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SAAHE Program Learning Goals:

Goal #1 | Goal #2 | Goal #3 

Fall 2010 | Spring 2011 | Fall 2011 | Spring 2012

 

Fall 2010

EDAD 690 Theory of EDAD Research- Statistics I. (3 hrs). Statistical concepts and techniques and their application in the behavioral science

EDAD 631 Student Affairs Functions. (3 hrs). Introductory course in student affairs administration in higher education programs.  Topics include the history of student affairs administration and the philosophical foundations of student affairs work.

EDAD 669 The College Student. (3 hrs). Nature, needs, and characteristics of American college students; developmental tasks, peer group relations and impact of college environment on student development. Research from behavioral sciences.
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Spring 2011

EDAD 618 Educational Administration in Cross Cultural Environments. (3 hrs). Designed to provide educational administrators insights and background into the life styles, values, and aspirations of minority Americans as related to the administrative process.

EHRD 636 Working with Adult Groups. (3 hrs). Development of skills for facilitating productivity in task-oriented groups of adults. Issues, problems and concepts frequently encountered, and potential solutions.

EDAD 658 Assessment and Interventions in Student Affairs. (3 hrs). Theory and practice of assessment and evaluation.

EDAD 650 Professional Development in Higher Education. (3 hrs).  Counseling Skills for Student Affairs Professionals. Methods and procedures descriptive of the counseling process; dynamics of counselor-counselee relationship; interviewing techniques; crisis counseling techniques and referral skills.

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Fall 2011

EDAD 683 Field Practicum I in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education. (3 hrs.) Supervised experience in professional employment settings in educational administration; practical experiences and activities in student affairs administration in higher education supervised by departmental faculty.  A practicum is a supervised fieldwork experience in which Student Affairs and/or other professionals guide, instruct, and supervise the student’s introduction to a particular functional area or project. It offers the opportunity to gain additional insights of a particular office or program by focusing on specific issues, problems, concerns and demands of that particular unit.

EDAD 610 Higher Education Law. (3 hrs). Legal aspects of administration in institutions of higher education; statutes and case law related to liability, due process, student rights, admission, employee relations, and property use. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.

EDAD 603 Advanced Student Development Theory ( 3 hrs). Advanced student of the nature, needs, and characteristics of American college students; developmental tasks, peer group relations and impact of college environment on student development.  Research from behavioral sciences.

MGMT 630: Organizational Behavior (3 hrs). Organizational behavior theory, research and applications; focuses on the individual and group levels of analysis; includes: learning principles, perceptions, attitudes and job satisfaction, work, motivation, job design, group properties and processes, leadership, conflict, communication, personality influences on work attitudes and behaviors, and job stress.
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Spring 2012

EDAD 611 Higher Education Business and Finance. (3 hrs). Business management and financial aspects of administration of higher education; federal and state funding, institutional planning, budgeting and controlling, sources of financial support and business operations in higher education. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.

EDAD 670 Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education. (3 hrs). Student affairs administration in higher education; principles, philosophy, and major theoretical issues; organization and administration theory. To be the capstone of two years of study and practice in the area of student affairs administration.

EDAD 683 Field Practicum II in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education. (3 hrs.) Supervised experience in professional employment settings in educational administration; practical experiences and activities in student affairs administration in higher education supervised by departmental faculty. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. A practicum is a supervised fieldwork experience in which Student Affairs and/or other professionals guide, instruct, and supervise the student’s introduction to a particular functional area or project. It offers the opportunity to gain additional insights of a particular office or program by focusing on specific issues, problems, concerns and demands of that particular unit.

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Above course descriptions and degree plan cited from TAMU  Course Guide & http://eahr.tamu.edu/articles/curriculum