Rossier School of Education
Courses of Instruction
The terms listed are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
Higher and postsecondary Education (EDHP)
EDHP 500 Foundations of Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (3, Fa) Contemporary issues in higher, adult, and professional education in the United States; analytic perspectives from various disciplines (history, philosophy, sociology); implications for policy and practice.
EDHP 502 Administration of Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (3, Sp) Policies and theories for governance and management. Relations between historical and contemporary organizational processes in postsecondary education. Critique and applications of current research.
EDHP 503 Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (3, Sp) 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.
EDHP 551 Applied Educational Ethnography (3, Fa) Research for improving leadership in higher, adult, and professional education. Ethnographically motivated field designs, observations, focused and unstructured interviews and unobtrusive techniques.
EDHP 552 The Politics of Difference (3) Explores strategies for restructuring institutions of higher education to improve student support and achievement among historically marginalized groups.
EDHP 560 Feminist Theory (4, FaSpSm) (Enroll in SWMS 560)
EDHP 563 Student Affairs Work in College (3, Fa) Principles, services, and organizational patterns of student affairs programs and services for two-year, four-year and professional higher education institutions.
EDHP 565 Intervention Strategies in College Student Development (3, Sp) Exploration of current campus issues such as violence, diversity and academic remediation, and their related intervention strategies (policy-based, programmatic, and counseling-based).
EDHP 580 The Community College (3, SpSm) The community college movement; history; aims; curriculum; types of administrative organization; teaching procedures; relation to lower and higher institutions; profiles of faculty and students; evaluation.
EDHP 587 Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (1-8, max 8, FaSpSm) Structured participation in supervised teaching or administrative activities. Assignments matched with student’s goals, training, experience. Graded CR/NC. Recommended preparation: EDHP 563, EDHP 565.
EDHP 593ab Master’s Seminar (2-2, FaSpSm) An examination and analysis of research and literature in the student’s area of focus. Required for all master’s candidates who do not enroll in the Master’s Thesis (594abz). Graded CR/NC.
EDHP 594abz Master’s Thesis (2-2-0, FaSpSm) Required for all master’s candidates who do not enroll in the Master’s Seminar (593ab). Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
EDHP 657 Management of Student Services in Higher Education (3, Sp) Delivery of student services and programs in higher education, organizational behavior, management systems, administrative procedures, and alternative leadership styles.
EDHP 679 Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education (3, Sm) Analysis of legal issues related to the administration of higher education; emphasis on relations with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and campus communities. Prerequisite: EDHP 500 or appropriate experience.
EDHP 687 Student Development in Higher Education (3, Sp) Theories of college student development and application of developmental models to program design, interventions, outreach, and research programs.