HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

Maureen E. Wilson, Chair

Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, Graduate Coordinator 330 Education Building Phone: 419-372-7382 http://bgsu.edu/hied Degree Offered Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Faculty Professors

Kenneth Borland, Jr., Ed.D.; Patrick D. Pauken, Ph.D., J.D. (EFLP) Associate Professors

Ellen M. Broido, Ed.D.; Bruce Collett, Ph.D. (EFLP);.; Dafina- Lazarus Stewart, Ph.D.; Maureen E. Wilson, Ph.D.; Assistant Professors

Hyeyoung Bang, Ph.D. (EFLP); Nicholas A. Bowman, Ph.D.; Christina J. Lunceford, Ph.D.; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Ph.D.

Within the Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs, the Higher Education Administration Ph.D. Program is dedicated to the preparation of leaders and scholars in higher education who utilize the tools of inquiry to enact a commitment to diversity, equity, and justice to promote postsecondary students’ learning and

development. It is intended to launch its graduates into new arenas and/or higher levels of leadership in colleges and universities. Students take core coursework in higher education foundations, administration, governance and organization, law, and the college student. Each student, in collaboration with an advisor, fashions a cognate that leads to specialization in an area of personal and professional interest. The sequence of four research courses culminates in a dissertation of original contribution to the

knowledge of higher education. For full-time students, the program is designed to be completed in three years. Part-time students are able to complete the program in 4-5 years, depending on the course load taken. Full-time students may be employed in a variety of graduate assistantships that both support and supplement the program. The global understanding requirement broadens and diversifies the student’s conception of higher education and how it is influenced by culture and custom.

Ph.D. students are encouraged to participate in experiential learning opportunities such as practica, internships, and assistantships. These experiences provide students with

opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional backgrounds through exposure to new areas of administration, instruction, and research as well as the application of theory to practice.

Prerequisites to Graduate Work

Applicants to the Ph.D. program must hold a master's degree or equivalent from an accredited institution as a prerequisite for admission to the Ph.D. program. The degree need not be in education, but must be relevant to the student's career objectives. Evidence of at least three years of successful work experience in higher education beyond the master’s degree is expected.

Admission Procedure

Applicants seeking admission to the Higher Education

Administration Program should follow the instructions outlined in the "Graduate Admission" section of this catalog and should contact the Higher Education Administration Program directly for additional supplemental application materials.

Degree Requirements

The Higher Education Administration Ph.D. Program is a 63 semester hour post-master's curriculum requiring completion of a core of 15 semester hours in higher education studies, 12 semester hours in a cognate specialization of the student's choice, (approved by the faculty adviser), 12 semester hours of research, 6 semester hours of electives, a global understanding

requirement, a preliminary examination, a minimum of 16 hours of dissertation research, and two hours of dissertation seminar. Where appropriate, students may be required to complete an internship experience.

In addition to the requirement of the Graduate College to maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average, a student must earn an A or B in the HIED core and research courses (HIED 7105, 7110, 7120, 7210, 7310, 7510, 7520 and EDFI 7510, 7520). If necessary, a course may be retaken to meet this requirement. This policy will be in effect for students admitted Summer 2012 or later.

Graduate Courses

Please access graduate courses online at

http://www.bgsu.edu/registration-records/courses-and-

classes/class-course-information.html. Graduate courses offered by Higher Education Administration use the prefix: HIED.

HISTORY

Scott Martin, Chair

Michael Brooks, Graduate Coordinator 128 Williams Hall

Phone: 419-372-2030

Degrees Offered

Graduate Certificate in Public History; Master of Arts; Master of Arts in Teaching; Doctor of Philosophy

Graduate Faculty Professors

Scott C. Martin, Ph.D.; Apollos Nwauwa, Ph.D. Associate Professors

Douglas Forsyth, Ph.D.; Walter Grunden, Ph.D.; Beth Griech-Polelle, Ph.D.; Ruth W. Herndon, Ph.D.; Rebecca Mancuso, Ph.D.; Andrew Schocket, Ph.D, Amilcar Challu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

Benjamin Greene, Ph.D; Nicole Jackson, Ph.D. Instructors

Michael E. Brooks, Ph.D.

