Global Awareness
The Global Awareness microcredential recognizes learners who have demonstrated the ability to engage critically with the systems, structures, and relationships that shape global interdependence. Earners complete a scaffolded academic experience in GLBL 100: Introduction to Global Studies, where they apply global-local analytical frameworks to investigate how economic, political, cultural, and environmental forces operate across borders and influence local realities.
Through a series of case-based writing assignments, students explore topics such as the transatlantic slave trade, global commodity chains, urban development, disaster response, and health inequality. They analyze the broader global processes at play and examine how these dynamics intersect with specific communities and personal experiences.
This microcredential highlights an earner's ability to think analytically across scales, reflect on their own position in the world, and communicate their insights through structured, research-based writing. It offers a meaningful way to share globally relevant competencies with future employers, graduate programs, and community partners.
Earning Criteria
2. Achieve at least 80% on each assignment
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