This course prepares student affairs professionals to advise and support today's college students through practical skills and strategies. Emphasizing helping skills, advising approaches, and career development theory, it highlights how professionals can build inclusive relationships, respond to diverse student needs, and foster growth across academic, career, and personal domains.

Under close guidance of an individual faculty member, students work on areas of particular interest that cannot be met in regularly scheduled courses. Enrollment in this course is limited to three credits in a master's degree program.

The VEST proseminar is a set of activities designed around the speaker series. Students will read and critique academic articles, hear nationally renowned speakers present their recent work, and engage in conversation and dialogue with our visiting speakers. The primary goal of the proseminar is to improve your ability to critique research.

This Lab of Practice complements qualitative fieldwork methods in educational settings focusing specifically on observations, interviews, artifacts, and beginning data reduction and analysis that are the focus of EDLF 8383: Qualitative Inquiry. The Lab is an opportunity to engage in fieldwork on a very small scale allowing for practicing the major qualitative methods for generating qualitative data.

Administrative Internship

Designed to give masters students experience conducting research in professional settings appropriate to their disciplines. Prerequisites: Permission of Advisor

For master's research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.

Opportunities for experienced doctoral students to teach courses or partial courses at the University, or to supervise student teachers under the guidance of a faculty member. Opportunities are arranged by the students with the assistance of the sponsoring faculty member.

Supports advanced doctoral students in the Higher Education Program in developing research questions, refining methodology, and preparing for the dissertation or capstone. Emphasizes peer feedback, research writing, and proposal development. Students build momentum toward independent scholarship through structured planning, review, and critical reflection.

Ed.D. Research conducted under the guidance of capstone committee. 12 hours required for graduation. Permission of Instructor required.