HED 000Dissertation Continuation ()
Required of students who have completed HED 798, 799, and 800 but need additional time to complete the dissertation process.
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- HED
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- 2025-2026
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- catalog.immaculata.edu
Immaculata University · Courses
HED
43 courses with the subject HED, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HED 605Found of American Higher Educ ()3
This course examines the historical, political, philosophical, and cultural shifts including technology that have given rise to and shaped modern day higher educational practice. Special focus will be placed on the objectives and functions of various types of higher education institutions and the adult learning population in contemporary colleges and universities.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
- Credit unit
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 612Higher Ed Admin and Ldrshp ()3
This course provides an overview of the basic organizational structure of higher education and how leadership at every level may use the structure to facilitate change and innovation. In this light, the role of each leadership unit (academic affairs, student affairs, enrollment management, finance, institutional advancement, and others) is examined.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 621Div and Multicult in Higher Ed ()3
This course emphasizes development of the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to be an inclusive higher education administrator or faculty member through the lens of structural inequality and diversity. It emphasizes the practitioner’s responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities for creating and sustaining affirming, pluralistic, and inclusive campus communities for all students.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 632Assessment of Student Learning ()3
Learning outcomes assessment is critical to providing high-quality learning environments and promoting student achievement. This course focuses on the assessment cycle of creating learning outcomes both in and outside of the classroom, designing appropriate assessments, developing the instructional strategies, and closing the feedback loop to improve learning.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 637Professional Seminar Part I ()3
This seminar focuses on the action research process, including the elements of action research, the use of questions, and the application to the higher education environment through a scenario-based approach. Students will choose a topic of interest to develop an action research project. Preparation of the project design for an action research study is the culminating aspect of the seminar.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 638Professional Seminar Part II ()3
This seminar consists of a capstone project with an experiential component of 15 hours of immersion in practice. The project employs an action research process that applies learning directly to a higher education setting and serves as the master’s comprehensive evaluation incorporating concepts from all parts of the curriculum. Through the action research process, students will work with a question in
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 700Seminar in Doctoral Studies ()3
Course materials expose students to fundamental elements of scholarly inquiry and the research process including exploration of dissertation topics, ethics, and strategies for success.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 702Methods of Research3
This course provides an overview of methods used to conduct and evaluate research in the area of social science. This course will include discussion on the scientific method, development of research questions, exploration of literature, formulation of research designs, and professional critique of methodologies. Additionally, the focus of this course will be on the continuum of designs from the least to most constraint. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method designs will be reviewed.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 703Quantitative Research Designs ()3
This course reviews quantitative methodologies utilized in designing research studies in the field of Higher Education. Quantitative topics include descriptive and inferential statistics (i.e., sampling methods, descriptive statistics, standard scores, distributions, statistical significance testing, t-tests, correlation, chi-square, power and effect size) as well as a variety of supporting designs. T
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 704Qual & Mixd Meth Res Dsgns
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 705Found of American Higher Educ3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course examines the historical, political, philosophical, and cultural shifts including technology that have given rise to and shaped modern day higher educational practice. Special focus will be placed on the objectives and functions of various types of higher education institutions and the adult learning population in contemporary colleges and universities. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 706Stu.Dev.Theories & Practice3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course examines theories related to the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual development of students. Theories will be explored as foundational to understanding behavior and applying research to practice. Theory will be applied to situations in higher education through personal reflections, case studies, and class discussions. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 711Special Topics in Higher Ed1-3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course is a one-semester small group project-oriented course, which meets the approval of the program chair and is conducted under faculty supervision. Students may merit one, two, or three credits according to the complexity of the project. The study would be outside the scope of the currentcourses. Examples of study include executive leadership, global models of accreditation, advanced quantitative or qualitative research methods, community and governmental relations, student persistence and completion, etc. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 712Higher Ed Admin and Leadership3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course will provide an overview of the basic organizational structure of higher education and how leadership at every level may use that structure to facilitate change and innovation. In that light, the role of each leadership unit (academic affairs, student affairs, enrollment management, finance, institutional advancement) is examined. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 715Change & Innovation in High Ed
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 721Diversity & Multicult in HE3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course emphasizes development of the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to be a multiculturally-competent higher education faculty and/or administrator through the lens of structural inequality and diversity. It emphasizes the practitioner’s responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities for creating and sustaining affirming, pluralistic, and inclusive campus communities for all students. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 725Finance & Strategic Planning3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course reviews budgeting and planning models appropriate to a broad spectrum of higher education institutions. The emphasis is on developing strategic thinking. Topics will include strategic planning strategies, constituent involvement, decision making, assessment, budgeting models, revenue sources, resource allocation, fiscal management, and the impact of government fiscal policies. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 731Best Practices in Tchng & Lrng3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This course is designed for current and aspiring college level teachers and focuses on the practical application of best practices in teaching in today’s diverse college classroom. After a theoretical research-based foundation, best practices are identified, modeled, and evaluated. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 732Assess of Stu Lrning Outcomes3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Learning outcomes assessment is critical to providing high-quality learning environments and promoting student achievement. This course focuses on the assessment cycle of creating learning outcomes both in and outside of the classroom, designing appropriate assessments, developing the instructional strategies and closing the feedback loop to improve learning. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 735Pub Pol & Analysis of Issues
