The following core sequence of courses is required (26 units):
| Core Sequence | Units | |
| EDHP 500 | Foundations of Higher, Adult and | |
| Professional Education | 3 | |
| EDCO 563 | Student Personnel Work in College | 3 |
| EDHP 502 | Administration in Higher, Adult and | |
| Professional Education | 3 | |
| EDHP 687 | Student Development in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDCO 564 | Field Work in College Student Personnel Services | 3 |
| EDCO 565 | Intervention Strategies in College Student | |
| Development | 2 | |
| EDCO 664 | Internship in College Student Personnel Services | 2 |
| EDHP 550 | Managing Institutional Research and Planning: | |
| Information Systems, or | ||
| EDPT 550 | Statistical Inference | 3 |
| EDCO 593ab | Master's Seminar, or | |
| EDHP 593ab | Master's Seminar, or | |
| EDCO 594abz | Master's Thesis, or | |
| EDHP 594abz | Master's Thesis | 4 |
Three of the following courses must be taken (9 units):
| EDCO 500 | The Counseling Process | 3 |
| EDCO 548 | Career Development: Theory and Process | 3 |
| EDHP 657 | Management of Student Services in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHP 679 | Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHP 689 | Fiscal Support and Expenditure in Higher and | |
| Postsecondary Education | 3 | |
| EDPA 518 | Organizational Theory | 3 |
| EDPA 610 | Management of Human Resources | 3 |
| EDPA 671 | The Computer and Data Processing in Education | 3 |
| EDPT 520 | Human Lifespan Development | 3 |
| EDPT 624 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| One additional course selected with the approval | ||
| of student's advisor | 3 | |
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