Course Listing For HACE

HACE 1110. Consumers In Our Society. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONS IN OUR SOCIETY.
Analysis of the changing role of the consumer in society. Examination of a variety of consumer problems and issues, including the identification of the consumer interest, impact of advertising, use of credit, consumer rights and responsibilities, fraud, and legal protections available to consumers.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 2000. Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences. 1 hour.
Oasis Title: INTRO FAM CON SCI.
Not open to students with credit in CHFD 2000 or FDNS 2000 or TXMI 2000.
The specialties and professions comprising the fields in family and consumer sciences. Systems perspective is emphasized in examining quality of life issues. Discussions include the personal, professional, and technical elements involved in career development.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 2000E. Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences. 1 hour.
Oasis Title: INTRO FAM CON SCI.
Not open to students with credit in HACE 2000 or CHFD 2000, CHFD 2000E or TXMI 2000, TXMI 2000E or FDNS 2000, FDNS 2000E.
The specialties and professions comprising the fields in family and consumer sciences. Systems perspective is emphasized in examining quality of life issues. Discussions include the personal, professional, and technical elements involved in career development.
Offered every year.

HACE 2100H. Contemporary Family Economy (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONTEMP FAMILY ECON.
Not open to students with credit in HACE 2100.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
The family as a producing and consuming unit, including the special role of housing. Emphasis on analyzing family decision making and reassessments of measurements of family well-being.
Offered every year.

HACE 2100. Family Economic Issues Through the Life Course. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM EC ISS TR LF CO.
The family as a producing and consuming unit, including the decision making processes involved and the role of housing. Emphasis is on interrelationships among decisions and the links between economic and social issues.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 3000. Family Resource Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM RES MGNT.
Personal and family management, including value orientation, decision making, and developing and using resources. Emphasis on application of concepts using a human eco-systems approach to situations encountered in day-to-day living.
Offered every year.

