Any experimental courses offered by HG ED can be found at: registrar.iastate.edu/faculty-staff/courses/explistings/
Courses
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate classification
Survey course in the history of higher education in the United States, from the colonial era to the present. Emphasis is placed on enduring debates about the purpose(s) of higher education and issues of equity and access along lines of race, class, and gender. Readings include primary and secondary materials.
(Cross-listed with AER E, ENGR). Cr. 3. F.
Prereq: Engineering graduate students or instructor permission required
Introduction to the field of engineering education, with an emphasis on engineering education history, existing challenges, teaching and learning pedagogies and theories, research opportunities, and research methodologies. The course goal is to develop students as scholars and to have students think critically about engineering and education. Students will apply the knowledge gained from this course to propose a research project related to their own discipline. The proposal is intended to help students learn and apply the key elements of engineering education research. This course is intended for students with a variety of interests and career goals, including those interested in learning to conduct engineering education research, exploring research discoveries about teaching and learning, and engaging with the engineering education community.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: graduate student classification
Introduction to leading and learning in higher education. Course will include concepts, competencies, and skills necessary for leading higher education organizations, the various roles leaders may fill within the higher education sector, using assessment for improvement as a leader in higher education.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate student classification
Overview of higher education in the United States, including a brief history, the functions, organization, external influences, funding, and the major issues impacting postsecondary institutions today.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: 6 graduate credits
Educational theories, methods and strategies for the improvement of college instruction. Assist potential college instructors in developing knowledge of protocol, assessment, and the scholarship and art of teaching. Emphasis on the unique challenge of college teaching in a changing student population environment.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate classification
Modes of curriculum design, development, and change in colleges. Development of curricular leadership and evaluation strategies.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: HG ED 504
Assessment of global education policy issues in education. Analysis of policies, implementation strategies, and policy outcomes.
Cr. 1-3.
Prereq: Graduate classification
Current issues and new directions in student affairs practice. Topics developed to the specific needs of student affairs professionals. Primarily for off-campus.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
An examination of resource management in higher education. Planning, allocation, and administration of financial, human, and physical resources in colleges and universities.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing
Explores theories of equity, diversity, and inclusion to build knowledge and skills related to social justice in student affairs practice.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate classification, admission to Higher Education Program
Instroduction to the profession of Student Affairs in higher education. As a survey course, readings, learning artifacts, and class discussions will be used to uncover a breadth of topics related to the student affairs profession. Course content is organized around, but will not be limited to, the history, philosophical underpinnings, values, ethics, and standards espoused, as well as the concepts of learning and community development.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Admission to Higher Education Program, HG ED 574
Topics related to organization and administration of student affairs in higher education. The course surveys organizational and administrative aspects of student affairs within the broader context of post-secondary education with particular attention paid to organizational development, budget and finance, and law and policy.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing
Theories of student and adult development and their applications in student affairs programs, services, and activities are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on theories exploring psychosocial, cognitive, moral, and social identity development as well as on integrated theories of development.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Admission to Higher Education Program
Study of the impact of the college environment on students and use of environmental theory to create positive learning situations for students.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Admission to Higher Education Program
The relationship between college students and characteristics from 1950 to the present. Traditional assumptions about the impact of higher education on students will be reviewed and challenged. Campus issues and concerns relative to commuters and residential life. Participants will analyze institutional responses to students through college missions, organizational development, structure, core curriculum and retention.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: HG ED 582
Current issues and new directions in community college practice, policy, and research.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Overview of the community environment in which community colleges serve and the external groups with whom they partner, including environmental scanning, partner development, strategic planning, and maintaining relationships.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate classification
The community college as a unique social and educational institution: its history, philosophy, functions, programs, faculty and student characteristics, organization and finance, trends, and issues. Reviews current research and exemplary community college practices internationally, nationally, and in Iowa.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Independent study on specific topics arranged with an instructor.
Cr. 1-4. Repeatable.
Prereq: 9 credits graduate work
Supervised on-the-job field experience.
Cr. 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: 15 credits in education
(3-0) Cr. 3.
The primary goal of this course is for advanced students to demonstrate their preparedness to progress in the field of Student Affairs as educators who are able to apply concepts and formal (and informal) theories addressed in previous course and fieldwork to their professional student affairs thinking and practices.
Cr. arr.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Courses for graduate students:
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate student classification
Comprehensive understanding of students in American community colleges while enhancing research skills and a scholar-practitioner approach to working with students. Examine the curricula in place that serve a diverse student population with different educational objectives. Examine student types found in comprehensive community colleges including transfer, career & technical, adult basic education, and English language learners.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Examination of administrative organization and behavior using theories and lenses to understand topics such as: communications, leadership, resource allocation, strategic planning, and institutional governance.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Lectures, discussions, and individual investigation relating to financial administration in colleges and universities. Budgeting, auxiliary enterprises, administration of financial planning, fund raising, examination of theories on expenditures. Designed for persons aspiring to serve as college administrators.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Examination of institutional culture and issues in higher education focusing on the roles and responsibilities of faculty and academic administrators.
(3-0) Cr. 3. SS.
Prereq: Admission to Ed.D. emphasis in Community College Leadership
An examination of advanced community college leadership practice. Team-based leadership, leadership strategies, planning, and change.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Prereq: Admission to the Ed.D. in Education program
This course provides an overview of how community colleges influence workforce, economic, and community development through their education missions.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Graduate student classification
Critical understanding of issues of diversity and inclusion in higher education. There are multiple dimensions to diversity and inclusion, far too complicated to cover in one course. Therefore, the goal of this seminar is to provide a general understanding of theory, research, and practices related to diversity and inclusion issues. Considers intersectional perspectives of diversity and inclusion within higher education.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: HG ED 576
An examination of social identity theories including those exploring race, ethnicity, gender, class, ability, sexuality, and spirituality. An exploration of how social identity is influenced by the dynamics of power and oppression in education and society and how to enhance the college experiences of students from diverse backgrounds.
Cr. 1-4. Repeatable.
Prereq: 9 credits in education
Cr. arr. Repeatable.
Prereq: 9 credits in education