Program and Course Details
All students must consult with the department chair, or their advisor, at the beginning of their program to complete a Ed.D. or Ph.D. Course Planning Document.
Higher Education Courses
- EAF 428.01: Topics in Educational Foundations: College Student Personnel
- EAF 461: Student Development Theory in Higher Education
- EAF 462: Organization and Administration of Student Affairs Functions in Higher Education
- EAF 463: College Students & Their Cultures
- EAF 464: Practicum in College Student Personnel Administration
- EAF 466: College Students and the Law
- EAF 468: Seminar on the History of American Higher Education
- EAF 469: Comparative Higher Education
- EAF 473: Organization and Administration of Community Colleges
- EAF 482.01: Administration Seminar (culminating Master's Seminar)
- EAF 484: Administration of Continuing Education and Public Service
- EAF 561: Organization & Governance in Higher Education
- EAF 563: Crucial Issues in American Higher Education
- EAF 564: Planning in Higher Education
- EAF 570: Public Finance of Higher Education
- EAF 578: Legal Bases of Higher Education
- EAF 582: Administrative Theory in Education
- EAF 583: Seminar in Educational Leadership
Higher Education Complementary courses
- EAF 411: Educational Evaluation and Assessment
- EAF 415: Qualitative Research in Educational Setting
- EAF 508: Applied Educational Research
- EAF 509: Research Design in Education: Issues and Standard Practices
- EAF 510: Research Methodology and Statistics in Education II
- EAF 511: Research Methodology and Statistics in Education III
- EAF 513: Educational Evaluation and Assessment
- EAF 515: Methods of Qualitative Research in Education
- EAF 521: Moral and Political Foundations of Educational Policy
- EAF 523: Seminar in Educational Policy Analysis
- EAF 524: Educational Policy Advocacy
- EAF 525: Foundations of Comparative Multicultural Educations
- EAF 594: Research Seminar in Education
- EAF 590: Introduction to Doctoral Research
- EAF 591: Research Seminar: Doctoral Exam Preparation
- EAF 592: Research Seminar: Dissertation Proposal Preparation
- EAF 599: Dissertation Research - see EAF 599 Override information below
Doctoral Exam, Proposal and Dissertation
Consult with your advisor about the EAF doctoral exam, proposal and dissertation process. Refer to Graduate School Dissertation Assistance for required forms and deadlines.
Completion Information
- Program contact fills out the Degree Audit from the Graduate School and sends it to the Department Chair, who will complete and forward to the Graduate School.
- Follow instructions on the Graduation Procedurespage.
EAF 599 Override Dissertation hours
- Each student must contact their advisor and discuss their planning document and dissertation plans. The advisor then contacts Kim Ward kdward1@IllinoisState.edu about an override for dissertation hours for the student. Future override dissertation hours will automatically be granted by Mrs. Pfoff for the student provided the student is continuously enrolled. After overrides are granted, the student can then register for EAF 599 for the number of hours that they have agreed upon with their advisor.
- Once students submit a proposal to the graduate school and complete 15 dissertation hours, they may register for 599 Audit Hours that do not charge fees.