The 60-hour program will require that each student earn a Master's degree, 12 semester hours in the Community College Core, and 18 semester hours in the Foundations/Higher Education Administration Areas. Minimum hours required are 30 plus a Master's degree.

Master's Degree............................................    30 sem hrs minimum

Community College Core.................................    12 sem hrs

    CCED 7003 The Community College

    CCED 7013 Community College Teaching

    CCED 7023 Field Study

    CCED 7033 Special Problems in Community College Teaching

Foundations Area............................................       3-9 sem hrs

    ELFN 6773 Intro to Statistics and Research (required)

    ELFN 6763 Philosophies of Education

    ELFN 7773 Advanced Educational Research

    ELFN 7783 Advanced Educational Statistics

Higher Education Administration Electives......        9-15 sem hrs

    ELAD 6273 Legal Aspects of Higher Education

    ELAD 6313 Higher Education Finance

    ELAD 6323 Organization and Governance of Higher Education

    COUN 6343 College Student Development

    COUN 6333 Student Personnel Services in Higher Education

    ELAD 6333 Org and Admin of College Student Personnel  Services

    ELCI 6083 Supervision and Evaluation of Teaching

    ELCI 6533 Theories of Instruction

    ELCI 6063 Curriculum Management

    ELAD 7493 Supervised Internship

Note 1. CCED 7023 Field Study and CCED 7033 Special Problems are available every term. To register for either of these courses, the program coordinator must enroll you.

Note 2. Some ELAD/ELCI courses require ELAD 6103 Ethical Leadership as a prerequisite. Online registration may be blocked if you do not have the prerequisite. But this prerequisite policy does NOT apply to community college majors. Please contact the program coordinator (dwcox@astate.edu) to enroll you.