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FCS 498 - Professional Practice: Family And Consumer Sciences

Department: Family and Consumer Sciences

Description: Supervised work experience in local, state, national, and international businesses, agencies, institutions, and organizations. The experience is planned, administered, and supervised at the departmental level and coordinated through Professional Practice. If the site is in an educational agency or institution, the placement must be approved by the Office of Clinical Experiences and Certification Processes. Written objectives and modes of evaluation shall be approved by the faculty supervisor and department chairperson/school director prior to the beginning of the semester. A maximum of 9 hours total credits from the course group 393/397/400/493/498 may count toward a master's degree. Within that 9 hours, 498 is further limited to 20% of the total hours required for the degree.

Credit Hours: 2 - 8

Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

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Summer 2025

Fall 2025