Student Development Department
The Department of Student Development focuses on the development of the individual student, with consideration of multiple social/cultural contexts, in both educational (PreK-16) and family/community settings. Department research and scholarship are linked to a range of interventions aimed at improving academic outcomes for individual students, in addition to improving their relationships with peers, educators, families, and the larger socio-cultural contexts that impact equity, access, and opportunity.
The department offers doctoral degrees in concentrations that integrate course work, clinical experience, and research in the areas of:
The department also offers an Educational Specialist degree in:
The department also offers Master’s degrees in:
The department also offers graduate certificate programs in:
Graduate students may also pursue state-approved licensure in the following areas:
- Administrator of Special Education
- School Guidance Counselor
- School Psychologist
Career paths for our graduates include employment as school counselor educators, school psychologists, special educators, directors of special education and school administrators. In addition, graduates go on to pursue careers in higher education as professors, administrators, student affairs personnel, and residential life staff, as well as seek work in local, state, and federal education agencies and industry.