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One-, Two- and Three-Year Tracks to a Master's Degree
Students may choose to pursue one of three tracks to a master's degree:

In addition, those entering in the fall can compete for a limited number of places in a five-quarter, full-time, paid internship program. See the curriculum for this five-quarter internship.

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Program Objectives
While in the program, students learn to accomplish the following:
  1. Conceptualize higher education from a perspective rich in theoretical depth and grounded in active professional practice, including an understanding of the system of higher education and the values, policies and practices that inform its operation
  2. Develop an understanding of the institutional context of professional practice and the intricate relationships among various contextual issues
  3. Develop research skills for analyzing the problems, threats and opportunities that coexist within and around higher education institutions and the capacity to translate the results of analysis to purposeful action
  4. Develop skills for engaging in productive dialogue and negotiation with multiple stakeholders
  5. Appreciate the importance of ongoing study related to their professional life and master the conceptual framework and skills necessary to engage in such study
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Course Requirements
Each track toward the master’s degree requires 15 units of credit, including core courses and electives, a master’s project and an internship field experience* of at least one quarter. Core requirements include courses on college student development, budgeting and finance, policy, law and ethics, learning and teaching, history and philosophy, social contexts of education, and research and analysis. Sample elective courses include management in nonprofit organizations, sociology of organizations, career psychology, education and the changing workplace, and statistics, which is strongly recommended.
 
MS_ED 402 Social Contexts of Education
MS_ED 405 Learning and Teaching in Higher and Professional Education
MS_ED 406 Research and Analysis in Teaching and Learning I: Discussion and Question Development
MS_ED 407 Research and Analysis in Teaching and Learning II: Literature Review and Research Methodology
MS_ED 408 Research and Analysis in Teaching and Learning III: Analysis Interpretation and Dissemination
MS_ED 460 Proseminar in Higher Education
MS_ED 462 The College Student
MS_ED 465 Law and Ethics in Higher Education
MS_ED 466 Budgeting and Finance in Higher Education
MS_ED 467 History and Philosophy of Higher Education
MS_ED 468 Higher Education Policy
MS_ED 484 Higher Education Administration Seminar
MS_ED 485 Internship*

*The internship requirement may be waived if students have had significant work experience in a higher education setting.



The 15 total courses required for the MSEd degree include two electives such as the following sample courses:
MS_LOC 430-0 Knowledge Management I and II
MS_LOC 421-0 Learning & Performance I and II
MS_LOC Strategic Change I and II
HDSP 403-0 Adolescent Development
HDSP 427-0 Social Opportunity and Educational Policy
HDSP 440 The Politics of Public Policy
COUN_PSY 412-0 Group & Organizational Dynamics
MPPA 408-0 Sociology of Organizations
MPPA 405 Elementary Statistics for Political Research
MPPA 412 Economics of State and Local Governments
MSED 403 Early Child and Adolescent Development
MSED 451 Special Topics in Higher Education
COMM ST 407 Techniques and Problems in Survey Research Measurement
MSA 400 Sport in the Social Context: Core Issues in Sports Administration

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News and Events
Apply Yourself
As of January 31, 2008, application to the MSEd program is done online through Apply Yourself, an online application site.
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Alum's Chronicle Commentary Addresses Students' On-the-Job Learning
Jonathan Lewis (MS07) comments in Chronicle of Higher Education on how college students can learn from campus work, a subject he explored in his master's thesis. 


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