International and Multicultural Education, Language & Culture Concentration, EdD

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Ed. D. program will be able to:

• Demonstrate a nuanced and integrative knowledge of human rights education and activism; race and ethnic studies; and language and culture
• Identify, describe and critique critical social theory; critical and decolonizing pedagogies; theories of race, gender and intersectionality
• Identify and employ methodological tools based in critical approaches to quantitative and qualitative research methods with a focus on community engaged scholarship.  Describe and apply alternative paradigms, such as participatory action research, teacher action research, testimonio, and critical ethnography
• Synthesize contextual understandings, reflective analysis, theoretical frameworks, and methodological training to produce a doctoral dissertation.  Design and conduct research that contributes new knowledge to the academic field

Major Requirements (60 units)

General Education Requirements

Language & Culture Concentration Courses (12 units)

Complete 12 units from the following:

• IME 702 - Linguistic Rights and Bilingual Ed
• IME 703 - Applied Linguistics
• IME 710 - Sociology of Language
• IME 711 - Language & Culture
• IME 731 - Research in First & Second Language Acquisition
• IME 739 - Crosscultural Literacy

International and Multicultural Education Courses (12 units)

Complete 12 units from the following:

• IME 704 - Global Perspectives on Ed and Decolonization
• IME 705 - Re-conceptualizing Multicultural Education
• IME 706 - Critical Analysis of Urban Schooling
• IME 712 - Crit Race Theory & Praxis
• IME 713 - Emotional Intelligence & Cultural Competency
• IME 714 - Multicultural Perspectives in Education
• IME 715 - Education for Inclusion
• IME 722 - Peace, Conflict and Education in Global Contexts
• IME 723 - Queering Education
• IME 724 - Ethnic Studies with a Focus on African-American Ed
• IME 725 - Contemporary International Issues
• IME 728 - Women of Color in Higher Education
• IME 735 - Ethnic Studies with a Focus on Latino/a/x Ed
• IME 737 - Critical Pedagogy
• IME 744 - Whiteness, Power & Privilege
• IME 750 - Ethnic Studies with a Focus on Asian American Ed
• IME 769 - Indigenous Education
• IME 776 - Social Justice Pedagogy and the Arts
• IME 797 - Directed Study
• IME 798 - Special Topics Seminar

Electives (12 units)

Complete an additional 12 units of elective courses. Elective courses may be drawn from other IME courses not listed above, and any other graduate program in the School of Education (with adviser’s approval).

IME Dissertation Courses (9 units)