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Students will become knowledgable student affairs practitioners through a core curriculum adapted from the standards and guidelines established by the 1998 Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS).

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Students will know:

• The foundations of higher education and student affairs, including the historical, philosophical, psychological, cultural, sociological, and research, dimensions of the field
• Student development theory and related research relevant to student learning and personal development, provided through a multicultural perspective
• Student characteristics and effects of college on students
• Techniques and methods of assessing, designing, and implementing interventions with individuals, groups, and organizations
• Organization and administration of student affairs
• Appropriate assessment, evaluation, and research methodological for the field of student affairs
• The value of a multicultural perspective and the importance of diversity
• Developmental work with individual students; program planning, implementation and evaluation; staff training and supervision; and administrative functions and processes