Directory of Graduate Programs in Student Affairs

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER'S PROGRAM

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Program name: M.A. in College Student Personnel

College: College of Education and Human Development

Department: Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs

Degrees and Emphases: M.A. – College Student Personnel

Tuition and Fees: See website of the Bowling Green State University Bursar's Office: http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/bursar/page25739.html

Contact Person:

Mike Coomes, Ed.D.
330 Education Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0244

Phone: (419) 372-7382
Fax: (419) 372-9382
e-mail: mcoomes@bgsu.edu

Web Page (URL) address: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/hesa/

Degree first offered: 1964

Typical number of students admitted each year: 35

PROGRAM STATEMENT

The College Student Personnel Program is committed to the preparation of practitioners for positions in student affairs administration at the post-secondary level. The requirements of the 45-semester-hour degree program include a balance of classroom-based academic learning and field-based experiential learning. Students will be challenged by professional responsibilities in their internship and they will be exposed to several theoretical frameworks that provide a foundation for understanding many facets of the undergraduate learning experience.

The intentionally designed curriculum places an emphasis on mastering the concepts of human development and examining the implications of this knowledge base for the design of educational practice in general and the implementation of student services in particular. In addition, the College Student Personnel and Higher Education Administration programs strive to uphold a set of ten core values that have been developed on behalf of students, faculty, and staff.

PROGRAM MISSION

(Incorporated above.)

PROGRAM UNIQUENESS

BGSU is fortunate to have eight full-time faculty whose positions are housed in the CSP and HIED programs. Drs. Broido, Coomes, Dannells, DeBard, Palmer, Stewart, Strange, and Wilson form the core of both programs' faculties and are accomplished teachers and researchers. Their offices are located in the main office of the CSP/HIED programs, and this greatly enhances the availability and involvement of faculty in the academic lives of students. They are also active in professional associations and provide service and scholarship to a national constituency.

In addition, each program draws upon the strengths and expertise of full-time faculty who are primarily housed in other programs and adjunct faculty. Please see the program websites for each program's faculty. Each program has a strong academic curriculum with flexibility to meet learner needs and an experiential component.

Some highlights of the program:

A two-year internship, coordinated by the internship supervisors and CSP faculty
Internship sites at nearby Cooperating Colleges, including small private liberal arts colleges, community colleges and large public universities
A two-year program with the opportunity to use the middle summer for an internship off-site or study abroad experience
A rigorous academic program
Opportunities to interact with and learn from the doctoral students
The BGSU-NUFP Graduate School Fellowship Award, for alumni of the NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program, which will be available to one incoming CSP student each year beginning fall 2003.
A proud history of over 30 years of preparing student affairs professionals that has yielded an alumni community of over 1500 people.

NATIONAL STANDARDS
Meets ACPA Professional Preparation Commission Standards: YES
Meets CAS Standards:
Other/Comments:

APPLICATION AND ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

GPA: 3.0
GRE required
3 letters of recommendation
Career Statement
Interview with assistantship site
Resume
Application Deadline – January 1st

CURRICULUM INFORMATION

Program Required Hours: 45

Program Curriculum:

Program Requirements:

Foundations and Functions of College Student Personnel
Theory and Assessment of College Student Development
Theory and Assessment of Educational Environments
Educational Outcomes of American Colleges and Universities
Field Experience in College Student Personnel (3)
Statistics in Education
Research in Education
Capstone Seminar

Adult Learner Focus:

The Developmental Perspective on the Adult Learner
Student Services for the Adult Learner
Facilitating Adult Learning

Is a thesis required? No (It is optional)

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Students in student affairs or higher education administration programs (2005-2006):

	Total Number	# of Males	# of Females	# of Whites	# of Persons of Color
Total	81	26	55	68	13
	% of part-time students	% of full-time students	% of students enrolled in the program who also hold some form of financial assistance (graduate assistantship, fellowship, tuition waiver, scholarship)
Total	1	99	100

PROGRAM FACULTY (Faculty members with areas of specialization and percentage of time devoted to the program.)

Dr. Ellen M Broido, social justice allies; diversity education; identity development of LGBT students; 100%.
Dr. Camille Consolvo, Adjunct Faculty; Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, counseling, wellness, student life issues, student discipline; 10%.
Dr. Michael D. Coomes, Federal higher education policy analysis; student aid and enrollment management issues; history and philosophy of the student affairs profession; 100%.
Dr. Mike Dannells, policy and practice of student discipline and judicial affairs; 100%.
Dr. Robert DeBard, management practices; education policy; the two-year college; resource and budget management; 100%.
Dr. Kathy Hoff, distance education; 10%.
Dr. William E. Knight, Adjunct Faculty, Director of Planning and Institutional Research, institutional research, assessment, planning, research methods, financial issues, governance, history of American higher education; 20%.
Dr. Patricia Kubow, comparative international education; comparative higher education; global perspectives; democratic citizenship education; 20%.
Dr. Carolyn J. Palmer, assessment; living-learning centers, residence life, Greek life; campus security; retirees and boomers returning to higher education; 100%.
Dr. Dafina Stewart, spiritual and identity development, multicultural competence; 100%.
Dr. C. Carney Strange, concepts of student development; design and impact of educational environments; spiritual dimensions of student development; qualitative research methods; multicultural pedagogy; 100%.
Dr. Bettina Shuford, Adjunct Faculty, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of the Center for Multicultural and Academic Initiatives, student learning and diversity issues in higher education, 10%.
Dr. Edward G. Whipple, Adjunct Faculty, Vice President for Student Affairs, new professionals, student life issues, residence life, athletics, and Greek life; 10%.
Dr. Maureen E. Wilson, women in higher education; culture of student affairs; experiences of resident assistants; college teaching; 100%.

Last modified July 24, 2007
Information submitted by: Nicole Hoefle

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