EdD Sample Degree Plan: Student Affairs in Higher Education

Specialization in Student Affairs in Higher Education

Year one

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 900 Introduction to Doctoral Studies (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 950 Educational Research (3 hours)
    • EDU 910 Critical Perspectives in Education: Challenges and Opportunities (3 hours)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 915 History and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
    • EDU 927 Transformative Learning or EDU 929 Curriculum Change and Innovation (3 hours)
  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community I (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 920 Education Policy: Impact on Teachers, Students, and Local Communities (3 hours)
    • EDU 925 Leadership and Organizational Change (3 hours)

Year two

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community II (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 954 Educational Statistics (3 hours)
    • EDU 952 Qualitative Methods (3 hours)
  • Winter/spring intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community III (1 hour)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)

    • SAE 728 Individual and Group Support Skills for Diverse Learners (3 hours)

    • SAE 732 Leadership and Administration in Higher Education (3 hours)

  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community IV (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (4 total hours)
    • EDU 988 Dissertation (4 hours)

Year three

  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • SAE 721 Foundations of Higher Education and Student Affairs (3 hours)
    • SAE 723 Student Development Theory (3 hours)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)
    • SAE 735 Governance and Finance in Higher Education (3 hours)
    • SAE 749 Student Outcomes (3 hours)
  • Summer semester (4 total hours)
    • EDU 988 Dissertation (4 hours)

Total hours: 55

Specialization in Student Affairs in Higher Education and a Graduate Certificate in College Teaching 

Year one

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 900 Introduction to Doctoral Studies (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 950 Educational Research (3 hours)
    • EDU 910 Critical Perspectives in Education: Challenges and Opportunities (3 hours)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 915 History and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
    • EDU 927 Transformative Learning or EDU 929 Curriculum Change and Innovation (3 hours)
  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community I (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 920 Education Policy: Impact on Teachers, Students, and Local Communities (3 hours)
    • EDU 925 Leadership and Organizational Change (3 hours)

Year two

  • Fall intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community II (1 hour)
  • Fall semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 954 Educational Statistics (3 hours)
    • EDU 952 Qualitative Methods (3 hours)
  • Winter/spring intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community III (1 hour)
  • Spring semester (6 total hours)

    • SAE 728 Individual and Group Support Skills for Diverse Learners or SAE 732 Leadership and Administration in Higher Education or SAE 735 Governanace and Finance in Higher Education (3 hours)

    • EDT 764 Instructional Design* (3 hours)
  • Summer intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956 Leader Scholar Community IV (1 hour)
  • Summer semester (3 total hours)
    • SFR 751 Introduction to Teaching and Learning* (3 hours)

Year three

  • Fall semester (9 total hours)
    • SAE 721 Foundations of Higher Education and Student Affairs (3 hours)
    • SAE 723 Student Development Theory (3 hours)
    • EDT 660 Digital-Age Learning Environments* (3 hours)
  • Spring semester (4 total hours)
    • EDU 988 Dissertation (4 hours)
  • Summer semester (4 total hours)
    • EDU 988 Dissertation (4 hours)

Total hours: 55

*course may be available asynchronously online or synchronously via Zoom