Higher Education and Student Affairs (EDUCST-ED, HEA)

Specialization leading to Doctor of Education in Educational Studies

Effectives for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Spring 2024

Core Requirements (15 hours)

First Year Seminar (6 hours)

Core 1 Course (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6891 Proseminar in Educational Studies (3)

Core 2 Course: Choose from one of the following courses (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6892 Educational Policy and Inequality in Social and Cultural Context: Integrating Research Traditions (3)
• EDUCST 7765 Grant Writing (3)
• ESEPOL 7100 Writing for Educational Policy Audiences (3)
• ESEPSY 7404 College Teaching (3)
• ESEPSY 8404 Academic Writing in Education: Reviewing the Literature (3)
• ESPHE 6403 Ethics and the Professional Context of Teaching (3)

Research Methodology (9 hours)

• ESQREM 7631 Applied Evaluation Design (3)
• ESQUAL/ESPHE 7240 Life History & Interviewing Methods (3)
• ESQUAL 8285 Qualitative Data Analysis Methods and Applications (3)

Specialization Requirements (33 hours)

Required Courses (18 hours)

• ESEADM 8700 Inquiry in Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 7540 Higher Education Institutions and Core Academic Issues (3)
• ESHESA 7566 Strategy & University Leadership (3)
• ESHESA 7576 Assessment in Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 8560 Legal Aspects of Higher Education Administration (3)

Choose one of the following:

• ESHESA 8515 Advanced Seminar in Theories of College Student Development (3)
• ESHESA 8552 The Impact of College on Students (3)

Supporting Courses (choose three, 9 hours)

• ESEPOL 7224 Educational Policy Analysis in Contemporary Culture (3)
• ESEPSY 7403 Motivation in Learning and Teaching (3)
• ESEPSY 7404 College Teaching (3)
• ESEPSY 7405 Cooperative Learning: Research and Practice (3)
• ESHESA 7290: Contemplative & Creative Practice in Higher Ed: On the Art and Soul of Student Affairs (3)
• ESHESA 7512 Interactions of Students and Environments (3)
• ESHESA 7513 Understanding Educational Organizations (3)
• ESHESA 7550 Gender in Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 7554 Admission and Retention of College Students (3)
• ESHESA 7558 Administration of Service‐Learning Programs in Higher Education and Student Affairs (3)
• ESHESA 7562 Broad Access Institutions and Community Colleges (3)
• ESHESA 7564 Finance of Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 7568 Higher Education and Public Policy (3)
• ESHESA 7569 Higher Education Governance and Policy Analysis (3)
• ESHESA 7570 Internationalizing Colleges and Universities (3)
• ESHESA 7574 Curriculum in Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 7750 Facilitation Intergroup Dialogues in Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 7850 Critical Race Theory in Higher Education (3)
• ESHESA 7854 Activism on College Campuses (3)
• ESHESA 8515 Advanced Seminar in Theories of College Student Development (3)
• ESHESA 8552 The Impact of College on Students (3)
• ESHESA 8895 Seminars: Higher Education and Student Affairs (3)
• ESLTECH 6223 Issues and Practices in Educational Technology (3)
• ESPHE 6410 Philosophy of Education (3)
• ESPHE 7222 History of Educational Policy (3)
• ESPHE 7572 History of Colleges and Universities (3)
• ESPHE 8201 Social Foundations of Education (3)
   

External Cognate (minimum 6 hours)

Sample Cognate Areas:  

• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership & Technology
• Sports in Education
• Human Development
• Educational Psychology  
• Women’s Studies
• Administration
• Public Policy & Management
• Finance in Education
• Human Resource Development
• African American Perspectives
• Cultural Influences in Education
• Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education

Final Document Research (minimum 6 hours)

• ESHESA 8999 Dissertation or Thesis Research: Higher Education and Student Affairs (3)

Minimum hours post‐MA/MS:  54