One of the focuses of my master's program was becoming a scholar practitioner and taking theory and applying it to our practice. This has resonated with me, my education, and my practical experiences. It is for this reason that I have categorized my curriculum under Theory and Practice below.
TheoryLegal Issues in Higher Education
A process for analyzing case law on issues of access, student rights, employment, collective bargaining, church/state, private sector, and liability. Artifacts: Response Paper 1, Liability to Students for Student Behavior Response Paper 2, Academic Freedom Response Paper 3, Affirmative Action and Diversity Web Accessibility and the ADA, Analysis Paper Campus Environments
Examination of theoretical concepts and empirical findings that describe the college environment and explain its impact on students and staff Artifacts: Reflection on Four Environmental Perspectives Pattee Library Knowledge Commons; Environmental Audit Paper Pattee Library Knowledge Commons; Environmental Audit Presentation Pitch Perfect; College in the Media Paper Social Integration of International Undergraduate Students; Environmental Intervention Paper Higher Education Students and Clientele
Characteristics of higher post secondary education students and other clientele; changes during post secondary education years and during college; educational challenges and responses. Research and Assessment in Student Affairs
This course provides the basic knowledge and skills necessary to plan, design, implement, and evaluation assessment programs in student affairs. Introduction to College Student Affairs
An introduction to student affairs in higher education with consideration of various functional areas of the profession. Artifacts: Disability Services; Functional Areas Project College Student Development
This course covers the knowledge and methods of human development theories and their applications in college settings. Artifacts: Low Academic Achievement in First Year Students; Theory Application Assignment Higher Education in the United States
Introduction to the educational context and major organizational and academic characteristics of post-secondary education; analysis of issues and future trends. |
PracticeInternship in the Office for Disability Services
Working in the Office for Disability Services 10-20 hours per week over 2 semesters providing academic adjustments to students registered with the office. Gaining practical experience in a specific functional area of student affairs and higher education. Artifacts: Reflections; Blog Capstone Seminar
This seminar provides advanced students an opportunity to apply concepts from previous course work to current issues facing student affairs. Artifacts: Reflections; Blog Personal Mission Statement Capstone Presentation Psycho-Social Aspects of Disability
Psychological models of reaction to disability and social consequences in adulthood; generalizations to other life crises; implications for counselor interventions. Artifacts: A Reflection on Asperger's; Disability Paper Reframing and Renaming Disability Services; Advocacy Memo Reframing and Renaming Disability Services (Part 2); Follow up Memo Social Models in Disability Offices in Higher Education; Presentation Internship with The Learning Edge Academic Program (LEAP)
Working during the summer performing evaluation and assessment of the LEAP program through the Office for Summer Session at The Pennsylvania State University Artifacts: Reflections; Blog Counseling Adolescents
Counseling Adolescents provides approaches for school counselors and others working with a variety of adolescent obstacles and developmental needs Artifacts: Depression in College Freshman; A Case Study Social Justice Issues in Higher Education
Exploration of diverse student population, their different experiences, and the value university communities place on these differences. Artifacts: Pay Equity for Women Foundations of Academic Advising
An overview of the academic advising profession and the role of advising in higher education. Topics include history, philosophy, theoretical models emerging issues and scholarship, assessment, and academic advising career preparation. Helping Skills for the College Student Affairs Professional
This course is designed to develop basic helping skills for student affairs practitioners. It will help students identify the differences between helping skills and counseling and provide an opportunity for students to learn and practice basic helping skills. |