MASTER OF ARTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL and INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Program information

MASTER OF ARTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is a graduate program new to BGSU with its home in the School of Leadership and Policy Studies.

The purpose of this degree is to prepare professional educators to be effective leaders in the internationalization of schools and communities and to be positive facilitators of cross-cultural understanding. The focus of this degree program is to prepare a global educator who is able to:
• serve as a leader in internationalizing curriculum
• foster international educational partnerships
• infuse education policy and practices with cross-cultural awareness.

For the purposes of this program, the term cross-cultural and international education is defined as the examination of education from diverse perspectives in an international context. The issues that students address in this program transcend national boundaries. This differs from multicultural education which specifically examines issues within a single nation. The program connects issues of cultural and international understanding with educational theory and practice through a unique combination of courses from several disciplines on the BGSU campus. Students gain the academic basis for their program from select courses in the College of Education and Human Development and the College of Arts and Sciences. The students then apply this academic foundation to a practical cross-cultural/ international internship experience, followed by a research-based cap-stone experience.

Programmatic outcomes, performance indicators, and program assessment goals

Programmatic Outcomes Students will ....	Performance Indicators Students will ....	Program Assessment The program will ....
connect and apply issues of cultural and international understanding with educational theory and practice in local, national or international settings.	write academic papers from various social science perspectives in their three core courses. write reflective analyses of published scholarship in the three areas within the core component.	analyze progress made on students' ability to think critically, analyze, and make conclusions regarding educational issues in their academic papers.
construct conceptual models of the relationship between education and global challenges/problems.	incorporate and synthesize the scholarship from courses in their cognate in either their MA thesis or comprehensive examination.	examine student success in the courses outside of EDHD to aid in student selection, advising, and mentoring.
develop the skills necessary to conduct their own international/cross-cultural educational research.	complete a graduate course on research methodology and either quantitative or qualitative methods.	evaluate student application of research methodology in class and in thesis and comprehensive exams.
synthesize their academic learning with authentic problems and apply their conceptually based models to real-life settings and challenges.	participate in a cross-cultural/international capstone internship and simultaneous on-line seminar in their application of their conceptually based model. develop an MA thesis or successfully pass an MA comprehensive exam and seminar.	evaluate the success of internship sites and the development of long-lasting relationships between these sites and the EDFI program. assess students' ability to apply research to professional settings.
Future Graduate Goals
enhance their effectiveness as leaders in the internationalization and facilitation of cross-cultural understanding in educational institutions.	work in professional positions where they apply their knowledge to internationalizing educational policy, practices, and/or curriculum. or continue on to doctoral degree program.	track and analyze professional hiring and acceptance into doctoral programs.

Questions?

Contact Dr. Margaret Booth, program coordinator,
email: boothmz@bgsu.edu /or call 419-372-7350 or 419-372-9950.