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Postsecondary Education: Student Affairs (MAE)
Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education
508 Schindler Education Center
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0604
Head: Dr. Victoria Robinson
Phone: (319) 273-3070
E-mail: victoria.robinson@uni.edu
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Michael Waggoner
Phone: (319) 273-2605
E-mail: mike.waggoner@uni.edu
Read the UNI Catalog description:
This major is designed to prepare an individual for a career in the administration of student affairs programs in college and university settings.
Students interested in this program must submit a completed Application for Admission to Graduate Study and should contact the Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education for other admission requirements. Graduate information and application for graduate admission can be found at www.grad.uni.edu/admission. (Also www.uni.edu/coe/departments/educational-leadership-postsecondary-education).
The Graduate Record Examination (General Test) is not required for admission to the program.
Only graduate courses (course numbers 5000 or above) will apply to a graduate degree, even if the undergraduate course number (4999 or less) is listed. No exceptions will be made.
This major is available on the thesis and non-thesis options. The thesis option requires a minimum of 48 semester hours, and the non-thesis option requires a minimum of 44 semester hours. A minimum of thirty-two (32) hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for the thesis option. A minimum of thirty (30) hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for the non-thesis option.
Required professional core | ||
Educational Psychology: | ||
Foundations of Instructional Psychology | 3 | |
Theories of Human Development | ||
OR | ||
Social Foundations: | ||
Philosophy of Education | ||
Measurement and Research: | ||
Educational Research | 3 | |
Postsecondary education core | ||
Postsecondary Education: Student Affairs: | ||
Organization and Governance of Postsecondary Education | 3 | |
Communication and Leadership in Postsecondary Education | 3 | |
Assessment in Postsecondary Education | 3 | |
History and Philosophy of Higher Education | 3 | |
Introduction to Student Affairs | 3 | |
Administration of Student Affairs | 3 | |
College Student Development | 3 | |
Seminar in Postsecondary Education | 3 | |
Practicum in Postsecondary Education (two are required for 6 hours) * | 6 | |
Research | 2 or 6 | |
Thesis option (6 hrs) | ||
Non-thesis option (2 hrs) | ||
Electives may include, but are not limited to, the following: | 6 | |
Teaching in College | ||
The Two-Year College | ||
Readings in Postsecondary Education ** | ||
Internship in Postsecondary Education | ||
Education, Interdepartmental: | ||
Qualitative Methods in Educational Research | ||
Educational Psychology: | ||
Foundations of Instructional Psychology | ||
Measurement and Research: | ||
Statistical Methods in Education | ||
Educational Evaluation in Teaching | ||
Descriptive Educational Research | ||
Social Foundations: | ||
Philosophy of Education | ||
Counseling: | ||
Counseling Skills | ||
Group Counseling Skills and Processes | ||
Facilitating Career Development | ||
Multicultural Counseling | ||
Psychology: | ||
Industrial Psychology | ||
Organizational Psychology | ||
Communication: | ||
Intercultural Communication | ||
Gender Issues in Communication | ||
Total hours thesis option | 48 | |
Total hours non-thesis option | 44 | |
* | Note: Upon advisement, some students may substitute course work for practicum. A license to teach is not required for this major. |
** | 1-3 hrs.; may be repeated for a maximum of 6 hrs. |