Course Schedule
The full-time and part-time course schedule below should be used as an example. Contact your admission representative to discuss your specific course schedule.
Full-Time Course Schedule
Year 1
Fall Semester
History of Higher Education | EDUE 563 | 3 Units
Examine the roles and functions of higher education from historical and contemporary perspectives, with a focus on equity and urban education.
Student Development in Higher Education | EDHP 687 | 3 Units
Review theories of college student development and application of developmental models to program design, interventions, outreach, and research programs.
Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education | EDHP 679 | 3 Units
Analyze legal issues related to the administration of higher education with an emphasis on relations with students, faculty, staff, alumni and campus communities.
Focus Course One | 3 Units
View the focus courses at the bottom of this page for course options.
Spring Semester
Identity and Diversity | EDHP 560 | 3 Units
Explore the historical and contemporary foundations of hierarchies and relationships of power, sociocultural diversity of experiences and sociopolitical resistance within higher education.
Research Methods and Applied Educational Ethnography | EDUE 571 | 3 Units
Explore the use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research to explore problems/opportunities of practice in higher education.
Leadership and Management in Student Affairs | EDHP 657 | 3 Units
Examine the delivery of student services and programs in higher education, organizational behavior, management systems, administrative procedures and alternative leadership styles.
Focus Course Two | 3 Units
View the focus courses at the bottom of this page for course options.
Summer Session
Higher Education Capstone | EDUE 616 | 3 Units
Demonstrate your accumulated training in the PASA program in a single original project, subject to instructor’s approval and supervision.
Focus Course Three | 3 Units
View the focus courses at the bottom of this page for course options.
Part-Time Course Schedule
Year 1
Fall Semester
History of Higher Education | EDUE 563 | 3 Units
Examine the roles and functions of higher education from historical and contemporary perspectives, with a focus on equity and urban education.
Student Development in Higher Education | EDHP 687 | 3 Units
Review theories of college student development and application of developmental models to program design, interventions, outreach, and research programs.
Spring Semester
Identity and Diversity | EDUE 560 | 3 Units
Explore the historical and contemporary foundations of hierarchies and relationships of power, sociocultural diversity of experiences and sociopolitical resistance within higher education.
Research Methods and Applied Educational Ethnography | EDUE 571 | 3 Units
Explore the use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research to explore problems/opportunities of practice in higher education.
Year 2
Fall Semester
Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education | EDHP 679 | 3 Units
Analyze legal issues related to the administration of higher education with an emphasis on relations with students, faculty, staff, alumni and campus communities.
Focus Course 1 | 3 Units
View the focus courses at the bottom of this page for course options.
Spring Semester
Leadership and Management in Student Affairs | EDHP 657 | 3 Units
Examine the delivery of student services and programs in higher education, organizational behavior, management systems, administrative procedures and alternative leadership styles.
Focus Course 2 | 3 Units
View the focus courses at the bottom of this page for course options.
Summer Semester
Capstone | EDUE 616 | 3 Units
Demonstrate your accumulated training in the PASA program in a single original project, subject to instructor’s approval and supervision.
Focus Course 3 | 3 Units
View the focus courses at the bottom of this page for course options.
Focus Courses
You can select three focus courses, using any combination of courses from the student affairs or athletic administration paths.
Student Affairs Focus
Curriculum Teaching and Learning in Higher, Adult and Professional Education | EDHP 503 | 3 Units
Examine curriculum, teaching and learning strategies for general, vocational, and professional education; planning for lifelong learning; theories, policies, and practices for higher, adult, and professional education.
Student Disability Issues in Higher Education | EDUC 531 | 3 Units
Understand the history of the disability movement; examine current research on the success of students with disabilities in higher education; legal and management issues.
Academic Advising in Postsecondary Administration | EDUC 609 | 3 Units
Contemporary issues in academic advising in postsecondary education. Examines and analyzes relevant theories, policies, and practices related to academic advising.
Race and Racism | EDUC 663 | 3 Units
Explore topics and issues pertaining to race, racism and racial equity. While most emphasis is placed on P-12 schools and postsecondary institutions, attention also is paid to larger historical, cultural, political, structural, and systemic forces that cyclically reproduce racially disparate experiences and outcomes in the United States.
Fiscal Support and Expenditure in Higher Education | EDUC 689 | 3 Units
Analyze private and public financial support and expenditure patterns; includes recent trends in state and federal legislation related to higher education.
Athletic Administration Focus
Athletic Administration | EDUC 611 | 3 Units
Analyze and discuss critical issues in intercollegiate athletics, including student-athlete academic and social accountability; challenges of NCAA policies; commercialization, marketing, and fundraising in college athletics.
The Student Athlete in Higher Education | EDUC 617 | 3 Units
Examine student athletes in higher education and review effective strategies for counseling and advising college student athletes; issues and challenges of athletic amateurism.
Title IX and Gender Issues | EDUC 613 | 3 Units
Review, analyze and discuss social, political and legal issues surrounding Title IX and its implications for institutions of higher education.
Program Contact
Beverly V. Yanuaria, M.Ed.
Assistant Director, Office of Admission and Scholarships