Sciences Master’s Degree (GHES) concentration requires 21 hours in HESC with six hours each in two different content areas within HESC. Students must take a graduate-level research methods as well as a graduate-level statistics course. GHES M.S. students can choose either a thesis or a non-thesis track.

HESC Distance Education Master’s Degree: Distance education students must enroll in the General HESC Master’s Degree program. The GHES M.S. program will be the only HESC M.S. degree available through distance education. The sequence of courses for distance education students is dependent upon the time of the student’s enrollment and the availability of distance education courses offered by the school. It is especially important that distance education students maintain close contact with their faculty adviser as they seek to obtain a master’s degree through this format.

Program of Study: A graduate student in any area of concentration within HESC is expected to present a plan of study to his or her Graduate Committee for approval before the completion of 12 hours of graduate course work. The plan of study is developed by the student with the assistance of the major professor. The Graduate Advisory Committee has the opportunity to suggest revisions for the plan of study. A signed plan of study form must be submitted to the Graduate School with the signatures of all committee members and the Director.

For all students, the total program of study, including work outside the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, will be outlined by the student’s graduate advisory committee in terms of specific program requirements and individual students’ needs. The school requires that at least 50 percent of the course requirements be earned from courses at the 5000 or 6000 level. In addition to the successful completion of other requirements, the candidate for both the thesis and non-thesis master’s degree is required to pass a comprehensive examination. This examination may be oral and/or written as determined by the student’s program advisory committee. Specific degree requirements and other information pertinent to graduate study appear in the Graduate Student Handbook for the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

HESC400V Special Problems (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)  May be repeated for 2 hours.

HESC4023 Advanced Apparel Merchandising (FA)  Advanced Apparel Merchandising aspects of fashion through interpretation of apparel classification, seasonal cycles, stock emphasis, assortment strategies, target customers, and apparel trends and an overview of marketing communication including advertising, personal selling and sales promotion. Prerequisite: HESC 3033.

HESC4033 Advanced Textile Study (SP)  Use of advanced computer-aided-design (CAD) software to enhance skills in textile studies. Prerequisite: HESC 1053 and HESC 2053.

HESC4043 History of Apparel (FA)  The evolution of clothing from ancient times to the twentieth century with emphasis upon Western civilization. Cultural and economic factors affecting dress and customs associated with dress will be stressed. Lecture three hours per week. Prerequisite: ANTH 1023 or SOCI 2013 or HESC 1013.

HESC4053 Contemporary Apparel (SP)  Fashion as a social force, the origin, scope, theory, and history of the fashion business, the materials of fashion, the fashion producers, auxiliary fashion enterprises, designers, fashion leaders, and leading market. Lecture three hours per week. Prerequisite: HESC 3033 and HESC 4043.

HESC4103 Experimental Foods (SP)  Application of experimental methods for investigations in cookery. Group and individual problems. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Corequisite: HESC 4100L. Prerequisite: HESC 2112 and HESC 2111L and CHEM 1123 and CHEM 1121L (or HESC 2112 and HESC 2111L and CHEM 1074 and CHEM 1071L).

HESC4100L Experimental Foods Laboratory (SP)  Corequisite: HESC 4103.

HESC4213 Advanced Nutrition (FA)  Normal nutrition with emphasis on utilization of nutrients. Lecture and reports on current literature 3 hours per week. Pre- or Corequisite: CHEM 3813. Prerequisite: HESC 3204.

HESC4223 Nutrition During the Life Cycle (FA)  Study of normal nutrition emphasizing quantitative needs for nutrients as functions of biologic processes that vary during stages of the life cycle. Nutritive needs during pregnancy and childhood are emphasized with some attention to nourishing aging and elderly adults. Factors that affect food choices and eating behavior are also considered. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: HESC 1213 and either (ZOOL 2213 and ZOOL 2211L or ANSC 3032 or POSC 3032 and ANSC 3042 or POSC 3042) or (CHEM 1074 and CHEM 1071L and BIOL 1543 and BIOL 1541L).

