Admission to the Program

In addition to meeting university requirements for graduate study, preference is given to applicants who have a minimum of six months intercultural and/or international experience as either a student or professional. Applicants must earn a satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Applicants are also required to submit two letters of recommendation from persons able to evaluate the applicant’s potential for graduate study in international training and education and their intercultural experience. Applicants in foreign countries who are unable to take the GRE should contact the School of Education, Teaching and Health prior to applying for admission to make alternative arrangements. All students whose first language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). 

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. Students will be charged tuition for these credit hours. 

• 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 Methods of Inquiry: Utilizing Information
      Effectively  (2) 
• EDU-621 Topics in Social Science Research
      Action Research (1) 

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: Multicultural and
       International Approaches (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