School of International Studies
MAIR Degree Requirements
The program requires the completion of 40 total units, including a thesis.
CORE COURSES
The core courses are taken during the residency portion of the program, with assignments completed at home during the six months following each residency. Each residency consists of three core courses.
Residence 1
MAIR 200 Concepts of Intercultural Relations................3 units
MAIR 201 Ethnicity and Intergroup Relations.................3 units
MAIR 202 Research I: Ways of Knowing........................2 units
Residence 2
MAIR 220 Advanced Intercultural Communication Theory3 units
MAIR 221 Research II................................................ 3 units
MAIR 222 Process of Change...................................... 2 units
Residence 3
MAIR 240 Leadership and Adult Learning......................3 units
MAIR 220 Change-Agentry..........................................3 units
MAIR 242 Culture in the Organizational Context............2 units
Note: All courses are offered during each residency period. If students temporarily withdraw from the program or miss a residency or core course for some reason, they can normally resume appropriate coursework at the next, or any succeeding, residency.
ELECTIVES
Eight (8) units of electives at the graduate level allow students to pursue individual interests. Elective units may take the form of independent study at Pacific, graduate-level courses at other institutions, or courses taken at the ICI's Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication. The MAIR program currently offers two elective courses:
MAIR 223 Personal Leadership....................................2 units
MAIR 260 The Intercultural Context of Training.............3 units
Total Electives..........................................................8 units
RESEARCH AND THESIS
Graduate research and a thesis are the last of the program requirements, and are once again targeted toward students' own professional goals.
MAIR 297 Research....................................................4 units
MAIR 299 Thesis.......................................................4 units
TRANSFER CREDIT
Students may transfer up to 6 semester units of applicable graduate study toward the MAIR elective unit requirement. Applicants currently enrolled in other degree programs should consult with Pacific for appropriate policies.