Competency Coursework Assistantship Internship/Project Other

1. Knowledge and Understanding of Higher CSSA 548 – American Higher Education - Office of International Work experience with
Education and Student Affairs A historical study of the college and Services SCCS
Graduates should be able to: university including a review of the
a. Articulate knowledge of historical and influence of European university and - Family Resource Internship experience
philosophical underpinnings of past the rise and development of American Center with UESP
and current issues shaping the field of Higher Education. - OSU GO
student affairs and the student Artifacts:
experience – Reading and Reflection paper
b. Demonstrate knowledge and – Poster
understanding of the range, scope, – Final Paper on Native American
and roles of different functional areas Women Student Success and Retention
within higher education in U. S. Higher Education
c. Understand the primary challenges
and opportunities being presented to CSSA 551 – Program and Function in
student affairs professionals College Student Services
d. Understand systems of privilege and An overview of the competencies of the
oppression and the impact of these student affairs professions as well as
on institutional systems or programs and functional areas within
organizations student affairs CSSA
e. Identify goals, trends, and key issues Artifacts:
related to the future of the student – Reflection: Summary and
affairs profession Interpretation of the History,
f. Identify legal issues that impact Philosophy and Values of Student
higher education, field of student Affairs Profession
affairs, institutional policy and the – Reflection: Institutional Experiences
student experience, AND – Overview of Functional Area
Resources and Practice
Integrate the CSSA Core Values and Principles into – Self Assessment: NASPA/ACPA
their Demonstration of Competencies/Portfolio Competencies
– Summary of Resources for
Competency Development: Social
Justice and Advising
– Professional Development Plan
CSSA 553 – Student Development
Theory II
Using critical perspectives (power-
conscious) examined foundational
theories of student development,
including psychosocial, cognitive-
structural, and learning theories.
Artifacts:
– Reading Facilitation/Presentation:
Resilience and Dissonance
– Reading Facilitation/Presentation:
Context and Contextualizing Student
Development using Critical Theory
– Case Study Presentation: Invisibility in
Inclusion
– Philosophy of Student Development
– Seminar Project: Structured Abstract
and Reflection on International
Students Development

CSSA 558 – Organization and

Administration
The exploration of organizational,
administrative, and leadership topics in
the context of higher education
Artifacts:
– Organizational Vision, Mission and
Values Analysis
– Inclusion and Diversity Plan Critique
using MCOD organization analysis
– Personal Supervision Philosophy
– Personal Leadership Philosophy
– Structured Abstract and Reflection:
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in
Employment (Hiring, Mentoring,
Retention)
 CSSA 554 – Legal Issues in Higher
Education
A comprehensive presentation and
discussion of the law governing
administration within public colleges
and universities with a special emphasis
on tort liability and freedom of
expression.
Artifacts:
– Case Brief Presentation
– Policy/Rule Review and Critique
– Law Memo

Competency Coursework Assistantship Internship/Project Other

2. Professional Skills and Organizational CSSA 558 – Organization and - Office of International Work experience with
Management Administration College Student Services SCCS
Graduates should be able to: Services
a. Comprehend organizational structure, The exploration of organizational, - Family Resource Internship experience
dynamics, and systems administrative, and leadership topics in Center with UESP
b. Identify and evaluate leadership the context of higher education - OSU GO
styles, including one’s own, in various Artifacts:
settings – Organizational Vision, Mission and
c. Demonstrate the ability to take Values Analysis
initiative and lead in meetings and on – Inclusion and Diversity Plan Critique
projects or other tasks using MCOD organization analysis
d. Communicate and collaborate – Personal Supervision Philosophy
effectively and appropriately with – Personal Leadership Philosophy
constituents both internal and – Structured Abstract and Reflection:
external to the institution, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in
considerate of cultural and linguistic Employment (Hiring, Mentoring,
diversity Retention)
e. Synthesize fiscal information,
including budget constraints and CSSA 574 – Budget and Finance
resources allocation The exploration of budget and finance
f. Recognize best practices and in the context of higher education.
challenges in human Artifacts:
resources/personnel management – Topical Article
– Final Budget Project
 g. Demonstrate flexibility and
adaptability in changing LEAD 543 – Leadership Conversation
circumstances, employing decision- The exploration of conversations as a
making and problem-solving skills, component of leadership. Engage in
AND topics related to managing leadership
conversations, listening, difficult
Integrate the CSSA Core Values and Principles into conversations, meetings, conversational
their Demonstration of Competencies/Portfolio management, and relationships
Artifacts:
– Meeting Agenda Development
– Meeting Analysis Rubric
– Supplementary text executive
summary: Dare to Lead by Brene
Brown.

