Curriculum
The School of Education and the Division of Higher Education offer a master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Higher Education in a fully online program with two specialty areas:
- Higher education administration
- Community college leadership
All students admitted fall 2020 or later have the below required 21 credits of core curriculum and 9 hours in a sub-concentration for a total of 30 credits. If you were admitted prior to the fall of 2020, your course sequence can be found here.
Required Courses
- HG ED 544: Foundations of Leadership and Learning (3 credits)
- HG ED 552: Introduction to Higher Education in the United States (3 credits)
- HG ED 572: Resource Management in Higher Education (3 credits)
- HG ED 573: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion in Student Affairs (3 credits)
- HG ED 575: Organization and Administration of Student Affairs (3 credits)
- HG ED 576: Student Development in Higher Education (3 credits)
- RESEV 550: Introduction to Educational Research (3 credits)
Higher Education Administration concentration
- HG ED 504: History of Higher Education in the United States (3 credits)
- HG ED 577: Campus Environments and Cultures (3 credits)
- HG ED 593: Workshop [Current topics in higher education administration] (3 credits)
Community College Leadership concentration
- HG ED 581: Community and College Partnerships (3 credits)
- HG ED 580: Current Topics in Community Colleges (3 credits)
- HG ED 582: The Comprehensive Community College (3 credits)
Course descriptions can be accessed via the Iowa State course catalog.