MA in International Training and Education
Degree Requirements
- 36 credit hours of approved graduate work including 18 credit hours of core courses, 15 credit hours in an area of concentration, and 3 credit hours of research methodology
Students with extensive volunteer experience in development and training organizations such as the Peace Corps, VISTA, Americorp, etc., can earn up to 6 credit hours toward their degree.
- Comprehensive examination requirement is satisfied by successful completion of EDU-685 Proseminar: International Training and Education.
Course Requirements
Core (15 credit hours)
- EDU-598 Comparative and International Education (3)
- EDU-612 Equity and Educational Opportunity (3)
- EDU-618 Human Growth and Development across the
Life Span (3) - EDU-642 Training Program Design (3)
- EDU-685 Proseminar: International Training and
Education (3)
Social Science Research Methodology Requirement (3 credit hours)
- EDU-610 Overview of Qualitative & Quantitative Research Strategies (3). Another graduate research methods course may be substituted with approval of the SETH dean
Area of Concentration (18 credit hours)
- 18 credit hours in one of the following areas or in an individually-designed program, in consultation with an advisor
International Development Education
- EDU-648 Education and Development: Sector Analysis (3)
- EDU-649 Nonformal Education and Development (3)
- 12 additional approved graduate credit hours
International Education Exchange
- EDU-614 International Education Exchange: Policies
and Practices (3) - EDU-647 Global and Multicultural Education (3)
- 12 additional approved graduate credit hours
Global Education
- EDU-619 Children’s Literature: A Critical Literacy Perspective (3)
- EDU-624 Language, Schooling, and Nation-Building (3)
- 12 additional approved graduate credit hours
Global Health
- HFIT-575 Global Health (3)
- HFIT-585 Global Health Policy (3)
- 12 additional approved graduate credit hours
