A. CORE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT (9 credit hours total)

• EDFI 603. Cultural Studies in Education (3 hrs)
  Using “cultural studies,” the course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the concept of culture and its relation to education; cross-cultural education; globalization; text and language; human possibility, subjectivity and identity.
• EDFI 601. Comparative Education (3 hrs)
  Comparative study and critique of the role of education in national and global development. Emphasis on the interrelationship between cultural, economic, and political factors and the roles of education in selected developed and developing nations.
• EDFI 675. Cross-Cultural Human Development and Learning (3 hrs)
  Study of theories of human development and perspectives on learning from a cross-cultural approach. Special emphasis placed on the contextual nature of human development and its relation to sociocultural contexts.

B. INTERDISCIPLINARY COGNATE COMPONENT (9 credit hours total)

All students must fulfill an international component to their program that consists of a minimum of nine graduate credit hours within an interdisciplinary cognate. This international component consists of courses in the College of Arts and Sciences or other Colleges across campus that focus on topics related to a particular international or cross-cultural theme. (See list of cognates and courses at the bottom of the page.)

C. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION COMPONENT

Students can complete their Language Acquisition Component in one of three ways:

1. Students can enter the program with a prerequisite of at least two semesters of a foreign language (undergraduate or graduate).
2. Students may demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through an exam process.
3. Students may take 4-6 credit hours of a foreign language. (Possibilities include at least 6 credits of an undergraduate foreign language or 4 credits in a graduate level intensive language course.)

D. RESEARCH AND INQUIRY COMPONENT (6 credit hours total)

1. EDFI 642. Research in Education (3 hrs)
   Identification and evaluation of research problems, research designs, use of library resources, data gathering, and writing research reports.

• EDFI 641. Statistics in Education (3 hrs)
  Statistics as a tool in education and research, descriptive statistics, transformation of scores, sampling and probability, linear correlation and regression, introduction to statistical inference, basic tests of significance, and effect size.
  • -OR-
• EDFI 754. Qualitative Research Methods (3 hrs)
  Doctoral-level course that examines the history and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research in education. Students will review a variety of qualitative studies and apply fundamental methods of data collection and analysis in conducting a small qualitative case study.

E. CROSS-CULTURAL, INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP (3 credit hours minimum)

EDFI 689. Internship in Cross-Cultural Education (3-6 hrs)
Students will spend a minimum of 120 contact hours at the field site and 15 academic contact hours.

All students must complete a supervised internship (EDFI 689) in a setting which provides a unique opportunity for the individual to learn and participate in a professional environment different from the participant’s own cultural perspective. This internship can be in an international setting or in an under-served cultural population within the United States. This internship will serve as a capstone experience, providing the opportunity to apply academic learning to the practice of educational development. For students completing Option I, this internship should be taken either immediately before or concurrently with the MA thesis course. It may also serve as the location and preparation for the student’s Master’s thesis research. As a result of the logistical challenges created by students participating in internships that take them to distant places, the “contact hours” involved in the seminar associated with the internship will take place in an on-line format. The class is web-based, providing the opportunity for on-line constructivist learning withfaculty and peers.

F. MASTER'S CAPSTONE COMPONENT (Two Options: Either Option I or Option II)

• Option I: MA Thesis (6 credit hours minimum)
  EDFI 699. Thesis Research (1-12).
  A minimum of six thesis credit hours is required. Enrollment hours may exceed 6 credits but no more than 6 hours creditable toward degree.
• Option II: Comprehensive Examination and Capstone Seminar (3 credit hours)
  Students taking the second option will take comprehensive examinations at the end of their final semester in the program. During that semester, they will enroll in a capstone seminar designed to holistically bring their MA academic experience to a comprehensive analysis.
  EDFI 760. Advanced Seminar in Cross-Cultural, International Education
  Capstone seminar designed to synthesize and analyze the core, research, and cognate of the degree program, aiding students in preparation for comprehensive examinations.

LIST OF COGNATES AND COURSES (Interdisciplinary Strands)

Students take at least 9 credit hours in ONE of the following interdisciplinary cognates:

COGNATE 1: Gender Constructs across Cultures
WS 614: Gender and the State in Modern Europe
WS 620: Feminist Theory
WS 770: Seminar in Women’s Culture
ETHN 640: Women and Globalization
ETHN 650: Sexuality, Race, and Nation
WS 780: Women of Color and Feminism
ECON 540: Women, the Economy, and Society
SOC 550: Gender in Families

COGNATE 2: Educational Development and Marginalized Populations
POLS 560: Politics and Issues of World Development
SOC 723: Population and Third World Development
SOC 726: Migration
ETHN 620: Comparative Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity
ETHN 640: Women and Globalization
FCS 586: Understanding Latino Children and their Family, School, and Community
POLS 560: Politics and Issues of World Development
POLS 575: International Organization
POLS 576: Politics of International Economic Relations
POLS 579: Conflict Resolution
POLS 580: Human Rights
POLS 671: Seminar in International Relations

COGNATE 3: Second Language Acquisition
ENG 610: Theories in TESL
ENG 615: Modern English Linguistics
ENG 616: Language Variation
ENG 612: Methods in TESL
ENG 517 (old 717): Applied Syntax
ENG 518 (old 718): Applied Phonology
SPAN 680: Second Language Acquisition (taught in English and Spanish)
SPAN 680: Seminar in Spanish Linguistics
Sociolinguistics/Psycholinguistics Options (e.g.: FREN 530, GERM 520, SPAN 655, or other socio- or psycholinguistic course)

* Course strongly recommended for MACIE Public Health Students
**Students wishing to enroll in PUBH courses should call the Public Health Department to enroll through the department (419-372-8109).

COGNATE 5:Student-Designed Cognate
In the event that a student has a particular professional interest in an area that logically combines nine hours of courses in the College of Arts and Sciences or other colleges across campus for another international thematic strand, that student, under the guidance and approval of the advisor, may create his/her own cognate.

The courses listed in these cognates are subject to change at the department/school level for each discipline. Students should check the most recent Graduate Student Catalog for the most up to date description of courses.