Graduate School of Education

Higher Education Administration and Policy Ph.D. Program

Doctoral Program Core Courses

Methodological Core (18 units)

EDUC 241A      Inquiry & Research Methods

EDUC 241B      Introduction to Qualitative Methods

EDUC 241C      Introduction to Quantitative Methods

Proseminar (4 units)

EDUC 259         Proseminar (Higher Education Scholarship)

Teaching Practicum (4 units)

EDUC 302         College Teaching Practicum

Research Methodology (select one strand below)

Quantitative Methods Strand (15 units)

EDUC 214          Educational Research: Statistical Inference                           & Hypothesis Testing

EDUC 215          Experimental Design

EDUC 216          Advanced Statistics

Qualitative Methods Strand (10 units)

EDUC 223A         Qualitative Research Methodologies in                             Education

EDUC 223B         Qualitative Research Methodologies in                             Education

Course Requirements (36 units)

EDUC 248I          Critical Issues in Higher Education

EDUC 248M        The Community College

EDUC 248O         Organization and Administration in 
                           Higher Education

EDUC 248H         History of Higher Education in the
                           United States

EDUC 248L          Historical Perspectives on Campus Life

EDUC 248S         The College Student

EDUC 248F         Financing Higher Education (formerly EDUC
                          269M)

EDUC 248P         Higher Education Policy

EDUC 259            Proseminar (the dissertation and proposal)

Specialization

Eight units relevant to the student's research interests will be selected by the student and his/her program guidance committee.  Students are encouraged to undertake study in other program areas in GSOE or other fields (e.g., sociology, economics) that are pertinent to dissertation research. Potential specialization courses in Higher Education include:

        • Higher Education Governance

        • Demographics and Diversity in Higher Education                

        • Student Affairs in Higher Education

        • Student Development

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