MSED-HEA Summer & Fall 2020 Registration
Dear HEA Student,

Summer & Fall 2020 registration will begin soon for graduate students . As a reminder, each student is given a specific registration appointment which should be posted on your CUNYfirst Student Center. Not sure how to view your appointment, click here . Summer and Fall registration dates can differ, so please remember to check both terms. It is recommended that you look through the schedule of classes on CUNYfirst and add classes before your registration date. 
Contacting Your Advisor for Registration Consultation
The Marxe Advisement Team would like to remind students that academic advisors are available for registration consultations in various formats: in person, via email, or by phone. We understand that under current circumstances some students may prefer to schedule a phone appointment or consult advisors via email, and we are prepared for that.

WAYS TO CONTACT AN ADVISOR:

·        let us know your preferred date and time for a PHONE appointment, OR
·        email us your questions/concerns
Introducing Schedule Builder!
What is Schedule Builder?
Schedule Builder is a real-time class scheduling tool that enables students to plan and register for courses that meet their schedules and other needs. With this tool, students can easily arrange class schedules that fit their personal and academic lives

Key Benefits:
  • Add Courses
  • Add Breaks
  • Compare Schedules

Students should have received additional information via email from the Baruch Registrar's Office about Schedule Builder.

Featured HEA Electives

Summer 2020
  • PAF 9334 Collective Bargaining (online)
  • *New! PAF 9399 Hispanic Serving Institutions
  • *New! PAF 9399 Leadership in Higher Education

Fall 2020
  • PAF 9335 Community College
  • PAF 9345 Higher Education Law (online)
  • *PAF 9325 Institutional Research

*Not yet visible on the schedule, will be added to CUNYfirst
MPA Courses Approved for HEA

  • PAF 9103 Communications in Public Settings
  • PAF 9110 Ethics and Public Decision Making
  • PAF 9140 Budgeting and Financial Analysis
  • PAF 9141 Community Development
  • PAF 9151 Administration of the Non-Profit Sector and Voluntary Agencies
  • PAF 9160 Public & Nonprofit Management II
  • PAF 9163 Leadership & Strategy (Summer 2020)
  • PAF 9172 Research & Analysis II *Pre-Req: PAF 9170)
  • PAF 9174 Program Evaluation 
  • PAF 9173 Program Auditing and Performance Measurement
  • PAF 9177 Selected Topics in Advanced Analytical Methods
  • PAF 9180 Policy Analysis 
  • PAF 9199 Qualitative Methods (Summer 2020)

*Other electives with approval from HEA Advisor

A Note About EPermit

Students interested in taking a course outside of Baruch must submit an ePermit application.

Students must wait until their registration appointment to submit an epermit application, or else it will be denied.

Before submitting an ePermit application, you must receive approval and the course equivalencies from your academic advisor.

ePermit courses should be related to your degree program and are courses from another graduate degree program. Courses equivalent or similar to core courses in your program will not be approved.

HEA students can look into graduate classes offered by John Jay for general public administration classes; and Hunter College or Lehman College for education/counseling related classes.

ePermits can take a few weeks to be processed. Students should plan in advance if they would like to submit one.
Please contact elaine.truong@baruch.cuny.edu for more information.
PAF 9390: HEA Capstone Seminar
Advanced seminar in which students produce a semester project from the full course of study towards the MSED-HEA. Special attention is placed on incorporating aptitudes introduced in the core curriculum. The project may involve policy research, intensive study of an organization, development of a rationale for new or changed service programs, or some combination of these.

Capstone should be taken in the student's last spring or fall semester. All core requirements and a majority of the elective requirements should be completed when students enroll in the capstone.
Resources to Help Plan Your Program

HEA students can use these documents below to help keep track of their progress and to help plan their area of focus. An area of focus helps students tailor their program to their interests and goals and to help them plan what electives to take. Areas of focus can include, and are not limited to, history and structure in higher education, leadership in higher education, advancing the academic mission and student success, planning and assessment, and the future of higher education. Students are encouraged to come up with their our area of focus.


Students should make an appointment to meet with their academic advisor to help them select courses related to their area of focus.
Tips for Successful Registration
  • Register on Time: Students who need capstone, cores, and/or who are graduating should not delay their registration. We cannot guarantee that you will get your classes even if it's your final semester
  • Courses come in many formats i.e In-person, Hybrid and Fully Online. Check the class details to confirm the "instruction mode" 
  • Prepare multiple schedules since classes fill up quickly (you can add courses to your "shopping cart" now)
  • Resolve all holds on your record which can delay or prevent you from enrolling in your classes. E.g Bursars or Financial Aid holds 
  • Courses that are closed and have XMPA in their section codes are part of cohort programs and are not available to students in traditional programs. 
  • Check your student email regularly for schedule updates. If there are any changes to summer or fall class offerings, Marxe Academic Advisement will send out announcements to your email