Program Overview

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Global Perspectives Certificate

Program Overview

The Global Perspectives Certificate is an undergraduate academic certificate designed for students to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be engaged global citizens.

Program Type

• Certificate

Format

• On Campus

Estimated Time to Complete

• 1-2 semesters

Credit Hours

• 12

Program Description

The Global Perspectives Certificate is open to all majors and will be administered through each college and school in collaboration with the International Studies Program and International Affairs.

Program Requirements

• Introduction to International Studies (3 hrs)
• Global Perspectives in Popular Music (3 hrs)
• Global Development: Issues and Challenges (3 hrs)
• Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 hrs)

Program Highlights

• Enhance competitiveness to enter a professional program or the global workforce
• Acquire international experience via study abroad, student exchange, internship, and volunteer service projects abroad, and student teaching abroad
• Develop cross-cultural communication skills

Related Programs

• Arab & Islamic Studies Certificate
• International Studies Minor

Areas of Study

• Humanities & Social Sciences

Department

• Department of International Studies

College

• College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Location

• General Academic Building, Room 102

Why Earn a Global Perspectives Certificate?

The Global Perspectives Certificate is designed to help students develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be engaged global citizens. The required coursework and international experiences will help students develop cross-cultural communication skills and enhance their competitiveness to enter a professional program or the global workforce.