Leadership and administration principles and practices applied to college student affairs programs and services. Administrative approaches designed to support, enhance, and create developmental educational environments for college students.
Athena Title
Admin College Student Affairs
Prerequisite
ECHD 7400 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will understand the major theories of organizational structure budget formulation and administration organizational leadership staffing practices.
Students will know applications of the above theories to higher education and student affairs organizations.
Students will understand how to identify important issues and legal parameters in selection, orientation, supervision, professional development, and performance evaluation of professional and support staff in student affairs organizations.
Students will understand strategies of planned change in higher education and the effects of organizational culture on higher education institutions and strategies for planned change.
Topical Outline
Roles of Student Affairs Administrator
Organizing Student Affairs Division
Institutional Politics
Conflict Management
Budgeting
Simulation I: Create the "Ideal" Student Affairs Division
Staffing
Simulation II: Develop Budget Proposals
Ethics
Simulation III: Develop a Proposal for Creating a Residential College
Simulation IV: Develop Proposal to Create a Department of Assisting New Students
Simulation V: Develop Proposal to Create a Center for Leadership and Service
