The following courses are possible selections available to HESA students. Other elective options exist across a variety of academic departments. All elective course(s) require approval of the student’s faculty advisor.

• EDLR 6468: Critical Race Theory in Higher Education — The purpose of this course is to provide students with an in-depth exposure to Critical Race Theory (CRT) as it pertains to higher education. Critical Race Theory is an analytical framework that provides race-based epistemological, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to the study of everyday inequalities in education.
• EDLR 6469: Decolonizing International and Comparative Higher Education — The primary purpose of the course is to provide an overview of the main methods and approaches in international and comparative higher education using decolonizing methods as well as a broad cross-cultural understanding of Global Northern and Southern higher education systems, theories, traditions, structures, and environments.
• EDLR 6470: Racial Justice and Decoloniality in Higher Education Teaching — Theory and practice of how teaching within a higher education context can work toward racially equitable learning experiences and decoloniality of the classroom.
• EDLR 6471: The Faculty Career, or its equivalent — Explore aspects of the faculty profession in higher education.
• EDLR 5201: Influences on Adult Learning — Addresses Interaction of person and environment, Culture, Role of environment, Situational barriers, Motivation, Self-regulation, Personality, Gender, Life transitions, and Self-directed learning.
• EDLR 5202: Workplace Learning — Trends in workplace learning and workforce development. Conceptual models of performance improvement and transfer of training. Focus on individual, work team, and organizational variables related to learning, performance, and transfer of training.
• EDLR 5204: Organizational Learning — Group and collective learning in organizational settings, with an emphasis on adaptive and generative learning processes.
• EDLR 5205: Professional Development — How adults learn best and principles of human resource development to implement effective, job eimbedded professional development programs.
• EPSY 5306: Principles of Career Development in Counseling — Career development and career psychology with adolescents and adults.
• EPSY 5316: Counseling Diverse Populations — Theories, skills and practices of counseling with culturally different persons in mental health settings.
• HDFS 3261: Men and Masculinities — Men's gender role socialization over the life span; men's developmental issues, gender role, conflicts, and interpersonal dynamics with women. Theory, research, and personal exploration are integrated.

Students may also choose approved electives from other departments at the University. For a complete listing of course descriptions, please see the UConn Graduate Catalog.

The following courses are possible selections available to HESA students. Other elective options exist across a variety of academic departments. All elective course(s) require approval of the student’s faculty advisor.

• EDLR 6468: Critical Race Theory in Higher Education — The purpose of this course is to provide students with an in-depth exposure to Critical Race Theory (CRT) as it pertains to higher education. Critical Race Theory is an analytical framework that provides race-based epistemological, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to the study of everyday inequalities in education.
• EDLR 6469: Decolonizing International and Comparative Higher Education — The primary purpose of the course is to provide an overview of the main methods and approaches in international and comparative higher education using decolonizing methods as well as a broad cross-cultural understanding of Global Northern and Southern higher education systems, theories, traditions, structures, and environments.
• EDLR 6470: Racial Justice and Decoloniality in Higher Education Teaching — Theory and practice of how teaching within a higher education context can work toward racially equitable learning experiences and decoloniality of the classroom.
• EDLR 6471: The Faculty Career, or its equivalent — Explore aspects of the faculty profession in higher education.
• EDLR 5201: Influences on Adult Learning — Addresses Interaction of person and environment, Culture, Role of environment, Situational barriers, Motivation, Self-regulation, Personality, Gender, Life transitions, and Self-directed learning.
• EDLR 5202: Workplace Learning — Trends in workplace learning and workforce development. Conceptual models of performance improvement and transfer of training. Focus on individual, work team, and organizational variables related to learning, performance, and transfer of training.
• EDLR 5204: Organizational Learning — Group and collective learning in organizational settings, with an emphasis on adaptive and generative learning processes.
• EDLR 5205: Professional Development — How adults learn best and principles of human resource development to implement effective, job eimbedded professional development programs.
• EPSY 5306: Principles of Career Development in Counseling — Career development and career psychology with adolescents and adults.
• EPSY 5316: Counseling Diverse Populations — Theories, skills and practices of counseling with culturally different persons in mental health settings.
• HDFS 3261: Men and Masculinities — Men's gender role socialization over the life span; men's developmental issues, gender role, conflicts, and interpersonal dynamics with women. Theory, research, and personal exploration are integrated.

Students may also choose approved electives from other departments at the University. For a complete listing of course descriptions, please see the UConn Graduate Catalog.