Global Learning Certificate
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
This certificate is available as a standalone program.
Students acquire knowledge of global systems, intercultural competence, and experience interacting in global and international contexts. The Global Learning Certificate (GLC) provides a valuable, transcript-visible credential for an increasingly globalized and interconnected world.
Certificate Code: C800
Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
- 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.
- Compare and evaluate their global and intercultural experiences, informed by critical frameworks that attend to race, gender, class, and other categories.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| COMM 226 | +INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| PS 205 | *INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 4 |
| WLC 301 | *INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES | 4 |
| or ANTH 250 | +LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 12 credits from the following courses: 1 | 12 | |
| +*INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *GLOBAL POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | ||
| *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| +*INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE | ||
| COMMUNICATING AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES | ||
| *AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| +*INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA | ||
| +*LATIN AMERICA CULTURES | ||
| +*PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF AFRICA | ||
| +*PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF CHINA | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-MIDDLE EAST | ||
| *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-PACIFIC | ||
| +*ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| +*BIOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO GLOBAL HEALTH INEQUITY | ||
| *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 | ||
| ^FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE WORLD | ||
| +*FUNGI IN SOCIETY | ||
| +*CHALLENGES IN WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY | ||
| *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: LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST | ||
| *STUDIES IN GLOBALISM, TEXT, AND EVENT | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S VOICES | ||
| +*POLLINATORS IN PERIL | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO LATINX/A/O-CHICANX/A/O STUDIES | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN ASSIMILATION AND ACTIVISM | ||
| *INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD SYSTEMS | ||
| *ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
| +*FOOD FROM THE SEA | ||
| +*WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING WORLD | ||
| GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY | ||
| *GLOBAL CHANGE AND EARTH SCIENCES | ||
| GLOBAL WARMING: SCIENCE, IMPACTS, AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| +SAVING PLANET EARTH: REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS | ||
| +WORLD GEOGRAPHY | ||
| +*THE HUMAN PLANET | ||
| +*THERE IS NO PLAN(ET) B: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE | ||
| +*CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF AFRICA | ||
| +*CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF LATIN AMERICA | ||
| +*HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| +*SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION | ||
| +*POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| +*GEOGRAPHIES OF RISK, VULNERABILITY, AND RESILIENCE | ||
| THE WORLD'S WATER | ||
| EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE SCIENCE | ||
| +SCIENCE OF HUMAN & PLANETARY HEALTH | ||
| +SILENCE EQUALS DEATH: HIV STIGMA TO GLOBAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT | ||
| *HIV/AIDS AND STIS IN MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| *CLIMATE AND HEALTH | ||
| *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 | ||
or OC 333 | *OCEANS, COASTS, AND PEOPLE | |
| +*RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO HINDU TRADITIONS | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC TRADITIONS | ||
| *CRITICS OF RELIGION | ||
PHL 315/REL 315 | ||
| *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: COLONIAL WARS AND INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN FRANCOPHONE FILMS | ||
| +*GERMAN DICTATORSHIPS: NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS | ||
| +*TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE | ||
| +*MODERN CHINESE CULTURE | ||
| +*JAPANESE CULTURE I | ||
| +*JAPANESE CULTURE II | ||
| +*JAPANESE CULTURE III | ||
| *FORESTS, WOOD, AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| Global Experience | ||
| Select a minimum of 4 credits of a high-impact experience in an international and intercultural context such as study abroad or an international internship 2 | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
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Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
- 1
Courses not included on the elective list may be approved by the Global Learning Certificate (GLC) director or the World Languages and Cultures (WLC) Advisor
- 2
Study abroad and internships must be approved prior to travel by the GLC director in the WLC program and completed through OSU GO (study abroad) or IE3 Global (international internships). For a list of study abroad and international internship opportunities, see the OSU GO website. In some cases, domestic intercultural internships may be used to complete the Global Experience requirement. Contact the GLC director for details on domestic intercultural internships
Certificate Code: C800