GLOB 3950 - Crossing Borders I

Goals: To support and strengthen the academic integration of semester- and year-long study abroad/off-campus study experiences into the student’s course of study and career plans.

Content: A focus on preparing students for international/ intercultural experiences by introducing students to challenges and opportunities they might encounter, by developing student capacities for successful cross-cultural interaction, and by preparing students to make transnational comparisons and to identify transnational connections (through mediated conversations with the instructor and other students) while abroad.

Taught: Annually, each semester.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into a semester- or year-long study-abroad program. This course is to be taken the semester immediately before study abroad.

Credits: 2 credits