Higher Education Master's Requirements
Complete these requirements for a master's in Higher Education.
Higher Education M.S. Admission Requirements
Statement of Goals
Submit a typed essay discussing your professional goals and aspirations, including
how your current skills along with advanced study of higher education will aid you
in the attainment of these goals.
Essay
One essay, no more than 800 words from among the three possible topics below:
- Summarize the leadership activities in which you have been involved in recent years
and explain how these experiences reflect your vision of and capacity for leadership
in higher education.
- Please identify a problem or challenge in a college or university, a postsecondary
organization, or your professional life generally and write an analysis in which you
assess the issue(s), describe effective strategies for addressing the issue(s), and
make clear the implications for the exercise of effective leadership in the situation.
- Please describe a problem of educational policy decision –making, policy content,
or policy implementation pertaining to higher education, and explain how a deeper
understanding of policy or the policy process could improve the situation.
Admission Requirements
The applicant must meet the School of Graduate Studies’ current minimum general admission requirements as published in the graduate catalog.
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- A cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.75 for all undergraduate work or a GPA of at least 3.0 for the junior and senior years of undergraduate work (based on A=4.00).
- Statement of goals: Submit a statement that outlines your professional goals and aspirations, including how your current skills along with advanced study of higher education will aid you in the attainment of these goals.
- Higher Education leadership essay (see below for essay prompts)
- Resume highlighting your educational and professional accomplishments.
- Three letters of recommendation that address the academic and professional qualities that prepare you for graduate-level study.
Satisfy the School of Graduate Studies’ English Language Proficiency requirements as published in the Graduate Catalog.
Higher Education Leadership Essay: As part of the application process, submit an essay (no more than 800 words) for one of the following prompts:
- Summarize the leadership activities in which you have been involved in recent years and explain how these experiences reflect your vision of and capacity for leadership in higher education.
- Please identify a problem or challenge in a college or university, a postsecondary organization, or your professional life generally and write an analysis in which you assess the issue(s), describe effective strategies for addressing the issue(s), and make clear the implications for the exercise of effective leadership in the situation.
- Please describe a problem of educational policy decision –making, policy content, or policy implementation pertaining to higher education, and explain how a deeper understanding of policy or the policy process could improve the situation.
Degree Requirements
A minimum of 30 semester credit hours of course work beyond the bachelor’s degree.
Maintain of at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA for all classes completed as a graduate student.
Successful completion of a scholarly project.
Successful completion of a portfolio that aligns with professional competencies in higher education administration. comprehensive examinations.
Successful completion of a comprehensive examination.
Required Courses:
Course List| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| HE 501 | Introduction to Higher Education | 3 |
| HE 503 | Diversity Across Higher Education | 3 |
| HE 505 | The College Student | 3 |
| EFR 509 | Introduction to Applied Educational Research | 3 |
| or EFR 511 | Program and Policy Evaluation |
| HE 541 | History of Higher Education in the United States | 3 |
| HE 529 | Professional Competencies in Higher Education Administration | 3 |
| HE 592 | Internship in Higher Education | 3 |
| HE 995 | Scholarly Project | 1-3 |
| EFR 500 | Introduction to the Foundations of Education | 3 |
| HE 507 | Collegiate Environments | 3 |
| HE 509 | Higher Education Management | 3 |
| HE 513 | College Students and the Law | 3 |
The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect
future terms. Updates are published annually in April.
Graduate Admissions Requirements
In addition to meeting these program requirements, you must also meet the UND School
of Graduate Studies admissions requirements to apply for this program.
Graduate Requirements