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Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2017-19 
    
Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2017-19 [Archived Catalog]

College Student Personnel - ME


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Degree Title: Master of Education

Program Name and Number: College Student Personnel - ME6275

Department/Unit: Department pf Counseling and Higher Education

Delivery Mode: Athens Campus

Terms of Entry: Fall

Program Mission: For over 40 years, our students have embraced the mission of learning how to enrich the student experience. The College Student Personnel (CSP) program offers knowledge and skills in a distinctive community setting, a learning-living laboratory for studying and enhancing the undergraduate experience.

Program Learning Objectives:

  1. Students will comprehend realistically the different aspects of the student affairs profession.
  2. Students will analyze fundamental student affairs competency areas, including the structure and function of higher education, student development theories, diversity, and organization/administration, and assessment/evaluation.
  3. Students will apply leadership skills, interpersonal/helping skills, and scholarship skills to be student affairs professionals.
  4. Students will integrate their developing professional networks, their mentorship experiences, their assistantship/practicum experiences, and their academic experiences into their own unique career development

Program Overview:  The CSP program is a full time, cohort-based program. The curriculum integrates theory and practice, blending courses in student development theory, student affairs administration, counseling, and higher education with hands-on experience in student affairs offices at Ohio University as well as neighboring institutions.

Most positions in the CSP program include a graduate assistantship (GA) in Student Affairs or another academic or administrative office at Ohio University.  Admission to the CSP program and GA assignments are made independently. Admission decisions are made by the HESA faculty, while all decisions concerning GA positions are made by university administrators following our Interview Weekend. Interview Weekend takes place in Athens, Ohio each February.

Link to Program: https://www.ohio.edu/education/academic-programs/counseling-and-higher-education/higher-education/masters-in-college-student-personnel/index.cfm

Graduation Requirements:

  1. Two-year full-time program
  2. 12 credit hours per semester
  3. No thesis requirement or qualifying exam

Culminating Experience: The capstone experience (Seminar Paper) requires the completion of a scholarly paper on a topic of interest to the student and relevant to the issues, problems, and trends of her/his major area of study.  Students will conduct systematic research, which will require students to critically review and summarize research literature pertinent to the selected problem. The final deliverable is will be approved by the instructor of record for the course.

Admission Requirements:

  1. Personal Statement/Writing Sample
  2. Three letters of recommendation
  3. A GRE score is required for students who do not meet the minimum GPA requirements

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