CSSA 535 – Tragedy and Crisis

Introduction to the history of major
incidents of college and university
tragedies and best practices for
preventing and responding to these
crisis situations.
Artifacts:
– Annotated Bibliography: Racial
harassment on campus
– Crisis Plan Critique
– Suicide prevention online workshop
– Crisis Response Philosophy Statement
– Individual learning presentation:
Education Abroad Crisis Management

Competency Coursework Assistantship Internship/Project Other

3. Knowledge and Understanding of Student CSSA 548 – American Higher Education - Family Resource Work experience with
Populations and Student Development A historical study of the college and Center SCCS
Graduates should be able to: university including a review of the
a. Understand the impact of student influence of European university and Internship experience
identity, cultural heritage, and the rise and development of American with UESP
institutional and societal systems Higher Education.
(including power and privilege), on Artifacts:
 identity development, personal – Reading and Reflection paper Personal experiences (as
growth, individual perspectives, and – Poster an international student
students’ experiences – Final Paper on Native American at a different
b. Recognize various dimensions of Women Student Success and Retention institution/country) and
identity and the intersectionality of in U. S. Higher Education interactions with
those dimensions in the lives and international students
learning experiences of students CSSA 552 – Student Development in when abroad and in
c. Analyze and apply concepts and Universities and Colleges Corvallis
theories of student and human Introduced general development
development to enhance work with theories dealing with social and
students psychological development in college
d. Identify and articulate issues students students.
face when transitioning into and out Artifacts:
of institutions of higher education – Personal College Development Essay
e. Assess the impact of varied higher – Personal College Development Essay
educational settings and institutional part 2 (From Where I Exit)
types on the student experience – Ethnic Identity and Acculturation
f. Apply varying approaches and Theory presentation
relevant technology to – Reconceptualize a Theory: Peek’s
communicating with different Model of Muslim Identity Development
students and student populations, among College Students
AND
CSSA 520 – Multicultural Issues in
Integrate the CSSA Core Values and Principles into Higher Education
their Demonstration of Competencies/Portfolio Developing understanding, knowledge,
and skills of multiculturalism affecting
the student affairs profession and
careers in student affairs
administration.
Artifacts:
– Story telling: My Multimultural
Autobiography
– Current issue journal paper:
“Intersectionality of Black Muslim
Students’ Identity Development: The
Minority Within a Minority”
CSSA 553 – Student Development
Theory II
Using critical perspectives (power-
conscious) examined foundational
theories of student development,
including psychosocial, cognitive-
structural, and learning theories.
Artifacts:
– Reading Facilitation/Presentation:
Resilience and Dissonance
– Reading Facilitation/Presentation:
Context and Contextualizing Student
Development using Critical Theory
– Case Study Presentation: Invisibility in
Inclusion
– Philosophy of Student Development
– Seminar Project: Structured Abstract
and Reflection on International
Students Development

CSSA 599 – Academic Advising

This course approached advising from a
theoretical standpoint and asked us to
consider styles of advising as well as the
type of advising setting in which we
would be most comfortable.
Artifact:
– Presentation on Advising Approach:
Motivational Interviewing for
International Students
– Advising Syllabus: Pre-Health
Professions (PHP) Advising Office
– Personal Teaching/Advising
Philosophy & Development Plan

CSSA 549 – Globalization (on-going,

Spring term 2021)
Exposes students to the multifaceted
 nature of global education by exploring
globalization/internationalization as it
relates not only to student affairs, but
to the greater higher education setting.

Competency Coursework Assistantship Internship/Project Other

4. Delivery of Student Services CSSA 513 – Research in Higher - Office of International Work experience with
Graduates should be able to: Education Services SCCS
a. Utilize research and assessment data Examination of the role and importance
to identify needs and establish of assessment in student affairs and - Family Resource Internship experience
learning outcomes for the other higher education settings. Review Center with UESP
development of programs and of needs, satisfaction, outcomes, and - OSU GO
services environmental assessments, techniques
b. Design and implement assessment for implementation, and their
tools and interpret data to inform application in educational settings.
future programs Artifacts:
c. Apply knowledge of diverse audiences – Research and Assessment essay
in the development, communication, – Research Paper “Student Parents’
delivery, and assessment of programs, Experience in Higher Education: How
curricula, and services Student Affairs Can Support Them in
d. Identify target populations and use this Game of Survival.”
appropriate marketing strategies to
maximize program effectiveness CSSA 530 – Fundamentals of
e. Implement accessible and engaging Counseling
programs incorporating innovative Explored basic helping skills and
techniques and technology to meet processes appropriate in a variety of
the needs of a diverse audience, AND settings, specifically within the higher
education arena. Learned a variety of
Integrate the CSSA Core Values and Principles into counseling skills and techniques,
their Demonstration of Competencies/Portfolio reviewed ethical standards of conduct,
multicultural considerations and
competencies.
Artifacts:
– Annotated Bibliography: Counseling
for Ethnically Diverse College Students
– Life Philosophy Paper
– Integration Paper
 CSSA 599 – Academic Advising
This course approached advising from a
theoretical standpoint and asked us to
consider styles of advising as well as the
type of advising setting in which we
would be most comfortable.
Artifact:
– Presentation on Advising Approach:
Motivational Interviewing for
International Students
– Advising Syllabus: Pre-Health
Professions (PHP) Advising Office
– Personal Teaching/Advising
Philosophy & Development Plan

