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The College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) program in SIUE's School of Education, Health and Human Behavior prepares its graduates for entry and mid-level professional positions in higher education administration in student affairs. At program completion, CSPA students are expected to have the knowledge, skills and perspectives to serve college students and to foster the learning and development of college students in a wide variety of student affairs areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, student life, residence life, career development, advising, financial aid, and social and recreational programs.

Successful completion leads to a Master of Science in Education (MSEd) in college student personnel administration. The program in the Department of Educational Leadership follows the standards set by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education, which ensures academic rigor and quality of learning.

Program Format

Evening classes are offered in fixed cohort for full-time and fluid cohort for part-time students. A mix of web-assisted and online courses are offered. However, the majority of classes are traditional, on-campus classes.

Program Learning Outcomes

The CSPA program features a distinctive graduate experience, which requires core coursework, a professional portfolio and a final research project integrated within a 39 credit hour curriculum. The CSPA curriculum is distributed across the "core four" competencies. All competencies are adapted from the ACPA/NASPA competencies (2010).

Career Opportunities

Jobs included in this category are entry-level professionals and other positions in multiple areas in colleges and universities, such as financial aid, housing, career services, social and recreational programs, advising, leadership programs, Greek life, service learning, international programs, and others. Recent graduates have found employment as academic advisors, residence hall directors, first-year experience coordinators and in student activities at both private and public postsecondary institutions.