Course Schedule

The full-time course schedule below should be used as an example. A part-time option is also available. Contact your admission representative to discuss your specific course schedule.

Year 1

Fall Semester

Interrogating Systems of Inequity in Professional Practice
EDUC 508 2 units

Examine yourself and the field of professional practice in the context of achieving equity.

The Counseling Process
EDUC 500 3 units

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

Academic Advising in Postsecondary Education
EDUC 609 3 units

Gain awareness of historical and theoretical perspectives that relate to academic advising, and a better understanding of how academic advising “works” in practice. Build knowledge of academic advising for organizational systems and structures

Foundations of Higher, Adult, and Professional Education
EDHP 500 3 units

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

Spring Semester

Theories in Counseling
EDUC 541 3 units

Understand theory, research, and practice of psychological counseling.

Politics of Difference
EDHP 552 3 units

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

Learning and Individual Differences
EDPT 502 3 units

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

Summer Session

Research Methods & Data Analysis
EDUC 570 3 units

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.

Group Counseling: Theory and Process
EDUC 637 3 units

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

Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education
EDHP 587 1 units

Participate in structured supervised teaching or administrative activities. Assignments will be matched to your goals, training, and experience.

Year 2

Fall Semester

Student Development Theory
EDHP 687 3 units

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.

Equity in College and Career Access
EDUC 661 3 units

Focus on College and Career Readiness using an equity lens with a foundation in the relevant theories, conceptual frameworks and issues.

Ethical & Legal Issues in Counseling
EDCO 503 3 units

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

CHOOSE ONE COURSE

Masters Seminar  EDHP 593A / 2 units

OR

Thesis  EDHP 594A / 2 units

 

Spring Semester

Career Development: Theory & Process
EDUC 547 3 units

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

The Community College
EDHP 580 3 units

Examine the community college movement and history, curriculum, and types of administrative structures, community college goals, the relationship to secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, faculty and student profiles.

CHOOSE ONE COURSE

Masters Seminar EDHP 593B / 2 units

OR

Thesis EDHP 594B / 2 units

 

Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education
EDHP 587 2 units

Participate in structured supervised teaching or administrative activities. Assignments will be matched to your goals, training, and experience.