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 648 | History of American Higher Education | 3 |
| HIED 649 | Contemporary Issues in Higher Education | 3 |
| HIED 650 | Higher Education Administration | 3 |
| HIED 651 | College Student Development | 3 |
| Research * | 6 | |
| Introduction to Research | ||
| Statistical Methods 1 | ||
| Program Evaluation | ||
| Assessment in Higher Education | ||
| Assessment Research in Higher Education | ||
| College Student Research in Higher Education | ||
| Qualitative Research Methods | ||
| AOE or Electives ** | 9 | |
| Assessment in Higher Education | ||
| College Students and Courts | ||
| College Student Affairs | ||
| Institutional Advancement | ||
| Higher Education Budget and Planning | ||
| Community College Leadership | ||
| Colleges and Communities | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Leadership and Organizations | ||
| Diversity Issues in Higher Education | ||
| Academic Affairs Roles | ||
| Governance of Higher Education | ||
| Women and Gender Issues in HIED | ||
| Higher Education Law | ||
| Higher Education Finance | ||
| Curriculum Development and Reform in Higher Education | ||
| International Higher Education | ||
| Capstone | 3 | |
| Higher Education Internship | ||
| Total Hours | 30 | |
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Additional/alternative courses may be approved with Graduate Advisor consent.
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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 762 | College Student Research in Higher Education | 3 |
| Specialization ** | 9 | |
| College Students and Courts | ||
| College Student Affairs | ||
| Colleges and Communities | ||
| Diversity Issues in Higher Education | ||
| Women and Gender Issues in HIED | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |
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Completion of HIED 762 contributes to the six hours of research required in the Higher Education Administration major requirements.
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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.