Thesis for Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education

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This course gives a SPAHE student an opportunity to produce and defend a thesis under the supervision of a SPAHE faculty member. This is a process-oriented course that integrates reading, research, writing, and an oral presentation. The student will form a thesis committee of 3 members but primarily work with the thesis committee chair. The student will carry out a research project on a student affairs topic of the student’s interest and defend the thesis before the student’s thesis committee. The thesis is expected to conform to appropriate standards of scholarship and the final product will be organized under a five-chapter model. Prerequisites: (SPA 515 or 5035).