Master of Arts
The M.A. requires a minimum of 32 points of graduate coursework. Students pursue one of three domain sequences: Academic and Developmental Analysis, Organizational and Institutional Analysis, or Social and Comparative Analysis.
Course requirements common to all sequences include:
- ORL 5521 Introduction to research methods in education (3) or equivalent with advisor approval
- ORLH 4010 Purposes and policies of higher education (3)
- ORLH 4011 Curriculum and instruction in higher education (3)
- ORLH 4040 The American college student (3)
- ORLH 5525 Advanced professional seminar: College student development theories (3)
Additional requirements for Academic and Developmental Analysis include the following coursework as well as a culminating project:
- ORLH 4041 Student personnel administration: Organization, functions, and issues (3) or other with advisor approval
- ORLH 4042 Student personnel administration: Programs and services (3) or other with advisor approval
Two (2) courses from the following:
- ORLH 4012 The community college (3)
- ORLD 4051 How adults learn (3)
- ORLH 5011 College teaching and learning (3)
- ORLH 5044 Theories of diversity in higher education (3)
- ORLH 5522 Advanced professional seminar: Contemporary student issues and policies (3)
- ORLH 5524 Advanced professional seminar: An analysis of student cultures (3)
- ORLH 5527 Advanced professional seminar: The college professoriate (3)
- Other ORLH courses with advisor’s approval (3)
Other Courses: M.A. students with internship must take ORLH 5241, Observation and Supervised Fieldwork in Higher and Postsecondary Education (1 point).
Non-internship students elect another Teachers College course with advisor approval (1 point).
Minimum of two out-of-program Teachers College elective courses — one 3-point course and one 1-point course — for a total of 4 points. These courses require advisor approval (4 points).
Additional requirements for Organizational and Institutional Analysis include the following coursework as well as a culminating project:
- ORLH 4031 Financial administration of higher education institutions (3)
Three (3) courses from the following:
- ORLH 4012 The community college (3)
- ORLH 4020 College and university organization and administration (3)
- ORLD 4051 How adults learn (3)
- ORLH 4199 Special topics in higher education (topic/section to be designated with advisor approval)
- ORLH 5011 College teaching and learning (3)
- ORLH 5527 Advanced professional seminar: The college professoriate (3)
- ORLH 6521 Advanced seminar in the community college (3)
- ORLH 6551 Advanced seminar in higher education (3)
- ORLH 6556 Educational leadership: Research, art, and practice (3)
Other Courses: M.A. students with internship must take ORLH 5241, Observation and Supervised Fieldwork in Higher and Postsecondary Education (1 point). Non-internship students elect another Teachers College course with advisor approval (1 point).
Minimum of two additional out-of-program Teachers College elective courses — one 3-point course and one 1-point course — for a total of 4 points. These courses require advisor approval (4 points).
Requirements for Social and Comparative Analysis include the following coursework as well as a culminating project:
Three or four courses from the following:
- ORLD 4051 How adults learn (3)
- ORLH 4199 Special topics in higher education (3) with advisor approval
- ORLH 5011 College teaching and learning (3)
- ORLH 5044 Theories of diversity in higher education (3)
- ORLH 5522 Advanced professional seminar: Contemporary student issues and policies (3)
- ORLH 5524 Advanced professional seminar: An analysis of student cultures (3)
- ORLH 5527 Advanced professional seminar: The college professoriate (3)
- ORLH 6551 Advanced seminar in higher education (3)
- ORLH 6556 Education leadership: Research, art, and practice (3)
Other Courses: M.A. students with internship must take ORLH 5241, Observation and Supervised Fieldwork in Higher and Postsecondary Education (1 point). Non-internship students elect another Teachers College course with advisor approval (1 point).
Minimum of two to three additional out-of-program Teachers College elective courses — one 3-point or 2-point courses and one 1-point course — for a total of 4-7 points. These courses require advisor approval.