General Education Core | 12 Units
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Core Curriculum | 12 Units
Please select 4 courses from the following IME courses below.

Anthropology and Sociolinguistics
Study of the origin and development of language; the relation between language and culture; language and society; language diversity; language mobility and social theory. Implications of anthropology and sociolinguistics as well as the importance of language for all our public and social institutions are considered. The course aims to disambiguate the processes of communication, speech, nonverbal language and culture.

Issues and Perspectives in Bilingual Education
An analysis of the linguistic, psychological, sociological, and pedagogical principles underlying the various theories concerning bilingual education. Examination of historical and typological perspectives in bilingualism and discussion of current issues and problems concerning bilingual education.

Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Discussion of completed and on-going research in bilingualism and bilingual education; educational implications of their findings, and other needed areas of research.

Applied Linguistics
Discussion of the concepts, principles, theories and research in selected major areas of linguistic studies. Focus is on language structure and language use (including the structure of English) and first- and second-language development.

Sociology of Language
Examination of some of the complex interrelationships between language and society including co-variation of linguistic and social phenomena; societal views of language varieties and language variation; stability and change in language functions; bilingualism and diglossia; and language maintenance and language shift.

Language and Culture
Examination of the relationship between language and culture from a cross-cultural perspective. Focus on aspects of culture reflected in language and language use.

Pan-African Language and Culture
Educational equity demands that there be a systematic effort to provide an understanding of the linguistic, culture and communication history of African-descent Americans. This course seeks to provide some first steps toward that understanding.

Research in First and Second Language Acquisition
Examination of the current theories, research, and other developments in the areas of first and second language acquisition. Emphasis on what is known about these processes and the conditions that affect them; major research issues and methods for examining them; and implications of such research for educational practice.

Contemporary Issues in Second Language Acquisition
Exploration of the theories concerning second language acquisition and the development of communicative competence in a second language. Investigation of diverse methodologies and policies regarding second language development programs in different parts of the world, with special emphasis on research findings.

Cross-Cultural Literacy
Examination of culture, its nature and manifestations, and the changing demographics and the cultural diversity that make up California. Attention is given to aspects of culture that teachers should learn about their students, ways to learn about students' cultures, and ways teachers can use cultural knowledge, cultural contact, and cultural diversity in California and the U.S.

Discourse, Pragmatics and Language Teaching
Examination of several approaches to discourse analysis and pragmatics with application to the teaching of language arts, foreign languages and ESL. Emphasis mainly on oral communication with some work in approaches to teaching writing.

Literature in Education
Learning to analyze the subtle messages in text facilitates uncovering the complexity of reality. In this course the analysis of narrative written for all ages and various cultural perspectives provides insight to the ever-present questions of identity and the search for justice.

IME Core Curriculum | 12 Units
Please select 4 courses from the following IME courses below.

Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Discussion of completed and on-going research in bilingualism and bilingual education; educational implications of their findings, and other needed areas of research.

Applied Linguistics
Discussion of the concepts, principles, theories and research in selected major areas of linguistic studies. Focus is on language structure and language use (including the structure of English) and first- and second-language development.

Sociology of Language
Examination of some of the complex interrelationships between language and society including co-variation of linguistic and social phenomena; societal views of language varieties and language variation; stability and change in language functions; bilingualism and diglossia; and language maintenance and language shift.

Language and Culture
Examination of the relationship between language and culture from a cross-cultural perspective. Focus on aspects of culture reflected in language and language use.

Pan-African Language and Culture
Educational equity demands that there be a systematic effort to provide an understanding of the linguistic, culture and communication history of African descent Americans. This course seeks to provide some first steps toward that understanding.

Research in First and Second Language Acquisition
Examination of the current theories, research, and other developments in the areas of first and second language acquisition. Emphasis on what is known about these processes and the conditions that affect them; major research issues and methods for examining them; and implications of such research for educational practice.

Cross-Cultural Literacy
Examination of culture, its nature and manifestations, and the changing demographics and the cultural diversity that make up California. Attention is given to aspects of culture that teachers should learn about their students, ways to learn about students' cultures, and ways teachers can use cultural knowledge, cultural contact, and cultural diversity in California and the U.S.

Discourse, Pragmatics and Language Teaching
Examination of several approaches to discourse analysis and pragmatics with application to the teaching of language arts, foreign languages and ESL. Emphasis mainly on oral communication with some work in approaches to teaching writing.

Electives | 12-15 Units
Students enrolled in the International and Multicultural Education doctoral program are required to take 12-15 units of electives. Courses offered in any of the School of Education's doctoral and master's programs may be used to fulfill the elective units. For information on available courses, please see the USF General Catalog.

Dissertation Development, Research and Writing | 9-12 Units

Dissertation Proposal Seminar
The essentials of developing a model proposal for the research project leading to a dissertation. Specific components of a good proposal, analysis of research proposals, and student research projects.

Proposal Development
Continuation of proposal development. Specific components of a proposal, analysis of research proposals, and student research projects.

Dissertation Proposal Development
Directed proposal development in consultation with dissertation committee.

Dissertation Research and Writing
The design, preparation, and writing of the dissertation research study in consultation with the dissertation committee. Advancement to candidacy required.