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Program Overview

The academic requirements for a specialist in the higher education administration degree are the 36-hour program outlined below, successful completion of a research component, and the completion of the action research project. Students must successfully complete and present findings of the field research project to a committee. Students must earn at least a 3.0 G.P.A. to graduate.

Degree Requirements

Higher Education Administration Core (21 hours)

EDH 701 - History and Foundations of Higher Education Credit Hours: 3

EDH 702 - Survey of the Community College Credit Hours: 3

EDH 703 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3

EDH 704 - Community Relations and Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3

EDH 705 - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3

EDH 706 - Seminar of Current Issues in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3

EDH 707 - Finance in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3

Professional Writing Component (3 hours)

RSH 702 - APA Style for Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3

Research Component (6 hours)

RSH 720 - Research Foundations Credit Hours: 3

RSH 740 - Survey Design, Descriptive Statistics, and Evaluation Credit Hours: 3

Field Research Project (6 hours)

EDH 721 - Field Research Project Credit Hours: 3 (taken twice for a total of 6 hours)

Total: 36 hours

Cognate Content Area (Optional - 9 Hours)

Students in the higher education administration specialist program may elect to take an additional nine hours of discipline-specific courses for the purpose of content credentialing. The student will select three courses with the approval of his/her advisor. All courses must be at the 600 or higher level.

  
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