Distinguished Professor: S. Peterson (Dean of Graduate School of Education)
Professor: A. Gil-Garcia
Assistant Professor: T. Purinton (Associate Dean)
Professor of Practice: M. Zaalouk (Director of the Middle East Institute for Higher Education (MEIHE))
Associate Professors of Practice: R. Hozayin, P. Norman, S. Rissmann-Joyce
Visiting Professor of Practice: A. Winter
Admission
In addition to AUC’s general admission requirements for all MA programs, it is recommended that applicants for the Master of Arts degree in International & Comparative Education have school-based teaching or educational leadership experience prior to admission into the program, or that they will acquire this experience concurrently with enrollment in the program.
Language
Applicants who are not native speakers of English will be required to demonstrate on the TOEFL with TWE that their command of English is adequate for study in the program.
Fieldwork
Students who enter the program with no documented school-based experience (either as a teacher or school administrator) will be required to take 3-credit Supervised Field Work course (as part of the required 11 courses/ 33 credits).
EDUC 595 - Supervised Fieldwork
Master of Arts in International & Comparative Education
A total of 33 credit hours (11 courses) are required for MA students with no previous school-based teaching or leadership experience. Those MA students with documented school-based field experience are required to complete 30 credits hours (10 courses). Students may pass content examinations in human development, learning theories, teaching methods and instructional practice in lieu of two of the required content core courses. Students who pass one or both of the examinations referred to above will be able to complete the MA requirements by taking a total of 24 credit hours (8 courses).