PhD Higher Education Administration and Policy Curriculum
IMPORTANT NOTE: Faculty are in process of making curricular changes in alignment with program mission, thus, the requirements below– while approved by all HEAP faculty members– are not yet updated in the UCR catalog.
Research Methodology
In consultation with the faculty advisor, a student selects the Quantitative or the Qualitative Methods strand to complete, plus one course from the strand they did not select.
Quantitative Methods Strand
EDUC 214A: Introduction to Quantitative Methods
EDUC 214B: Educational Research: Statistical Inference & Hypothesis Testing
EDUC 214C: Educational Research: Experimental Design
AND
One Course From:
EDUC 221A: Introduction to Qualitative Methods
EDUC 221B: Intermediate Qualitative Research Methodologies in Education
EDUC 221C: Advanced Qualitative Research Methodologies in Education
OR
Qualitative Methods Strand
EDUC 221A: Introduction to Qualitative Methods
EDUC 221B: Intermediate Qualitative Research Methodologies in Education
EDUC 221C: Advanced Qualitative Research Methodologies in Education
AND
One Course From:
EDUC 214A: Introduction to Quantitative Methods
EDUC 214B: Multiple Regression Analysis
EDUC 214C: Experimental Design
Higher Education Required Core Courses
EDUC 248E: Race, Meritocracy, and Dilemmas of Diversity in Higher Education (can sub with: EDUC 248V: Campus Environments, Climate, and Culture)
EDUC 248I: Critical Issues in Higher Education
EDUC 248J: Higher Education Policy
EDUC 248K: Research, Research Design and the Dissertation in Education
EDUC 248N: Higher Education Scholarship and Literature Review
EDUC 248O: Organization and Administration in Higher Education (can sub with: EDUC 248L: Administration and Governance of the Community College)
EDUC 248U: History of Higher Education in the United States
Specialization and Elective Courses
Student will take two (2) or more courses from:
EDUC 248E: Race, Meritocracy, and Dilemmas of Diversity in Higher Education*
EDUC 248F: Financing Higher Education
EDUC 248G: Higher Education Governance
EDUC 248L: Administration and Governance of the Community College*
EDUC 248M: The Community College
EDUC 248O: Organization and Administration in Higher Education*
EDUC 248P: Historical Perspectives on Campus Life
EDUC 248Q: Foundations of Student Services
EDUC 248R: College Student Development
EDUC 248S: The College Student
EDUC 248V: Campus Environments, Climate, and Culture
EDUC 248W: Whiteness, Power and Privilege
EDUC 278: Critical Race Theory in Education
*Can only count as elective if not used as core
Teaching Requirement
EDUC 302: College Teaching Practicum
Professional Development Requirement
EDUC 259: Research Seminar
Other courses may be used to complete degree and elective requirements, in consultation with the Faculty Advisor and approval by the Graduate Advisor.