Course Outline/Calendar/Assignments
EDHE 5304 - FOUNDATIONS OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Wayland Baptist University
School of Education
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1 – November 10-16
Introductions
Week 2 – November 17 - 23
Historical and philosophical foundations of student affairs, development of college student
personnel and the student affairs profession
Week 3 – November 24 – December 7
Student development theory
Thanksgiving Holiday – November 27-28
Week 4 – December 8-14
Crisis management
Week 5 – December 15-21
Impacts of campus environments, organization of student affairs within the
institutional infrastructure
Christmas Holiday – December 22 – January 2 – Classes begin on January 5
Week 6 – January 5 - 11
Diversity and multiculturalism
Week 7 – January 12-18
Using theory and research to inform student affairs policy and practice
Week 8 – January 19-25
Collaboration between academic, enrollment and student affairs to create a successful
learning environment
Week 9 – January 26-February 1
Creating campus community and resolving conflict
Week 10 – February 2-February 8
Professional ethics and standards
Week 11 – February 9-14
Future of student development/student affairs, final
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COURSE CALENDAR:
Week of November 10
• Sandeen & Barr, chapter 1
• Hamrick, Evans, & Schuh, chapters 1-4
• Introductions due by 11:59 pm Wednesday, August 21
Week of November 17
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapters 4-7
• Multicultural immersion location requests due by 11:59 pm, August 28
Week of November 24 to December 7
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapters 8-14
• No work due on September. Enjoy the day with your family!
Thanksgiving Holiday – November 27-28
Week of December 8
• Sandeen & Barr, chapter 8
• Assigned articles (posted on course website)
• Article reviews due by 11:59 p.m., September 14
Week of December 15
• Sandeen & Barr, chapter 2
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapter 3
Christmas Holiday – December 22 – January 2 – Classes begin on January 5
Week of January 5
• Sandeen & Barr, chapters 3-4
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapter 19
Week of January 12
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapter 8-11
• Multicultural immersion write-ups due by 11:59 p.m., October 5
Week of January19
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapters 22, 24, & 28
Week of February 26
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapters 25, 26
Week of February 2
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapter 27
• Case studies due by 11:59 p.m., October 26
Week of February 9
• Schuh, Jones, Harper, chapters 29-31
• Final Exam due by 11:59 p.m., November 2
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ASSIGNMENTS: submit by email to Dr. Bush at Walton.bush@wayland.wbu.edu
1. Discussion Boards (weekly) - The instructor will post discussion questions each week.
Every member of the class is expected to engage each topic in a thoughtful and critical
manner, utilizing his/her own professional experience in education, accepted theories of
educational research, existing research, and a logical argument. The discussion period for
each week is from Monday through Sunday. In order to receive full credit for discussion
responses, each student should post an initial response no later than Thursday at 10:00
pm of each discussion week (unless Thursday falls on a student holiday, i.e.
Thanksgiving). All remaining responses must be posted no later than Sunday at 10:00
p.m. of the discussion week. Personal attacks and racial/ethnic/sexist or otherwise
discriminatory or disparaging comments will not be tolerated. A total of 100 points are
available for discussion boards, and they are graded in a comprehensive manner at the
conclusion of the term.
2. Case study – each student will be assigned a case study to analyze critically. The
analysis will be no more than five (5) pages, using APA format (double-spaced, 12point font, one-inch margins, and requisite citations and references). Students are
expected to examine the case, evaluate the response of the institution, and provide
her/his rationale for the evaluation. A total of 100 Points are available for this
assignment.
3. Article review – each student will be assigned an article to read and review. The
article and its review will be posted to the course website to guide discussion for the
week it is assigned. The student reviewer will lead the discussion for that week using
the article as the foundation for said discussion. A total of 100 points are available
for this assignment.
4. Multicultural immersion – each student will engage an event (with the appropriate
permission of the sponsors/organizers/hosts) that is foreign to her/his culture and
upbringing. The event must be proposed to the instructor and approved prior to
beginning the project. Students will then submit a write-up chronicling their
experience, how it differs from their home culture, what they learned from it, and how
they can apply that experience to their careers in higher education serving students.
The write-up may be no longer than 10 pages, using APA format (double-spaced, 12point font, one-inch margins, and requisite citations and references). A total of 100
points are available for this assignment.
5. Final exam - The instructor will post on the course website (in Blackboard) a question or
questions you are likely to face on a comprehensive examination at the close of your
master’s program. You will answer one question in a report that may be no longer than
10 pages in length (following APA style).
Each of the above five items are each worth 20% of your final grade. The grades for each will
be measure on a 100-point scale, entered in the online grade book, then averaged for your final
grade.
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