HESC4243 Community Nutrition (SP)  Identifying, assessing, and developing solutions for nutritional problems encountered at the local, state, federal, and international levels. Lecture 3 hours per week. Pre- or Corequisite: HESC 3204.

HESC425V Food and Nutrition Seminar (1-2) (SP)  Upperclassmen, graduate students and members of faculty meet weekly for presentation and discussion of selected topics. Two credits (2 semesters) required of all foods and nutrition graduate students. May be repeated for 2 hours.

HESC4260L Medical Nutrition Therapy I Laboratory (FA)  Corequisite: HESC 4264.

HESC4273 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (SP)  Principles of nutritional care with emphasis on pathophysiology, assessment, and treatment in critical illness. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: HESC 4264.

HESC4423 Adult Development (FA)  Examine individual development beginning with the transition adulthood through middle age; aproximate age ranges are 18-60 years. Content focuses on physical, cognitive, psychological, and social changes that occur throughout this period of the life span. The impact of love, work, and family on men’s and women’s movement through the transitions that comprise adulthood are emphasized. Prerequisite: HESC 1403 or PSYC 2003 and junior standing.

HESC4433 Dynamic Family Interaction (SP)  Examination of family interaction across the lifespan. Methods for enhancing marriage and family relations will be examined. Sources of marital conflict, intergenerational support and negotiations process will be analyzed. Lecture three hours per week. Prerequisite: HESC 2413 and junior standing.

HESC4443 Gerontology (SP)  Physiological and psychological development of the aging individual, extended family relations, service networks for the elderly, and retirement activities. Some attention to housing and care needs of persons in advanced years. Lecture 3 hours per week. Seminar. Prerequisite: HESC 1403 (or HESC 2413 or PSYC 2003 or SCWK 2133) and junior standing.

HESC4453 Parenting and Family Dynamics (FA, SP)  Focus is on influence of parenting and family dynamics on individual development, especially factors in family life which contribute to normal psychological development. Topics include family values, the psychology of sex and pregnancy, the transition to parenthood, childbearing techniques, family influences on cognitive and social development, and changes in family relationships during the life cycle. Prerequisite: HESC 1403 or PSYC 2003.

HESC4463 Administration and Evaluation of Child Development Programs (SP)  Information on planning, developing, operating, and evaluating child development programs. Topics include physical facilities, staff, curriculum, budgets, parent involvement, and education. Lecture and discussion 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: HESC 3403 and junior standing.

HESC4493 Public Policy Advocacy for Children and Families (FA)  Public policy advocacy as related to children and family issues. Strategies for advocacy will be emphasized. Lecture three hours per week.

HESC455V Special Topics (1-6) (IR)  Topics not covered in other courses, a focused study of specific topics in the students’ areas of concentration.

HESC4753 Family Financial Management (FA)  Economic considerations of the family in a rapidly changing society. Family finance and consumer problems are emphasized.

HESC4813 Human Factors in Interior Design (SP)  (Formerly HESC 3823). Emphasis is given to human behavior as applied to interior design. Types of interior spaces, environmental effects on behavior, ergonomics, interior design needs of special groups, and human factors programs are studied. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: SOCI 2013 and PSYC 2003 and junior level standing.

HESC4903 Recent Advances in Manufacturing and Merchandising (SP)  Study of the interaction between manufacturing, marketing, and merchandising in the apparel industry through classroom instruction and study tours. Includes study trip. Additional fees required. Lecture 3 hours per week and 1 week study tour.

HESC5003 Advanced Apparel Studies in the Global Economy (FA)  Advanced analysis of economic, social and political aspects of the domestic and international textile and apparel industries. Prerequisite: HESC 3013.

HESC5013 Advanced Apparel Pattern Design (SP)  Use of computer aided design technology to perform pattern making techniques for apparel production. Laboratory 5 hours per week. Prerequisite: HESC 3003.

