Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership

Program Overview

A doctoral minor in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership is available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor. The intent of this minor is to encourage doctoral students who anticipate working in higher education settings to increase and expand their understanding of higher education organizations, policies, and procedures and to understand developmental needs of college students and services offered to assist students. Completion of the minor will be noted in the student’s transcript as "Minor in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership."

Doctoral Minor Requirements — 15 Credits

Required courses — 15 hours

A minimum of five (5) courses completed during the student’s UNC doctoral program with grades of "B-" or better from the following courses:

HESA 601	Introduction to Higher Education & Student Affairs	3
HESA 611	Organization and Administration	3
HESA 612	Higher Education Assessment and Evaluation	3
HESA 650	College Student Development: Foundational Theory	3
HESA 651	Philosophical, Historical and Cultural Foundations of Student Affairs in Higher Education	3
HESA 652	Enrollment Management Services	3
HESA 655	Multiculturalism in Higher Education and Student Affairs	3
HESA 658	Helping Skills for Practitioners	3
HESA 660	Women in Higher Education and Student Affairs	3
HESA 668	College Students: Culture, Characteristics, Campus Life	3
HESA 669	Culturally Responsive Aspects of Transformative Learning	3
HESA 671	Introduction to Leadership in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership	3
HESA 680	Law and Higher Education	3
HESA 683	Finance and Resource Management in Higher Education	3
HESA 685	Human Resources in Higher Education	3
HESA 695	Current Issues in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership	3

Features and Conditions:

1. Completion of the minor will be noted on the student’s transcript as Minor in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership.
2. Course substitutions will be allowed only upon verification by the Graduate Program Coordinator of the HESAL program that a transfer course from another university is equivalent to one of the UNC courses listed above, or that it would be accepted in the HESAL Ph.D. program as a higher education elective course. Field experiences and internships may not be substituted for the above courses. All course substitutions must have been taken within the time frame of the student’s UNC doctoral program.
3. HESA-prefixed courses used for the minor may be part of a student’s program of required or elective courses.
4. No application to the Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership program is required. In consultation with their doctoral program advisor, students may include sufficient HESA-prefixed courses to meet the requirements for the minor.

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