The Department of History offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, and Doctor of Philosophy. It is also possible to pursue a dual Master of Arts in History and German, History and Spanish, or History and French. In these programs, individual research and knowledge of research by others in the field are integral to students' education. The doctoral program focuses on policy history. Special attention is given to research techniques, historiography, and policy history; indeed, the Bowling Green policy history program is the most comprehensive in the nation, the only one that emphasizes study in non-American as well as American fields. Students examine the interrelationships among politics, institutions, and society, the ways in which policies have often been transformed when put in place, and the consequences of policy decisions. Students are encouraged to work comparatively, across national boundaries. The History Department has established four potential major or minor fields: American history (U. S. and/or Canada), World history, Modern European history, and Policy history. M.A. and M.A.T.

students must select a primary and a secondary field from these four areas; Ph.D. students may, with the permission of the Graduate Coordinator, select a specialized or self-designed minor field suited to the research or pedagogical needs of the student. M.A. or M.A.T. students may choose policy history as a major or minor field, but all Ph.D. students must choose policy history as their major focus.

Prerequisites to Graduate Work

Graduate study in history requires a minimum of 24 hours of undergraduate work in history. A maximum of six hours in related areas may be accepted as part of the 24-hour requirement.

Admission Procedure

Applicants seeking admission to the graduate program in history should follow the instructions outlined in the "Graduate Admission" section of this catalog. MAT candidates may submit PRAXIS II scores in the appropriate content area in lieu of GRE scores.In addition to the general Graduate College requirements, an applicant should submit to the Department of History the following items along with the online application for admission:

1. At least three letters of recommendation from professors of history or a related field;

2. Evidence of ability to do research and writing, such as a copy of a seminar paper or thesis;

3. A statement of purpose describing your area of research interest, motivations for coming to graduate school, and aspirations following receipt of the graduate degree. Admission to the Ph.D. program has been put on hiatus pending departmental reorganization, and the department is not currently admitting new doctoral students.

Degree Requirements Master of Arts

Candidates may pursue the M.A. degree under one of two plans: Plan I: Thirty semester hours of graduate credit are required. Candidates must write a thesis and complete an oral examination on the thesis and the field of history in which it lies. This plan includes a language requirement which may be fulfilled either through a dictionary reading knowledge of an approved foreign language or the satisfactory completion of an approved course in quantitative methodology; such as History 6020, and another course, selected in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator, such as SOC 3690, Introductory Statistics or CS 5000, Computing

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for Graduate Students. Plan I is recommended for students who plan to pursue doctoral work in history.

Plan II: Thirty semester hours of graduate credit are required. Candidates must complete a comprehensive oral examination in two fields of history. Preparation for the examination normally entails the reading of at least ten to twelve books in the major field and six to ten books in the minor field, selected in consultation with two examiners.

Under both plans, a student's program must include a History seminar designated by the Graduate Coordinator as a methods course, one course in historiography, and two graduate History seminars.

Master of Arts in Teaching

M.A.T. students are required to take 36 semester hours of course work of which 24 to 28 must be in history and 8 to 12 must be in education. There is a final written comprehensive examination supervised by history department faculty members.

Doctor of Philosophy

General Requirements: The doctoral program in history requires the completion of 90 hours of approved graduate credit beyond the bachelor's degree (or 60 beyond the MA degree), including a maximum of 30 hours of credit for research on the dissertation. All candidates for the Ph.D. degree must spend at least two

consecutive semesters beyond the master's degree, or equivalent, in residence at the University, during which time a minimum of six hours of work must be completed satisfactorily each semester. The Ph.D. foreign language requirement may be satisfied in one of the following ways:

1. Passing a dictionary-assisted reading proficiency examination in two foreign languages;

2. Passing a dictionary-assisted reading proficiency examination in one foreign language of an approved course or courses in quantitative methodology, to be chosen by the student in consultation with the graduate coordinator and/or the student’s major advisor; or 3. Demonstration of high proficiency in one foreign

language. In the case of students from countries where English is not the language of instruction, satisfaction of the University's English proficiency requirement satisfies the history foreign language requirement, except when

research is to be conducted in a language other than English or the student's native tongue.

History Requirements: All candidates for the Ph.D. will be required to complete HIST 6520 (Historiography) and a History seminar designated by the Graduate Coordinator as a methods course, unless they have equivalent training in these areas. Students seeking exemption from HIST 6520 or the required methods course must submit proof to the graduate coordinator that the training they have acquired elsewhere is the equivalent of that provided by these courses. Students must prepare for

examinations in three fields, one of which will be policy history with a focus in a specialized area (such as American foreign policy, 20th Century U.S. domestic policy, 20th Century Europe, or Modern East Asia).

Examinations: Admission to Ph.D. candidacy is granted following the successful completion of preliminary examinations, which consist of written and oral exercises covering the student's three fields.

Dissertation: Dissertations may be written with any geographical emphasis, but all dissertations must have a focus on private or public institutional decision-making processes.

Graduate Courses

Please access a listing of graduate courses online at the following URL: http://www.bgsu.edu/registration-records/courses-and- classes/class-course-information.html. Graduate courses offered by the Department of History use the prefix: HIST.

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