HACE 3010. Directed Study in Housing and Consumer Economics. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIR STDY IN HCE.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Designed for the senior major to permit independent study and research.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 3100. Introductory Consumer Economics. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTRO CONS ECON.
Models of consumer, family, and household decision making. Application of microeconomic theories applied to consumers in the home and marketplace. Economic models of family and household production, consumption, time allocation, and specialization.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 3110. Money Skills for Life. 1 hour.
Oasis Title: MONEY SKILLS.
Not open to students with credit in HACE 3200 or HACE 3250.
Prerequisite: Fourth-year student standing.
Review of practical money skills that college students need as they enter the world of work. Covers basic budgeting, credit management, making decisions about employer-provided health care, and savings and investments, especially employer-provided options. Emphasis will be on preparing students to make decisions as they leave college and begin employment.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 3150. Consumer Decision Making. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONS DECISION MAKIN.
Prerequisite: ECON 2106.
Models of consumer, family, and household decision making. Application of microeconomic theories applied to consumers in the home and marketplace. Economic models of family and household production, consumption, time allocation, and specialization.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 3200. Introduction to Personal Finance. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTRO TO PERS FINAN.
Cash flow management and consumption expenditures, credit and debt, simple applications of personal income taxes, risk management, property and health insurance, and employee benefits.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 3250. Survey of Financial Planning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SURV OF FINC PLAN.
Corequisite: No corequisite.
Overview of the financial planning process for individuals and families. Topics include external planning consideration, financial planning statements, cash flow management, time value of money, and planning with respect to education, insurance, investments, tax, retirement, and estate transfers. Through classroom lecture, examination, and assignments the students will gain an understanding of how the financial planning process can benefit families and individuals.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 3250L. Survey of Financial Planning Computer Laboratory. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: SURV FINC PLAN LAB.
Prerequisite: HACE 2100.
Provides students with a functional understanding of how to use spreadsheet applications in analyzing the financial situation, needs, and goals of families and individuals. Topics covered will be constructing personal financial statements, cash flow analysis and projections, charts and tables, time value of money applications as they relate to education, retirement, and other areas of financial planning, pro-forma analysis, and amortization and accumulation tables.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 3260. Computer Applications for Financial Planning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: COMP APPL FINC PLAN.
Not open to students with credit in HACE 3250L.
Provides students with a functional understanding of how to use computer applications to analyze the financial situation, needs, and goals of families and individuals. Topics include constructing personal financial statements; cash flow analysis and projections; charts and tables; time value of money applications as related to education, retirement, life insurance and other areas of financial planning; pro-forma analysis; and amortization and accumulation tables.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 3300. Housing in Contemporary Society. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HOUS IN CONTEMP SOC.
Present-day family housing needs from the standpoint of health, safety, environment, finance, ownership, types of dwellings, and minimum standards. Basic terms and concepts to establish a foundation for other Housing and Consumer Economics housing classes.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 3350. Introduction to Residential Property Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTRO RES PROP MGMT.
Review of the principles of residential property management to provide students with a basic understanding of the apartment industry and property management as well as to introduce students to careers within the multifamily (apartment) industry.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4000/6000. Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RES METHODS IN HACE.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 2100 and STAT 2000.
Graduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Non-experimental research designs, measurement techniques, and methods of data collection used in social science research. Students learn about each phase of the research process and become good consumers of research. Survey research methods commonly used in housing and consumer economics research are emphasized.
Non-traditional format: Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4100/6100. Economic Status of American Households and Related Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ECON STATUS AM HOUS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3150.
The interrelationship between demographic and family economic characteristics and well-being. Poverty, income, public policy, and other determinants of the economic status of households.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 4200/6200. Family Savings and Investments. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAMILY SAV & INVEST.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3250.
Management of family financial resources; emphasis on savings and investment planning. Study of the securities market, investment risk and return, features of fixed and variable investments including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, and other speculative investments and security valuation, performance measurement, and analysis.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4205/6205. Family Portfolio Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM PORTFOLIO MGMT.
Prerequisite: HACE 4200/6200.
Focuses on the expansion and application of knowledge acquired in the course Family Savings and Investments. Emphasis on the investment planning process and issues facing financial planners who manage clients' assets. Students will evaluate client risk tolerance, investment objectives and time horizons, analyze asset managers' historic performances, and create portfolios using asset allocation models. Students will develop an Investment Policy Statement for a portfolio. They will construct, manage, valuate, and select securities for use in the portfolio.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 4210/6210. Family Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM RET PLAN BEN.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3250.
Evaluation of retirement plans and employee benefits in the context of prescriptive financial planning decisions. Discussion of a more advanced concept of time value of money, risk tolerance, life expectancy, social security, retirement plans, tax implications of retirement plans, and health insurance.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 4220/6220. Family Estate Planning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAMILY ESTATE PLAN.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3250.
Principles and practices of family estate planning for the professional financial planner. Methods of property transfer at death, estate planning documents, family and charitable gifting strategies and gift taxation, incapacity planning, and calculation, deferral, and minimization of estate and gift taxes.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4230/6230. Family Tax Planning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAMILY TAX PLANNING.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3250.
Introduces students to current tax laws, regulations, principles, and practices that affect families and individuals. The perspective of this course is planning; namely, how families as producers and investors can manage their tax liability through proper financial planning.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 4250/6250. Practice Management in Financial Planning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PRAC MGT IN FINC PL.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3250.
Graduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
The skills needed to create and sustain a profitable practice in financial planning. Topics pertain to issues facing professionals when they start their practices such as state licensures, regulatory environment, marketing professional practices, business networks, developing client bases, and effective and ethical marketing techniques for practice in financial planning.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4300/6300. Advanced Housing Theories. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV HSG THEORIES.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3300.
Sociological and economic theories of housing consumption and production in housing markets, including basic concepts of housing needs, quality, norms and satisfaction. Economic theories relating to characteristics of housing and capital markets, including primary and secondary mortgage markets and alternative financing.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4310/6310. Housing Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HOUSING POLICY.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3300.
Housing policies at the federal, state, and local levels as they relate to current housing markets. Barriers and incentives for housing development activities created by regulations, finance, and taxation. The role of public/private initiatives in the provision of housing.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 4320/6320. Legal Issues in Residential Property Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RES PROP MGMT LAW.
Review of the legal environment and parameters that affect the residential property management industry. Introduction to relevant topics in Landlord-Tenant Law, Fair Housing Law, The Americans with Disabilities Act, Employment Law, Collections Law, Environmental Law, Premises Liability, Zoning, Property Law, Agency Law, and Contract Law.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4330/6330. Leasing Strategies for Residential Property Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEASING STRATG RPM.
Review of the leasing strategies that contribute to the overall success and profitability of the residential property asset. Introduction to relevant topics such as strategic planning, budgeting, demographics, media mix, resident retention, and customer satisfaction.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 4350/6350. Household Technology and Systems. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: HOUSE TECH & SYS.
Technological devices and their use within the household, including mechanical and electrical systems, home automation, universal design, regulation, and national appliance standards.

