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Higher Education Administration, M.A.

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Curriculum Requirements

A minimum GPA of 3.25 is required for all coursework applied toward the major.
A minimum grade of C- is required in all major courses.
Required Content Core
HIED 648History of American Higher Education3
HIED 649Contemporary Issues in Higher Education3
HIED 650Higher Education Administration3
HIED 651College Student Development3
Research *6
EDP 612
Introduction to Research
EDP 613
Statistical Methods 1
EDP 617
Program Evaluation
HIED 652
Assessment in Higher Education
HIED 759
Assessment Research in Higher Education
HIED 762
College Student Research in Higher Education
SCFD 615
Qualitative Research Methods
AOE or Electives **9
HIED 652
Assessment in Higher Education
HIED 653
College Students and Courts
HIED 654
College Student Affairs
HIED 655
Institutional Advancement
HIED 656
Higher Education Budget and Planning
HIED 657
Community College Leadership
HIED 658
Colleges and Communities
HIED 693
Special Topics
HIED 710
Leadership and Organizations
HIED 750
Diversity Issues in Higher Education
HIED 751
Academic Affairs Roles
HIED 752
Governance of Higher Education
HIED 754
Women and Gender Issues in HIED
HIED 755
Higher Education Law
HIED 756
Higher Education Finance
HIED 760
Curriculum Development and Reform in Higher Education
HIED 763
International Higher Education
Capstone3
HIED 785
Higher Education Internship
Total Hours30
*

Additional/alternative courses may be approved with Graduate Advisor consent.

**

Students electing the AOE option will need to choose take HIED 762  for three (3) credits toward the research requirement.

Area of Emphasis Offered:

  • College Student Affairs

College Student Affairs Area of Emphasis

Research *
HIED 762College Student Research in Higher Education3
Specialization **9
HIED 653
College Students and Courts
HIED 654
College Student Affairs
HIED 658
Colleges and Communities
HIED 750
Diversity Issues in Higher Education
HIED 754
Women and Gender Issues in HIED
Total Hours12
*

Completion of HIED 762 contributes to the six hours of research required in the Higher Education Administration major requirements.

**

Completion of the nine hours of specialization coursework contributes to the completion of the nine hours of electives required in the Higher Education Administration major requirements.

Major Learning Outcomes

Higher Education Administration, M.A.

The learning goals for this program are to prepare students who:

  • Have commitment and skills to engage in life-long learning;
  • Are effective communicators;
  • Recognize that teaching is a professional, moral, and ethical enterprise with well-developed ethical frameworks which facilitate effective teaching;
  • Will serve as a facilitator of learning for all students;
  • Possess in-depth knowledge of both pedagogy and content, and the relationships between them;
  • Are reflective practitioners;
  • Are aware of, and have respect for, human diversity;
  • Value and integrate knowledge from a wide variety of fields, are creative and open to new ideas, and are able to act constructively in a world characterized by technological, cultural, and societal diversity and change.
  • Digital Technologies and Connected Learning
  • Educational Theory and Practice
  • Elementary Education
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  • Instructional Design and Technology
  • Literacy Education
  • Multicategorical Special Education
  • Secondary Education

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