Creating Communities of Interest

Establish your professional foundation and philosophy as an educator.

The Counseling Process

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

Academic Advising in Postsecondary Education

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

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.

Theories in Counseling

Understand theory, research, and practice of psychological counseling.

Politics of Difference

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

Learning and Individual Differences

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

Research Methods & Data Analysis

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

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

Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education

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

Student Development Theory

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.

Counseling for College and Career Readiness

Create a proposal and design a capstone project that applies knowledge and skills learned throughout the program and prepare your coursework portfolio.

Ethical & Legal Issues in Counseling

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

EDHP 593A | (2 units)

Masters Seminar

OR

EDHP 594A | (2 units)

Thesis

Career Development: Theory & Process

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

The Community College

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.

EDHP 593B | (2 units)

Masters Seminar

OR

EDHP 594B | (2 units)

Thesis

Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education

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