For further details, see the Graduate College Bulletin and International Programs and Studies , documents. Facility in this regard may require linguistic fluency and certainly includes a knowledge of the area s history, culture, and contemporary political, economic, and social affairs. This program in Comparative Education fits perfectly in the University and College s Strategic Plans for Internationalizing the University of Illinois. The three programs described in this section relate to the three career orientations noted in the first Several pages. The intent here is to provide a general idea of the course requirements for each program.
Details are a matter for discussion between student and adviser.
It is very desirable that each student should have university level teaching experience through teaching assistantship. Details of this specialty will vary with the student and with the demands of the second field option. The student must work very closely with a faculty member in his second field and his dissertation should reflect his Joint interests. In general, we expect that approximately half of a student s time will be devoted to developing his second field so that he is adept in it as well as in Comparative Education. At this time, the only limit to opportunity for Joint programmatic emphasis is the availability of a professor in the second field willing and able to guide the student in relevant instruction and research.