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- HED
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
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- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 740Curr Design, Delivery & Assess
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 745Strategies for Inst Advancemnt
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 748Enrollment Management
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- HED
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 750Student Services in Higher Ed
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 755Program & Institutional Eval
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- HED
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 757The American Community College
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 760Current Topics in Higher Ed
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 764Global Topics in Education
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 765Adv Topics in Higher Ed
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 766Doct Competencies & Prof Ethic ()1.5
Parts I and II (1.5 cr, 1.5 cr) A two part course offered each spring (early summer) on the Immaculata campus and focusing in the following scholarly and professional development areas. Grading is pass or fail.: Part I: Introduction to Doctoral Competencies and Professional Ethics Part II: Development of Doctoral Competencies and Professional Ethics (Pre-requisite HED 766 Part I)
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 1.5
- Credits (max)
- 1.5
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- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 770Program Dev & Eval in NE ()3
This course gives students the opportunity to focus on the cyclical systematic process of program planning and assessment. Major topics include conducting a needs assessment and analysis, establishing program goals and student learning outcomes, planning of the program assessment, and setting up processes for evaluation and improvement that involve external and internal stakeholders at all levels in the context of all appropriate accreditation and l
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 771Instr Design & Curr Dev in NE ()3
This course offers students an exploration of theory and practice of the systematic instructional design of nursing curriculum in the context of current institutional, professional, and regulatory environments at the local, state, national, and international levels.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 772Lrn Th & Prac for Cls/Clin NE ()3
In this course, students study and apply theory-based practices of teaching and learning in classroom and clinical nursing education courses utilizing face-to-face, hybrid, and online delivery models. Collaborative strategies for designing student learning outcomes, assessments, and activities are emphasized.
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 773Adv Sci Inquiry in Nurs & Hlth ()3
Within this course, students will apply advanced research design, instrumentation, data collection and analysis to questions and topics in the area of nursing and health care with an emphasis on quantitative methods and consideration of mixed methodologies. Methods of disseminating research findings will also be discussed. (Pre-requisite HED 703)
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 790Dissertation Research Seminar
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 794Dissertation Research and Evaluation3
In-depth exploration of research related to the dissertation topic culminating in a comprehensive literature review suitable to serve as Chapter 2 of the dissertation; pro and con arguments from the literature are explored; student’s written work, the qualifying paper, serves as the basis for an oral defense of the need for the study. The defense fulfills the requirement of the qualifying examination for candidacy; the student is only permitted to participate in the qualifying hearing twice. In order to be eligible for HED 794, the student must have completed all
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2024-2025
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 795Dissertation Design ()3
In-depth preparation of dissertation prospectus; purpose, methods, significance of study explored; preparation and presentation of the proposal that includes dissertation Chapters 1, 2, 3; formation of dissertation committee. Students completing HED 795 should be ready to finalize their proposal under the direction of the dissertation committee, participate in the dissertation hearing, and submit their proposals to RERB. (Pre-requisite: HED 794; see
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 797Comprehensive Examination
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 This examination is a culminating experience which reflects the student’s synthesis and integration of knowledge. A two-part examination (oral and written) will serve to determine the student’s synthesis of the academic content of the program. This examination will also provide the opportunity for students to apply the theoretical knowledge obtained to practical situations. Grading is Pass/Fail with the student needing to pass all components of the examination in order to receive a “Pass” for the entire examination. The student is allowed to take the examination twice. In order to be eligible for the comprehensive examination, the student must complete all required course work prior to the Dissertation Research Seminar with a GPA of at least 3.3 and also must secure the approval of the chair. Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division Credits:
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- HED
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 798Dissertation I ()3
Working with committee to complete dissertation, students must register for consecutive semesters of dissertation. HED 798 involves completion of the dissertation proposal. Normally, HED 799 involves data collection/analysis, and HED 800 involves preparation of the final document and the dissertation defense. See Dissertation Handbook for further details. (Pre-requisite HED 795)
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 799Dissertation II3
Graduate Catalog 2025-26 Working with committee to complete dissertation, students must register for consecutive semesters of dissertation. HED 798 involves completion of the dissertation proposal. Normally, HED 799 involves data collection/analysis, and HED 800 involves preparation of the final document and the dissertation defense. See Dissertation Handbook for further details. (Pre-requisite HED 790) Subject: Grad-Higher Education Department: Education Division
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- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 800Dissertation III ()3
Working with committee to complete dissertation, students must register for consecutive semesters of dissertation. HED 798 involves completion of the dissertation proposal. Normally, HED 799 involves data collection/analysis, and HED 800 involves preparation of the final document and the dissertation defense. See Dissertation Handbook for further details. (Pre-requisite HED 799)
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
HED 820Applied Field Experience ()3
Students complete a minimum of 90 hours in a field experience related to higher education leadership and their unique areas of concentration as determined in conjunction with their advisor. A seminar and internship-based project is designed to serve as a vehicle for applying and extending the knowledge learned in program coursework. Note: Students are permitted to take HED 820 concurrently with the dissertation sequence. « Previous
- Subject
- HED
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- catalog.immaculata.edu
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