International Comparative Education (ICE) / International Education Policy Analysis (IEPA)

Required Courses

Note: All course information is subject to change. Please consult ExploreCourses and Axess for final course offerings.

*EDUC 206D will be offered in Summer 2024-25 (Wotipka, C.; Santos, H.; Song, J.) (3)

Students in the program are required to take the EDUC 206 series to complete their Master's (MA) Paper requirement. By enrolling in EDUC 206A, B, C and D, students are advised through the process of developing their projects through to the completion of their papers at the end of Summer Quarter. To make satisfactory academic progress in the ICE/IEPA program, students must have their MA Paper proposals approved by the start of Spring quarter. Failure to do so means the student is not making satisfactory progress and will trigger an academic review.

Research Methods

Choose two from the following (others must be approved by the Program Director):

Students who plan to collect their own data for their MA Papers are required to enroll in EDUC 206B for 3 units and take no more than three additional courses in Winter and Spring quarters. In addition, they must enroll in a Directed Research (EDUC 190) with one of their advisors in Winter or Spring quarters.

Students who plan to use qualitative methods for their MA Papers must take EDUC 200A (or the equivalent) and EDUC 200B.

For those who plan to conduct quantitative data analyses, in addition to (or in place of) EDUC 200A, students have the option of enrolling in one or more of the following courses: EDUC 326, 400B, 423A, 423B, 430A, 430B, 430C, PUBLPOL 303D, or an equivalent with approval from the Program Director. Students often take more than one of these courses and are highly encouraged to take a mini course in methodology (e.g., EDUC 401B: Mini Courses in Methodology: Stata). 

Students who plan to collect their own quantitative data using survey methods (interviews, questionnaires) for their MA Papers are required to take EDUC 399A: Designing Surveys.

Students enrolling in EDUC 215: Education Internship Workshop can apply up to 6 units toward their degree; students may enroll in 3 units (max.) per quarter.

ICE-specific requirements

Enroll in two of the following:

Students are encouraged to enroll in one of the following policy courses:

IEPA-specific requirements

Choose one of the following (students are encouraged to enroll in at least two): 

Enroll in one of the following (students are encouraged to enroll in both):

Additional ICE-Related Courses Offered by the GSE in 2024-2025 (Recommended)

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Non-fluent speakers of English are strongly encouraged to take one of the following writing courses:

Project: MA Paper (Due Friday, August 1, 2025)