Study the relationships between planning and student learning through the Higher Education Specialization program. In this addition to your online degree program, learn how to improve your teaching skills to fit higher education classrooms and teach at a deeper, more engaging level. Courses will focus on ideologies, people, cultures, and movements that have had an impact on higher education. Your specialization may require prerequisite course work. Please talk to your advisor for more information.

EDU 586 Foundations of American Higher Education EDU 587 Adult Learning and Development EDU 588 Student Services EDU 589 Issues and Innovations in Higher Education

The Higher Education specialization explores factors that affect adult learning, and the organizational cultures that promote or inhibit learning. You will examine curriculum, assessment, and student development in the post-secondary environment. The specialization also addresses the foundations of the American higher education system and considers innovations that affect learning and the function of institutions in the 21st century. This graduate degree specialization consists of four (4), three (3) credit courses.