Global Studies: Academic Subject Certificate

Description

The Academic Subject Certificate in Global Studies is designed to promote cultural sensitivities and international engagement by students at Leeward Community College. It builds upon the strengths of our Hawaiian and multiethnic communities in the Pacific. This program correlates with the system-wide efforts to position the University of Hawai‘I as a preeminent center of international learning. The purpose of this certificate is to prepare students to meet the challenges of an interconnected and interdependent world as globally conscious and internationally engaged citizens.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate the growing interconnectedness of people and places through expanding economic, political and cultural activities.
• Analyze the factors that promote and shape the international exchange of goods and services.
• Critique the unique historical trajectories of different world regions and the complex political and cultural contexts of contemporary global issues.
• Recognize the diversity of the arts and their role in advancing universal understanding.
• Demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and appreciation using second language skills.

Contact Information

Program Coordinator: Abdul-Karim Khan, PhD
Location: FA 213
Phone: (808) 455-0358
Email: khana@hawaii.edu

Notes

To fulfill the elective requirement (3-4 credits), students may take any of the core courses not previously selected as one of the core requirements, or choose from the listed electives.