Higher Education

Course Structure

1. [\'This concentration prepares students to work as professionals in functional areas of student affairs such as student activities, residence life, admissions, service learning, orientation, career services, and academic advising. Students gain an understanding of the foundations of higher education and student affairs and are able to link theory and practice through class projects and field experience placements.\', \'This concentration prepares students to work as professionals in colleges and universities, policy organizations, and advocacy organizations. Students gain an understanding of the foundations of higher education with a focus on law, policy, and administration and are able to link theory and practice through field experience placements.\', "The top-ranked Catholic graduate school of education in the country, the Lynch School offers the only master\'s degree in higher education that prepares students to shape the policies, practices, and intellectual life of Catholic colleges and universities while supporting the continuing formation of diverse students in their own journey of faith and spiritual development. This course of study integrates theories of student development, sociology of religion, institutional culture, leadership formation, policy development and theological topics in a Catholic higher education setting.", \'Gain an understanding of the influence between religion and higher education in the development of intellectual culture and religion in the United States\', \'Explore theories of student moral and spiritual development and their application to educational policy, practice, student development, and the sociology of religion\', \'Engage in an analysis of leadership of mission, student affairs, academic affairs,finance, enrollment management, and advancement and how these issues contribute to the administration of and scholarship about Catholic higher education.\', \'Develop core competencies in the knowledge of the history of higher education, Catholic higher education, theories of religion and secularization, philosophy of Catholic higher education, spirituality, ecclesiology, and Catholic intellectual tradition.\', \'Secure professional skills,internships, assistantships, contacts and networking through mentoring, rigorous intellectual life and personal formation.\']