HESC502V Special Problems Research (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)  

HESC5033 Principles of Textile Testing (SP)  Study of textile testing machines and methods utilized to determine construction and performance characteristics of woven and knit fabrics. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 4 hours per week. Corequisite: HESC 5030L.

HESC5030L Principles of Textile Testing Laboratory (SP)  Corequisite: HESC 5033.

HESC5203 Special Topics in Nutrition (SP)  Critical review of current literature; reports and discussion of original nutrition research pertinent to the topic(s) identified for study. Lecture/seminar format 3 hours per week. May be repeated. Prerequisite: HESC 4213 (or ANSC 4143) and CHEM 3813.

HESC522V Readings in Nutrition (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)  Seminar and individual study. Prerequisite: HESC 4213 or HESC 4223.

HESC5403 Advanced Family Relations (FA)  Subtle elements in marriage, parent-child, and other relations among family members and between the family and the larger community. Recent cultural change as it affects the family. Recent research and literature. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

HESC5423 Theories of Human Development (FA)  Classic and contemporary theories and theoretical issues concerning human development across the life span. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

HESC5433 Advanced Child Development (SP)  Theory and research concerning normal behavior and development in childhood. Acquaintance with library resources, classic studies, and recent literature.

HESC5463 Research Methodology in Social Sciences (SP)  Logical structure and the method of science. Basic elements of research design; observation, measurement, analytic method, interpretation, verification, presentation of results. Applications to research in economic or sociological problems of agriculture and human environmental sciences. (Same as AGEC 5013, AGED 5463) Prerequisite: Any upper division (3000 or higher) statistics course.

HESC555V Special Topics in Human Environmental Sciences (1-3) (IR)  Topics not covered in other courses or a more intensive study of specific topics in the specializations of human environmental sciences. May be repeated.

HESC600V Master’s Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)  

HESC700V Doctoral Dissertation (1-18) (FA, SP, SU)  Prerequisite: candidacy.

An interdepartmental doctoral program is available  involving the Departments of Food Science, Animal, and Poultry Sciences, and Human Environmental Sciences leading to a doctoral degree in Food Science. See page 97 for graduate courses in Food Science.

See Sociology on page 152 for specialization in Rural Sociology, M.A. program.

RSOC4603 Environmental Sociology (SP)  The course provides a social perspective on environmental issues. It examines the linkage between society, ecological systems and the physical environment. It provides conceptual framework(s) for analyzing environmental issues, considers the role of humans in environmental issues, and enhances understanding the complexity of the relationship between societal organization and environmental change.

RSOC4623 Introduction to Community Development (FA)  Introduction to the field of community development; including approaches used in Cooperative Extension Service, vocational agriculture, local governments, and the private sector. Focus is on the community development process. Prerequisite: RSOC 2603 or SOCI 2013.

RSOC500V Special Problems (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)  Gives experience in executing research and in analyzing a sociological problem of agriculture. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

RSOC5163 Agricultural and Rural Development (SU)  Examination of agricultural and rural development issues in less developed countries. Alternative agricultural production systems are compared, development theories are examined, and consideration given to the planning and implementation of development programs. Corequisite: graduate standing and AGEC 1103 (or ECON 2023)

RSOC5463 Research Methodology in the Social Sciences  (SP, Odd years)  Logical structure and the method of science. Basic elements of research design; observation, measurement, analytic method, interpretation, verification, presentation of results. Applications to research in economic or sociological problems of agriculture and Human Environmental Sciences. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

RSOC5623 Advanced Community Development (SP)  Examination of the theories and applications of community development. Course is operated as a seminar, and covers a wide variety of community development applications. Prerequisite: RSOC 3613 or RSOC 4623 or equivalent.

RSOC600V Master’s Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)  Prerequisite: graduate standing.

RSOC700V Doctoral Dissertation (1-9) (FA, SP, SU)