Course Sequencing

Course Sequence

The following chart presents a progression that allows completion of the MA in Higher Education & Student Development in two years.

Year One:

Fall:

• HESD 595: Higher Education: Past, Present and Future (4)
• HESD 521: Personal Spiritual Formation (A-Quad) (2)
• HESD 549: Theology and Philosophy of Ministry (B-Quad) (2)

January:

• HESD 546: Holistic Growth in College: An Integrated Approach (2)

Spring: 

• HESD 602: Research and Reflective Practice (4)
• HESD 608: Well-Being in Young Adults (B-Quad) (2)

May: 

• HESD 614: Diversity & Student Development: Building Communities of Shalom (2)

Year Two: 

Fall: 

• HESD 639: Legal Issues in Higher Education (A-Quad) (2)
• HESD 636: Leadership in Higher Education (B-Quad) (2)
• BITH 565: Christian Theology (4)

January:

• HESD 575: Conflict and Mediation (4)

Spring:

• HESD 641: Emerging Adult Development (4)
• HESD 696: Capstone (2) OR HESD 698 Thesis (2)

~ May and January courses are intensives.
~ Fall and Spring courses are available for both residential students and flexible learning students via live video.