This course is a seminar and workshop concerning the vocation of and practices in higher education. It will provide a time and place to consider the contours of the field as they are encountered in students’ experiences in their work. Utilizing readings, as well as student and faculty experiences, this course intends to strengthen students’ daily work in their offices, divisions, and institutions at large, while enhancing their understanding of the calling to higher education and in the institutions they serve.
- Course Instructor : Keith Martel
This course examines major human and student development theories that attempt to describe and explain the college experience. Taking into consideration student characteristics, experiences, and expected outcomes, the course offers a multifaceted overview of who is currently in college. In this context, the course considers the feasibility of a Christian theory of college student development.
- Course Instructor : Dr. Henrique Alvim