HACE 4400/6400. Family Demographics and Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM DEMOG AND POL.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 2100 or SOCI 1101.
Basic concepts and measurement issues of family demography, including migration, income, marriage, and divorce; implications of family structural characteristics for public policies.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

(HACE)CHFD 4500/6500. Aging and the Family. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: AGING AND THE FAM.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of department.
Review of theory, research, and methodology on aging and the family. Emphasis rests with identifying current concepts and controversies, and diversity in the experiences of families and aging individuals.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 4900/6900. Seminar in Housing and Consumer Economics. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: SEMINAR IN HCE.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics and problems in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Course should be variable to accommodate non-traditional format for seminar and departmental orientation classes.

(HACE)AAEC 4910/6910. International Agribusiness Marketing and Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: AGRIBUSINESS ABROAD.
Undergraduate prerequisite: AAEC 3040 or AAEC 3100.
Graduate prerequisite: AAEC 6580-6580L.
Directed field study tour(s), site visits to agribusiness firms, and lectures in agribusiness marketing and management from an international perspective. Language, cultural, and environmental aspects of agricultural production, processing, and international marketing.
Offered summer semester every year.

HACE 4960H. Directed Reading and/or Projects (Honors). 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECT READ OR PROJ.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual study, reading, or projects under the direction of a project director.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 4970H. Directed Reading and/or Projects (Honors). 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED READING.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual study, reading, or projects under the direction of a project director.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 4980H. Directed Reading and/or Projects (Honors). 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED READING.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual study, reading, or projects under the direction of a project director.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 4990H. Honors Thesis. 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: HONORS THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual research in the major field.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 5100/7100. Consumer Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONSUMER POLICY.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3100 and HACE 3150.
Consumer rights and responsibilities in the private and public sector of the economy. Relationship of government, nonprofit, and corporate response to consumer problems; legislation concerning consumer information, product safety, and choice of goods and channels of appeal for the consumer.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 5150/7150. Consumers' Market Environment. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONS MARKT ENV.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3100 and HACE 3150.
The consumer marketplace in terms of the welfare of the consumer. Actions of consumers with changing marketplace, institutions, and government policies.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 5200/7200. Family Financial Counseling. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM FIN COUNSEL.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3200 or HACE 3250.
Indicators, causes, and impact of family financial problems on the family's well-being. Topics covered include credit difficulties, repossessions, liens, garnishments, and bankruptcy.
Non-traditional format: Students are required to work on a regular basis with families in financial difficulty.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 5250/7250. Family Financial Planning. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM FIN PLAN.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 4200/6200 and HACE 4210/6210 and HACE 4220/6220 and HACE 4230/6230 and RMIN 4000.
Advanced financial topics and development of a comprehensive financial plan. Regulation, certification, and legal and ethical requirements for financial planners.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 5310/7310. Managing Nonprofit and Special Community Housing. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: NONPROFIT PROP MGMT.
Examination of residential property management in a variety of nonprofit, government, and government-assisted contexts. Special focus is given to management in various special housing communities including senior housing, supportive housing for the elderly and people with mental or physical disabilities, affordable housing, military housing, and student housing.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 5320/7320. Residential Property Management Technology and Simulation. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RPM TECH & SIMUL.
Examination of the technological products used in multifamily property management, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), market forecasting software, and management, operations, and finance software designed for the multifamily industry. Exposure to the applications of such products in the context of an ongoing simulation exercise.
Not offered on a regular basis.

HACE 5330/7330. Multifamily Housing and Society. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MULTI HOUSING & SOC.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3300 and HACE 3350.
Review of the sociological and economic theories of multifamily housing consumption and production in multifamily housing markets, including basic concepts of housing needs, quality, norms, and satisfaction. Students gain an understanding of the social forces affecting those households residing in rental properties.
Not offered on a regular basis.

