Program Requirements and Curriculum

In order to graduate with a PhD in Higher Education students must complete a minimum of 90 credit hours as well as the other requirements listed below.

A.	Higher Education Core		Credits
	EDHE 687	History and Philosophy of Higher Education	4
	EDHE 689	Law and Higher Education	5
	EDHE 690	Diversity in Higher Education	4
	EDHE 785	Organization and Governance of Higher Education	4
	EDHE 786	Management in Higher Education	4
	EDHE 788	Policy and Politics in Higher Education	4
	EDHE 823	Research and Readings in Education	1-3
	EDCP 722	Students and Learning Environments *	4
B.	Specialty Areas		12
C.	Field Experience		4
D.	Cognate Area		9
E.	Research		22
	EDRE 720	Educational Statistics	5
	EDRE 750	Qualitative Methods in Educational Research	4
	EDRE 733	Research Design in Education	5
F.	Dissertation		15

* or similar course as approved by committee

Higher Education Core

All students must complete these core requirements or their equivalents.

Specialty Area

Students will choose additional courses in order to learn about either General Administration or Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education. Potential courses include:

General Administration		Credits
EDHE 789	Finance and Budgeting	4
EDHE 783	Institutional Research and Self-Study	4
EDAD 778	Assessment	4
EDAD 731	Conflict Management	4
EDHE 780	College Teaching	4
EDHE 782	Curriculum Development in Higher Education	4
EDHE 690	Issues in Higher Education	1-9

The university will be transitioning to semesters beginning fall 2012. All students beginning the program in the 2011 academic year must use the Transition Plan in place of the Program of Studies for quarters. Students beginning fall 2012 will use the Program of Studies for semesters to plan their program. Please meet with your advisor regarding transition planning.