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Twin Cities Campus

International Education Minor

Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development
College of Education and Human Development
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Contact Information
Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, 330 Wulling Hall, 86 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-1006; fax: 612-624-3377)
Email: olpd@umn.edu
Website: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/olpd
  • Program Type: Graduate free-standing minor
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2013
  • Length of program in credits (master's): 9
  • Length of program in credits (doctoral): 12
  • This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.
The interdisciplinary minor in international education is for students enrolled in any M.A. or doctoral program who wish to enter careers in research, consulting, administration, and teaching in an international context. The minor offers a coordinated set of courses from the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Policy and Administration; Educational Psychology; Human Resource Education; the School of Kinesiology; and the Institute of Child Development.
Program Delivery
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Admission to the international education minor is contingent upon prior admission to the Graduate School and to an M.A., M.S., M.S.W., S.C., Ph.D., or Ed.D. program at the University of Minnesota. For an application form visit the international education minor website (http://www.cehd.umn.edu/olpd/grad-programs/CIDE/gradminor.html) or consult with the director of graduate studies for more information.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Each program is developed in consultation with the student, the student's adviser, major director of graduate studies, and director of graduate studies for international education. Requirements include OLPD 5103 - Comparative Education and OLPD 5124 - Critical Issues in International Education (one for master's, both for doctoral); research OLPD 5121 (for doctoral students only); and area-specific coursework. Electives from the University may be added with the adviser's consent and director of graduate studies approval.
Program requirements
Doctoral Requirements
OLPD 5121 - Educational Reform in International Context (3.0 cr)
OLPD 5103 - Comparative Education (3.0 cr)
OLPD 5124 - Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange (3.0 cr)
Master Requirements
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· OLPD 5103 - Comparative Education (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5124 - Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange (3.0 cr)
Area specific coursework
Take at least one course for either the master's or doctoral minor.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· CI 5747 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 5001 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5048 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Leadership (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5080 - Special Topics: Organizational Leadership, Policy, & Development (1.0-3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5102 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5104 - Education and the Sustainable Development Goals (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5132 - Intercultural Education and Training: Theory and Application (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 8104 - Innovative Systems Thinking in Education and Culture (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 5101 - Intelligence and Creativity (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 5112 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
· EPSY 5113 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5033 - Foundations of Individual/Organizational Career Development (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 5461 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 5403 - Counseling Diverse Populations (3.0 cr)
· FSOS 8005 - Diverse Families (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5612 - International Human Resource Development (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5697 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 5825 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· OLPD 8842 - Comparative Systems in Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (3.0 cr)
 
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OLPD 5121 - Educational Reform in International Context
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Critical policy analysis of educational innovation and reform in selected countries. Use theoretical perspectives and a variety of policy analysis approaches to examine actual educational reforms and their implementation.
OLPD 5103 - Comparative Education
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examination of systems and philosophies of education globally with emphasis upon African, Asian, European, and North American nations. Foundations of comparative study with selected case studies.
OLPD 5124 - Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Analysis of comprehensive policy-oriented frameworks for international education; practices of U.S. and other universities; conceptual development of international education and its practical application to programs, to employment choices, and to pedagogy.
OLPD 5103 - Comparative Education
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examination of systems and philosophies of education globally with emphasis upon African, Asian, European, and North American nations. Foundations of comparative study with selected case studies.
OLPD 5124 - Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Analysis of comprehensive policy-oriented frameworks for international education; practices of U.S. and other universities; conceptual development of international education and its practical application to programs, to employment choices, and to pedagogy.
EPSY 5001 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: EPsy 3119/EdHD 5001
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
In this course, you will learn about: Theories of child development and how they relate to approaches to instruction; Behaviorist, cognitive, and social cognitive learning theories; Approaches to instruction and assessment (teacher-centered vs. student-centered vs. assessment-centered); and Issues related to assessment and measuring student learning (validity, reliability, interpretation, etc.) by participating in assessment design (traditional, performance, formative) and interpretation.
OLPD 5048 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Leadership
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Summer
Introduction to cultural variables of leadership that influence functioning of cross-cultural groups. Lectures, case studies, discussion, problem-solving, simulations. Intensive workshop.
OLPD 5080 - Special Topics: Organizational Leadership, Policy, & Development
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Topical issues in organizational leadership, policy, development.
OLPD 5104 - Education and the Sustainable Development Goals
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
This course provides a critical analysis of strategies used to improve educational outcomes worldwide. This course examines contemporary trends in educational policy, development, and practice, focusing on how?s and why?s of educational change. Empirical studies, organizational reports, and student experiences all inform class discussion. prereq: Grad student
OLPD 5132 - Intercultural Education and Training: Theory and Application
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Introduction to the field of intercultural education and related field of multicultural education; analyzes the field through a critical lens; examines diverse meanings of education, including cultural knowledge.
OLPD 8104 - Innovative Systems Thinking in Education and Culture
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Critical aspects of historical/contemporary systems philosophy, thinking, and analysis. Development of concepts/skills applicable to understanding multiple dimensions of educational systems in diverse contexts. Implications for leadership and fostering organizational and systemic change.
EPSY 5101 - Intelligence and Creativity
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: EPsy 3101/EPsy 5101
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Contemporary theories of intelligence and intellectual development and contemporary theories of creativity and their implications for educational practices and psychological research.
OLPD 5033 - Foundations of Individual/Organizational Career Development
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Introduction to individual and organizational career development theory and practice. Examines critical issues in work patterns, work values, and workplaces in a changing global society, with implications for career planning, development, and transitions, emphasizing personal and organizational change. For nonmajors: serves students in adult ed, HRD, IR, college student advising, and other related fields.
EPSY 5403 - Counseling Diverse Populations
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course addresses counseling implications for diverse individuals and families. Students will understand the impact of worldview and other factors such as ethnicity, culture, religious preference, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disabilities in community, higher education, and school settings. Students will examine their own worldviews as it relates to the topics discussed. Advocacy and social justice practices for working with diverse populations will also be addressed.
FSOS 8005 - Diverse Families
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course hopes to support graduate students in exploring the empirical literature focused on the experiences of diverse families, broadly defined, in the United States. Further, this course aims to improve students? ability to interpret research findings and the methodological considerations in light of research on diverse families and application of a broader set of theories. Course content may include, but is not limited to: pathways to parenthood, identity-based socialization practices, culturally informed family dynamics and relationships, demographic characteristics of diverse families, or identity development among diverse youth.
OLPD 5612 - International Human Resource Development
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Problems, practices, programs, theories, and methodologies in human resource development as practiced internationally. prereq: Grad students only; ugrd seniors with instr consent
OLPD 8842 - Comparative Systems in Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Looking critically across/within countries/regions at structures intended to deliver work-/career-relatd education/training. prereq: 8141 or WHRE 8141