HACE 5350/7350. Housing Counseling. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HSG COUNSELING.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3300.
Basic information for certification as a Professional Housing Counselor. Includes basic techniques for housing, budget, and tenancy counseling.

HACE 5400/7400. Demographics of Special Populations. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: DEMO OF SPEC POPULA.
Demographic trends of special populations including elderly, persons with disabilities, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics and female heads of households.
Offered summer semester every year.

HACE 5710/7710. Study Tour in Housing and Consumer Economics. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: STUDY TOUR IN HCE.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Topics relating to housing and/or consumer economics, with site visits to relevant locations. Combines in-depth study with first-hand experience gained on site.
Non-traditional format: Lecture, tour, and other activities for the length of the program.
Not offered on a regular basis.

(HACE)CHFD(FDNS)(TXMI) 5711/7711. Study Tour in Family and Consumer Sciences. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: STUDY TOUR FACS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected topics in family and consumer sciences. Combined with national and international site visits to relevant locations.
Non-traditional format: Study tour. Lectures and seminars will be taught on site.
Offered summer semester every year.

HACE 5900/7900. Professional Seminar and Internship Orientation. 1 hour.
Oasis Title: PROF SEM & INT ORIE.
Orientation to an internship experience.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.

HACE 5910/7910. Housing and Consumer Economics Internship. 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: HCE INTERNSHIP.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 5900/7900.
Supervised work experience in housing, consumer economics, or consumer journalism.
Non-traditional format: Internship.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 6810. Housing the Elderly. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HOUSING ELDERLY.
Housing needs and conditions, housing alternatives, legislation and current programs related to housing elderly persons. Survey of current housing is compared to proposals for effectively meeting more of the housing needs of the elderly person.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.

HACE 7000. Master's Research. 3-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 7005. Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Oasis Title: GRAD STUDENT SEM.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 7010. Directed Study in Housing and Consumer Economics. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIR STDY IN HCE.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Directed study on masters research in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 7300. Master's Thesis. 3-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 8000. Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics I. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RESEARCH METH I.
Research design. Emphasis on common problems incurred in measurement and data analysis in housing and consumer economics.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 8050. Research Methods in Housing and Consumer Economics II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RES METH HCE II.
Prerequisite: HACE 8000 and permission of department.
Advanced research methods. Integration of research design, measurement, and data analysis. Preparing a research proposal on topics in housing and consumer economics.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 8100. Theory of Households and Markets I. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: THY HSHLD & MKTS I.
Contemporary theories of consumer and household decision making. Includes neoclassical economic analysis, the household production model, information costs, and related material.
Offered fall semester every year.

HACE 8150. Theory of Households and Markets II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: THR HSHLD & MKTS II.
Prerequisite: HACE 8100.
A continuation of Theory of Households and Markets I. Emphasis on application, extension, and integration.
Offered spring semester every year.

HACE 8200. Family Financial Analysis. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAMILY FIN ANALYSIS.
Prerequisite: HACE 8150 or permission of department.
Family financial decision making over the life cycle. Advanced techniques in present and future value analysis. Economics of saving and borrowing, insurance and risk management, and retirement and estate planning. Effects of public policy on household financial decisions, and the interrelationship between family finance and the labor market.

HACE 8300. Housing Theories, Research, and Policies. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HSG THRY RES & POL.
Theoretical and empirical housing models and concepts. Building on previous research, the student will develop and test his/her own conceptual model.

HACE 8400. Demographics and Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: DEMO & POLICY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Application of demographic data in the development of public policy. Includes changes in family status, aging, rural to urban migration, and economic development.

HACE 8900. Seminar in Housing and Consumer Economics. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: SEMINAR IN HCE.
Selected topics in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Students will meet with faculty members on a regular basis.

HACE 9000. Doctoral Research. 1-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCTORAL RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 9005. Doctoral Graduate Student Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOC GRAD STU SEM.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 9010. Directed Study in Housing and Consumer Economics. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY HCE.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Directed study in housing and consumer economics.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

HACE 9100. Consumer Policies and Programs. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONSUMER POL & PROG.
Prerequisite: HACE 8150.
Public policies and programs relating to consumers in the market. Policies promoting consumer information and protection as well as service-provision programs are explored in terms of benefit/cost relationships.

HACE 9300. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCT DISSERATION.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.