Program Requirements (36 credits)
Professional Core (30 credits)
- EDL 550: Foundations of Higher Education
- EDL 551: Student Development Theory
- EDL 552: Critical Issues in Higher Education
- EDL 553: Evaluation and Assessment in Higher Education
- EDL 555: Legal Issues in Higher Education
- EDL 556: Technology in Higher Education Leadership
- EDL 558: Multicultural Issues
- EDL 560: Reflective Practice
- EDL 596: Culminating Project I
- EDL 597: Culminating Project II
Electives (6 credits)
500 level (or above) courses selected in consultation with advisor from designations such as:
- EDL 523: Research in Education
- EDL 599: Thesis
- EDL 557: The Community College
- BUS – Business
- EDN – Education
- HIST - History
- MBA – Business Administration
- MIT – Instructional Technology
- PLS – Political Science
- POM – Operations Management
- PSY – Psychology
- SED – Special Education
- SOC – Sociology
- SWK – Social Work
Exit Requirements
In addition to satisfactory completion of EDL 596 & 597, during which the culminating project will be developed and completed, each student will work with a faculty mentor (committee chair) and defend their culminating project before a committee that includes 2 faculty members (chair and 1 other faculty member), and 1 additional member that may be a faculty member, masters-level administrator or academic professional. The successful defense of the culminating project will satisfy the exit requirement for the program.