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• CSA 515: Sm Group Leadership

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines leadership of small groups that occur in student affairs and higher education. Topics include group development and dynamics, culturally competent group leadership, legal and ethical issues, power considerations, facilitation techniques, planning, and assessment. Students will also explore leadership of experiential activities, committee and task groups, and student organizations. Corequisite:    CSA505
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• CSA 521: Student Dev Theory

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines and critiques college student development theories and how the college experience shapes the formation of one's identity. In keeping with our scholar-practitioner model, this course also applies these theories and models to current college students and considers their use in student affairs administration. This course is foundational to the Educational Leadership and College Student Affairs graduate program and aligns with the Council for the Advancements of Standards.
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• CSA 522: CSA Foundations

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of college student affairs and its role in American higher education. This course examines the underpinnings of the college student affairs profession specifically, and higher education generally, including history, philosophy, roles, and functions. Students will also explore institutional and student demographics; analyze the influence of mission, curriculum, and organizational type on the nature of student affairs work; and consider essential partnerships with stakeholders in CSA work.
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• CSA 523: Assessment CSE

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Provides a comprehensive examination of the experiences of post-secondary students including the nature and characteristics of the population, the effects and outcomes of college, the roles and responsibilities of student affairs practitioners in measuring programmatic outcomes, and step-by-step procedures for assessing student learning.
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• CSA 524: Issues in CSA

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines and critiques an array of contemporary issues in college student affairs specifically and higher education in general. This course emphasizes the ethical, legal, and leadership issues present in real case studies and how these concepts relate to and influence college student affairs practice.
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• CSA 525: Multicultural Counsel

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Focuses students' attention to the presence of personal resistance, biases, prejudices, stereotypes, judgmental thought processes, and racist tendencies in society and how that affects practicing counselors and student affairs professionals. The development of knowledge and understanding regarding characteristics and concerns of diverse populations, the attitudes and behaviors affected by dominant group membership, and the individual and group approaches/interventions appropriate within the multicultural helping settings will be explored.
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• CSA 530: Special Topics HE

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Provides graduate students with in-depth instruction and student research within selected areas of interest not available in other courses. Topics may include a continuation of coursework beyond what is offered in a selected course or an intensive look at a topic such as Title IX, campus safety, higher education governance crises, equity and access to education, under-represented populations, and multicultural competence. Requires extensive reading and development of the students' ideas on the topic, and expression of those ideas in written and oral form. Students may take this course up to two times with different topics.
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• CSA 599: Field Experience

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Exposes students to a comprehensive, pre-professional experience spanning two academic semesters for advanced graduate students in the College Student Affairs specialty within the Educational Leadership - College Student Affairs program. Students must complete 150 hours (per term) of supervised professional- level work in a college student affairs department. Periodic seminars, either online or in person, will be conducted to complement the practical experience.
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• CSD 564: Craniofacial Disorder

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an overview of craniofacial disorders with emphasis on cleft lip and/or palate and velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI). An understanding of anatomy and physiology of the craniofacial complex, embryological development, and etiological factors are presented. The effects of cleft lip and/or palate and VPI on speech, hearing, and language are described. Procedures for diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders and related management issues will be discussed. Prerequisite: Graduate Enrollment in Speech Pathology. Three hours lecture per week.
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• CSD 583: Swallowing II

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides the graduate student with detailed information and lab experience with procedures of evaluation of swallowing disorders, determination of objectives for patient management, and selection and implementation of therapeutic interventions for dysphagia across the life span. Case management, interdisciplinary team interaction, and professional communication skills are emphasized. Three hours lecture per week.
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