Border Crossings Courses - GPS

GLOBAL STUDIES TRACK

Border Crossings Courses

1. understand the particular political, scientific, socio-economic, historical, cultural, or linguistic:

1. features of a country or region outside of the United States,
2. relationships between the United States and another country or region of the world, or
3. issues that transcend a particular country or region of the world;

2. have knowledge and some understanding of at least one culture other than their own;

3. compare and assess sources of information about global issues; and

4. see others as others see themselves, give the conditions and values of others.

In addition to a Border Crossings course, students in the Global Studies Track must satisfy one of the following three options:

1. Take language courses in a language not previously studied(6 hours)

OR

2. Fulfill the Global Studies Experience:

• Take one course with Study Away & GPS narrative (3 hours) OR
• Take one course with Experience and GPS Narrative (3 hours) OR
• Take two additional Border Crossings courses (6 hours) OR

3. Take a value-added language course (3 hours)