International Education Studies & Practice
Graduate Certificate
Quick Facts
Credits
12
Location
In-person & hybrid
Your students are global citizens. Their education should be, too.
If you're interested in global and international education, and you're ready to expand your career by working in multicultural and multilingual settings, you should consider the International Education Studies and Practice Graduate Certificate.
This 12-unit stackable graduate certificate prepares you to teach and lead in diverse educational settings around the world. You'll gain practical strategies for addressing global challenges in K-16 education and you'll learn how to best apply international perspectives to curriculum and policy.
What does 'stackable' mean? It means you can use the credits you earn with this certificate toward a future Master's degree.
CAREERS
- International curriculum design
- International development
- Multicultural education
- Study abroad advisors
- Global Teaching
COURSES
- 9 units of coursework (required)
- TLS 596G: Integrating Global Perspectives into Our Teaching (Spring 2027, 3 units)
- TLS 515: New Media and Learning (3 units)
- TLS 545: Curriculum Theory and Policy (3 units)
- 3 units of field experience from the options below:
- TLS 518: Participatory Action Research (3 units)
- TLS 562: Groupwork for Diverse Classrooms (3 units)
- TLS 578: Field Research in Communities (3 units)
APPLY
- Current UA Graduate Students: Enroll directly
- New Students:
- Apply via GradApp (non-degree seeking status) OR
- Apply to a for-credit graduate degree program and add this certificate