Introduction to academic student services with an emphasis on
collaborations with student affairs. Emphasis will be placed on
an overview of student academic service departments and the
organizational differences between those departments and student
affairs.
Athena Title
Collab in Acad and Stu Affairs
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Pre or Corequisite
ECHD 9400
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to describe and interpret cultural differences between student affairs and academic affairs.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to compare and contrast the structure, function, and participants in student affairs and academic affairs in contemporary American higher education.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to develop a vision for future collaborations between student affairs and academic affairs faculty and administrators designed to support and enhance student learning.
Topical Outline
1) Overview of student affairs and academic affairs mission and goals
2) Institutional structures and sizes and organizational structure of departments
3) Academic student services: First year experience/seminar courses
4) Academic student services: Learning communities and service learning
5) Diversity of student affairs and academic affairs programs/services/staff
6) Collaborations and collaborators between student affairs and academic affairs
7) Comparison of budget and technology
8) Curriculum and academic advising
9) Working with special student populations (international students, students with disabilities, athletes, students in academic difficulty, transfer students)
10) Institutional policy: Academic honesty and classroom issues