Competency Coursework Assistantship Internship/Project Other

5. The Developing Professional CSSA 551 – Program and Function in Cohort experience (2019
Graduates should be able to: College Student Services cohort), 2018 cohort
a. Define professional development An overview of the competencies of the buddy, interviews and
needs and interests for continued student affairs professions as well as informal meetings with
growth including opportunities for programs and functional areas within CSSA alumni and current
future contributions to the body of student affairs CSSA professionals.
knowledge Artifacts: The diversity of
b. Identify one’s professional values and – Reflection: Summary and experience, knowledge,
ethics Interpretation of the History, and passions motivated
c. Describe how one’s own world view Philosophy and Values of Student my personal and
impacts values and assumptions when Affairs Profession professional growth.
working with others – Reflection: Institutional Experiences
d. Establish a commitment to engage in – Overview of Functional Area Trainings (SCCS and
ongoing inquiry throughout one’s Resources and Practice UESP)
career or articulate the – Self Assessment: NASPA/ACPA
value/appreciation of ongoing inquiry Competencies Trainings (OSU
and engagement, AND – Summary of Resources for professional
Competency Development: Social development, OSU
Integrate the CSSA Core Values and Principles into Justice and Advising training days)
their Demonstration of Competencies/Portfolio – Professional Development Plan
Conference: OWHE 2020
CSSA 552 – Student Development in Webinars, Youtube
Universities and Colleges Videos and Facebook
Introduced general development Live (NASPA)
theories dealing with social and
psychological development in college SSCS
students. - One on one weekly
Artifacts: discussions with Carol
– Personal College Development Essay
Millie, SCCS Director.
– Personal College Development Essay
part 2 (From Where I Exit) - Professional
– Ethnic Identity and Acculturation development group
Theory presentation discussions with SCCS
– Reconceptualize a Theory: Peek’s
staff.
Model of Muslim Identity Development
among College Students

CSSA 520 – Multicultural Issues in

Higher Education
Developing understanding, knowledge,
and skills of multiculturalism affecting
the student affairs profession and
careers in student affairs
administration.
Artifacts:
– Story telling: My Multimultural
Autobiography
– Current issue journal paper:
“Intersectionality of Black Muslim
Students’ Identity Development: The
Minority Within a Minority”

CSSA 553 – Student Development

Theory II
Using critical perspectives (power-
conscious) examined foundational
theories of student development,
including psychosocial, cognitive-
structural, and learning theories.
Artifacts:
– Reading Facilitation/Presentation:
Resilience and Dissonance
– Reading Facilitation/Presentation:
Context and Contextualizing Student
Development using Critical Theory
– Case Study Presentation: Invisibility in
Inclusion
– Philosophy of Student Development
– Seminar Project: Structured Abstract
and Reflection on International
Students Development

CSSA 530 – Fundamentals of

Counseling
Explored basic helping skills and
processes appropriate in a variety of
settings, specifically within the higher
education arena. Learned a variety of
counseling skills and techniques,
reviewed ethical standards of conduct,
multicultural considerations and
competencies.
Artifacts:
– Annotated Bibliography: Counseling
for Ethnically Diverse College Students
– Life Philosophy Paper
– Integration Paper

CSSA 599 – Academic Advising

This course approached advising from a
theoretical standpoint and asked us to
consider styles of advising as well as the
type of advising setting in which we
would be most comfortable.
Artifact:
– Presentation on Advising Approach:
Motivational Interviewing for
International Students
– Advising Syllabus: Pre-Health
Professions (PHP) Advising Office
– Personal Teaching/Advising
Philosophy & Development Plan

CSSA 558 – Organization and

Administration College Student
Services
The exploration of organizational,
administrative, and leadership topics in
the context of higher education
Artifacts:
– Organizational Vision, Mission and
Values Analysis
– Inclusion and Diversity Plan Critique
using MCOD organization analysis
– Personal Supervision Philosophy
– Personal Leadership Philosophy
– Structured Abstract and Reflection:
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in
Employment (Hiring, Mentoring,
Retention)

CSSA 535 – Tragedy and Crisis

Introduction to the history of major
incidents of college and university
tragedies and best practices for
preventing and responding to these
crisis situations.
Artifacts:
– Annotated Bibliography: Racial
harassment on campus
– Crisis Plan Critique
– Suicide prevention online workshop
– Crisis Response Philosophy Statement
– Individual learning presentation:
Education Abroad Crisis Management

LEAD 543 – Leadership Conversation

The exploration of conversations as a
component of leadership. Engage in
topics related to managing leadership
conversations, listening, difficult
conversations, meetings, conversational
management, and relationships
Artifacts:
– Meeting Agenda Development
– Meeting Analysis Rubric
– Supplementary text executive
summary: Dare to Lead by Brene
Brown.

CSSA 557 – Professional Development

in College Student Services
Administration
Self-assessment, goal setting,
professional growth, and professional
ethics as a practitioner in college
student services administration.
Artifacts:
– Philosophy of Student Affairs Practice
Statement
– DEI Statement