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Graduate Higher Education Leadership
Graduate Higher Education Leadership
2017 Summer Term
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LEGAL ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
HELEAD 720
The primary goal of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the American legal system so that they can identify the history and sources of law, read and interpret laws and relevant cases, understand how the court systems work, and understanding of personal and institutional liability. Emphasis will be placed on issues and laws likely to be encountered by Higher Education practitioners.
ISSUES, PERSPECTIVES AND DIRECTIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
HELEAD 723
This seminar will provide an introduction to contemporary issues in higher education, with a specific focus on understanding diverse student characteristics and subsequent issues faced in higher education settings at public, private and two year institutions. Students will learn to use research to support practice through and investigation of essential philosophical questions and current issues in higher education leadership settings. Students will apply reflections on their own practice as they develop skills of analysis and argumentation.
EVENT MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIP IN ATHLETICS
HELEAD 732
This course introduces students to event management, marketing and sponsorship in athletics and higher education. Students will understand how to foster and maintain strategic relationships to support programmatic growth and event implementation across divisions. Students will develop a comprehensive marketing and sponsorship plan that can be applied to future practice.
READING, ANALYZING AND EVALUATING HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
HELEAD 780
This course provides scholar-practitioners with foundational knowledge on the processes of reading, analyzing, and evaluating research in the higher education. Students will develop an understanding of the inquiry process and apply this knowledge to develop an independent research question and study. Students will read and analyze educational literature from a P-20 perspective to inform their inquiry process as a scholar-practitioner.
CAPSTONE PORTFOLIO AND CAREER APPLICATION
HELEAD 781
This course will introduce and apply foundational theories of career development and methods of career assessment to assist with personal career planning. Students will complete a formal professional vision and portfolio utilizing artifacts from courses completed during their core and emphasis area courses. Cross-Listed: HELEAD/PEPROF/HEALTHED/RECREATN/COACHING 781
PRACTICUM
HELEAD 793
Variable Topics
INDIVIDUAL STUDIES
HELEAD 798
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.