Courses

Explores contemporary issues in higher, adult, and professional education in the United States and offers analytic perspectives from disciplines including history, philosophy, and sociology with implication for policy and practice in higher education. 

Understand the theoretical foundations, models, values, and assumptions underlying psychological counseling; cross-cultural perspectives, ethical and legal considerations.

Explore theories of college student development and application of developmental models for program design, interventions, outreach, and research programs. Understand how students grow and change during the college years. 

Examine strategies for restructuring institutions of higher education to improve student support and achievement among historically underserved groups.

Examine theory and research in learning, development, and individual differences, and social psychology related to education or training contexts.

Examine theory and research in learning, development, and individual differences, and social psychology related to education or training contexts.

Understand basic qualitative and quantitative inquiry methods and their appropriateness for addressing different research questions. Become familiar with research-related issues such as threats to validity.

Understand theory, research, and practice of group counseling, including laboratory experience.

Explore the concept of love as an action and its relationship to humanizing education and, specifically counseling, as professional practice. Further, culture and identity is examined as significant elements in the process of humanizing education

(or Focus Course)

Examine the career development process; principles of career and leisure planning and counseling applicable throughout life.

EDHP 593A Masters Seminar / 2 units

OR

EDHP 594A Thesis  / 2 units

Examine current legal, ethical, and other professional issues in the practice of counseling and psychology. 

EDHP 593B Masters Seminar / 2 units

OR

EDHP 594B Thesis / 2 units

EDUC 609 Academic Advising 3 units *typically offered in the Fall semester 

EDHP 580 The Community College 3 units *typically offered in the Spring semester 

EDUC 531 Student Disability 3 units *typically offered in the Fall semester 

EDUC 611 Athletic Administration 3 units *typically offered in the Spring semester

EDUC 657 Management and Leadership 3 units *typically offered in Spring semester  

EDUC 617 The Student Athlete 3 units *typically offered in the Spring semester 

Practicum provides students with a structured and supported experience in the profession. Practicum allows EC students to integrate prior and current classroom learning with practice-based experience in settings within higher education and connected to building new professional skills and strengthening their existing skills.

Practicum is an optional course for EC students who may be required to be enrolled in a practicum or internship course for a specific internship on or off campus. Practicum is offered every semester (fall, spring, or summer) for international students who wish to work off campus. This program is not eligible for I-20/DS-2019 issuance.

International students who would otherwise need a I-20/DS-2019 are welcome to pursue the program online from their home country. Any international student that will be participating in the program remotely outside of the United States will not be required to register for fieldwork.