Daniel Chatham

IEM Assessment
Assessment in the international education context prioritizes learning outcomes, with an emphasis on global and intercultural learning. Students examine approaches to assessment, draft and evaluate learning outcomes, and write assessment plans. You will critique existing assessment tools and practice creating new assessment tools. This course supports the development of essential assessment skills for practitioners.

Optional synchronous activities are offered Mon/Wed, 8-9am Pacific Time.

Fall 2023 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

International Education Marketing and Recruiting
This course introduces the fundamental essentials of marketing and recruiting as a managerial process. Students who complete the course will understand how to make decisions as managers in educational organizations responsible for defining and operating recruiting and marketing strategies according to their selected mission. This decision-making process includes understanding how to identify and evaluate target market opportunities, define and articulate a value proposition for an educational service, and develop a promotional strategy that takes into consideration competitors and price sensitivities of the target market.

Optional synchronous activities are offered Mon/Wed, 2-3pm Pacific Time.

Fall 2022 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term, Fall 2023 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

Managing People and Resources in Cross-Cultural Context
This course prepares students to manage people and financial resources in programs, departments, or projects of moderate size and complexity. Course activities examine the complexities of staff and budget management in international and cross-cultural contexts. Specifically, students will learn about job description development, advertisement, inclusive selection processes, inclusivity, and ethics, managing remote teams, theory and practice of budgeting, and cost analysis. To manage resources effectively, managers must be able to establish trust, motivate staff, make difficult decisions, and communicate across cultural and organizational contexts. These critical skills are emphasized in this course.

Spring 2022 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term, Spring 2023 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term, Spring 2024 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

International Education Directed Study
Students will have the opportunity to engage in a local international education project. The fieldwork project will include an academic research component as well as extensive hands-on work with a local program.
Students must obtain a faculty advisor, complete a Directed Study proposal form, obtain signatures, and submit to the Associate Dean of Academic Operations for approval.
This course may be taken up to three times for credit.

Spring 2024 - MIIS

Strategic Enrollment Management and Planning
This course introduces Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) and Planning (SEP) concepts and practices that may apply to university, language school, education abroad program, and similar settings. The course covers the foundations of selection processes, legal issues, financial aid, and student services throughout the student lifecycle from selection and enrollment to graduation or program completion.

Spring 2022 - MIIS, MIIS Winter/J Term only

This project-based course provides students with an opportunity to apply international education theory and research to solve problems of practice using inclusive design in global education. Students identify, design, and prepare implementation and assessment of a global education project in partnership with an external learning partner. Project work draws comprehensively from core and elective IEM classes, specifically demonstrating good practices in international education program design and assessment. Students work individually or in small groups to develop an applied project with advisement from the course professor. Projects demonstrate human-centered design reflecting key needs, good practices, ethics and standards, and equity-minded approaches with feedback from field experts.

Optional synchronous activities are offered Tues/Thurs 8-9am Pacific Time.

Spring 2022 - MIIS, MIIS First Half of Term, Spring 2023 - MIIS, MIIS First Half of Term

While undertaking an approved professional practicum in the International Education Management field, students will be responsible for rigorous academic performance, equivalent in quantity and quality to the requirements for equivalent on-campus coursework. Students will demonstrate their application of theory to practice through completion of multiple deliverables.

Spring 2023 - MIIS