18 US Graduate Credits for Teaching - International Equivalencies?

Hello all!

A random idea popped into my head earlier today, harkening back to earlier days here on DI. I was thinking about some of the earlier posters asking about getting 18 US graduate credits so as to gain permission to teach in this or that field of study.

Firstly, is that still the expected norm at American institutions? And is there any equivalent or parallel arrangement at, say, British, Australian, German, South African, or other countries' university systems?

Secondly, within the US context, would foreign credits generally be accepted towards that 18-hour credit requirement? For example, if you were to complete a British postgraduate diploma in business, would that suffice by American standards? If I've done my conversions correctly, 120 UK credits would be something like 24 US credits. Naturally, this would also be subject foreign credit evaluations.

Tangentially, would UK-based "Level 7 Postgraduate Diplomas", such as this 120 credit Diploma in Data Science, hold any weight in the US, once again assuming a positive evaluation by FCE services.

Messdiener

 

I've found that every institution has their own set of rules. However, provided you have a positive credential evaluation, these post-graduate diplomas should meet teaching requirements provided the 18 graduate credit hour status is sufficient for that particularly institution and the candidate's credentials are equivalent to a Masters degree.

 

Another way I've thought about earning graduate credit for teaching purposes is through PLA where that you can use MOOC programs to formulate a portfolio in order to petition a school for credit. I will try it with Azteca's PLA program and see if it would be possible and rather or not it would be accepted at my community college with intentions of meeting the qualification to teach college-level math courses.