PROGRAM STATEMENT
CSPA provides students with the practical and theoretical knowledge necessary to enable them to perform the roles of administrator, counselor, and educator in Student Affairs and Higher Education Administration. After completing the program, graduates will have the opportunity to serve as assistants to deans of students, as officers, assistant directors, directors of various student affairs units, and as counselors and advisors in academic units who provide support services to students.

PROGRAM MISSION
Students in the College Student Personnel Administration concentration reflect the increasing diversity of today's college campuses with respect to race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, and age. The student body is both traditional and nontraditional. CSPA includes students who are recent graduates, career enhancers, and those persons seeking a career change. Full-time enrollment is preferred and recommended, yet the program is flexible enough for those students who elect to attend part-time.

PROGRAM UNIQUENESS
Not provided.

NATIONAL STANDARDS
Meets ACPA Professional Preparation Commission Standards: YES
Meets CAS Standards:
Other/Comments:

APPLICATION AND ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Master's Application • GPA Requirement: 3.0 in last 60 undergraduate hours • GRE required • 2 letters of recommendation • Goal Statement (750 words) • Resume • Deadline - Preferred March 1

CURRICULUM INFORMATION

Program Required Hours: M.Ed./M.S. - 32 Semester hours plus thesis or comprehensive exams or 39 Semester hours of course work

 

Master's Curriculum Research Methods and Statistics in Education l Sociology of Formal Organization Selected Topics in Foundations of Education (History of Higher Education) Administrative Seminar in Student Personnel Introduction to Student Personnel Work American College Student Theories and Techniques of Counseling Is a thesis required? Only if thesis option is selected

Practicum in Student Personnel Administration (3-8 hours.) Organization and Administration of Student Affairs Programs Organization and Administration in Community Colleges Administration Continuing Education and Public Service Research for Master's Thesis (4 hours.) (taken only by students enrolled in the Thesis option)

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Students in student affairs or higher education administration programs  (2003-2004):

	Total Number	# of Males	# of Females	# of Whites	# of Persons of Color
Master's	60	10	50	40	20
	% of part-time students	% of full-time students	% of students enrolled in the program who also hold some form of financial assistance (graduate assistantship, fellowship, tuition waiver, scholarship)
Master's	33	67	75

PROGRAM FACULTY - Faculty members with areas of specialization and percentage of time devoted to the program.

Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, Ed.D. -- Student development theory, student affairs practice, college students; 100%
James Palmer, Ph.D. -- Community college administration, higher education and administrative theory, continuing education, public service; 75%
Mohamed Nur-Awaleh, Ph.D. – History/philosophy of higher education, organizational theory, international education; 50%
Helen Mamarchev, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Affairs – Student affairs administration, student affairs practice; 25%.
Elizabeth Lugg, Ph.D., J.D.– Educational law; 25%
Marcia Escott Hickrod, Ph.D. -- Higher education administration, the nontraditional student; 100%

Last modified 06/03/2005
Information submitted by: Phyllis McCluskey-Titus

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