Global Learning Certificate
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
This certificate is available as a standalone program.
Students gain global awareness and intercultural competence in their primary fields of study through coursework, study abroad, and/or language learning. The GLC provides cross-cultural skills and a valuable, transcript-visible professional credential for an increasingly globalized and interconnected world.
Certificate Code: C800
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Communicate skillfully and interact competently across cultures, engaging with and successfully participating in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.
- Acquire and apply knowledge of global cultures, economies, political systems, and international relations as they relate to their primary field of study, analyzing and synthesizing information from multiple sources across disciplines.
- Demonstrate active awareness of their own identity as it relates to others – including people outside the political borders of the United States, as well as ethnic minorities and peoples of Indigenous, African, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Latino ancestry living within the United States – in a context framed by issues of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| COMM 326 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| PS 205 | *INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 4 |
| WLC 301 | *INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES | 4 |
| or ANTH 350 | LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 16 credits from the following courses: 1 | 16 | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *GLOBAL POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN AGRICULTURE | ||
| *COMMUNICATING GLOBAL AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES | ||
| *AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-NORTH AMERICA | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-LATIN AMERICA | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-MIDDLE EAST | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-AFRICA | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-PACIFIC | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-CHINA | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-JAPAN AND KOREA | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH | ||
| *GLOBAL CONFLICTS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| *ARCTIC PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL PROBLEMS | ||
| *RURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| *GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND CULTURE | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *WEALTH AND POVERTY | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART | ||
| *EARLY CHINESE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY | ||
| *LATE CHINESE ART AND CULTURE | ||
| *CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART | ||
| *ART OF JAPAN | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS | ||
| *HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY | ||
| COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND DISPUTES | ||
| *WORLD FOOD CROPS | ||
| *GLOBAL SOURCING OF TEXTILES, APPAREL, AND FOOTWEAR | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION | ||
| INTERNATIONAL FINANCE THEORY AND POLICY | ||
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MESO/SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST | ||
| *STUDIES IN GLOBALISM, TEXT, AND EVENT | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| POWER AND REPRESENTATION | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S VOICES | ||
| *POLLINATORS IN PERIL | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO LATINO/A STUDIES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN ASSIMILATION AND ACTIVISM | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD SYSTEMS | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY | ||
| *ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
| *AGROFORESTRY | ||
| *FOOD FROM THE SEA | ||
| *GLOBAL CRISES IN RESOURCE ECOLOGY | ||
| *GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY | ||
| *GLOBAL CHANGE AND EARTH SCIENCES | ||
| *PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION | ||
| *POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL HAZARDS | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE SCIENCE | ||
| *HIV/AIDS AND STIS IN MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| *GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| *GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | ||
| BE THE CHANGE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION | ||
| PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: MIGRATION AND GLOBAL HEALTH | ||
| GLOBAL POVERTY AND HEALTH DISPARITIES | ||
| *FAMILIES AND POVERTY | ||
| GLOBAL NUTRITION | ||
| *WHY WAR: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| *WORLD HISTORY I: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS | ||
| *WORLD HISTORY II: MIDDLE AND EARLY MODERN AGES | ||
| *WORLD HISTORY III: THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH TRADITIONS | ||
| *THE HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MODERN WORLD | ||
| *ANCIENT NEAR EAST | ||
| *ANCIENT JEWISH HISTORY | ||
| *INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA | ||
| *EARLY LATIN AMERICA | ||
| *MODERN LATIN AMERICA | ||
| *SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS | ||
| *RELIGION AND GENDER: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| *HISTORY OF AFRICA | ||
| *HISTORY OF AFRICA | ||
| *THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | ||
| *MODERN IRAN: REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH | ||
| *ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION | ||
| *ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION | ||
| *TRADITIONAL CHINA AND JAPAN | ||
| *MODERN CHINA AND JAPAN | ||
| *THE HOLOCAUST IN ITS HISTORY | ||
| *AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY | ||
| *POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST | ||
| THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM 1945-1995 | ||
| *MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD | ||
| *FOOD AND CULTURE | ||
| *OCEANS, COASTS, AND PEOPLE | ||
| *QUESTS FOR MEANING: WORLD RELIGIONS | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO HINDU TRADITIONS | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC TRADITIONS | ||
| *CRITICS OF RELIGION | ||
| *GANDHI AND NONVIOLENCE | ||
| *PACIFISM, JUST WAR, AND TERRORISM | ||
| *PHILOSOPHIES OF CHINA | ||
| *YOGA AND TANTRIC TRADITIONS | ||
| *THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MODERN YOGA | ||
| *SPIRITUALITY AND ECOLOGY: GREEN YOGA | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| *WORLD VIEWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES | ||
| *EUROPEAN AND EU POLITICS | ||
| *RUSSIAN POLITICS | ||
| *LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| *POLITICS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS | ||
| *MIDDLE EAST POLITICS | ||
| *CHINESE POLITICS | ||
| *JAPANESE POLITICS | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBAL POLITICS | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | ||
| LEISURE AND CULTURE | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| *WOMEN IN WORLD CINEMA | ||
| *WOMEN WORLDWIDE | ||
| *POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT | ||
| *MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT | ||
| *MUSLIM WOMEN | ||
| *QUEER THEORIES | ||
| *TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES | ||
| *GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISMS | ||
| *FRANCOPHONE CULTURES IN FILM | ||
| *CHINESE CULTURE I | ||
| *CHINESE CULTURE II | ||
| *CHINESE CULTURE III | ||
| *JAPANESE CULTURE I | ||
| *JAPANESE CULTURE II | ||
| *JAPANESE CULTURE III | ||
| *FORESTS, WOOD, AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| *BIODIVERSITY: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSERVATION | ||
| Intercultural Experience | ||
| Select one of the following intercultural experiences. Credits do not count towards the 27 total credits required for the certificate: | 0 | |
Demonstrate proficiency in a second language at the 200 level or above 2 | ||
Participate in an approved international or intercultural experience 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- 1
Courses not included on the elective list may be approved by the Global Learning Certificate (GLC) Director or the World Languages and Culture (WLC) Advisor
- 2
There are multiple ways for students to demonstrate proficiency in another language at the 200 level: placement test, transfer credit from another institution, or completion of the second year of a language at OSU or another accredited institution. Credits for language courses do not count towards the total 27 credits required for the GLC
- 3
Examples of international or intercultural experiences can be found on the OSU GO website. The WLC Advisor or GLC Director can approve international or intercultural experiences not offered through OSU GO
Certificate Code: C800