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Global and Intercultural Engagement
Issued by
University of Denver
Students who earn the Global and Intercultural Engagement micro-credential have taken steps to live and learn abroad in often entirely new environments, challenged by different systems, beliefs and worldviews. They have also taken a three-course sequence helping students to gain skills in understanding cultural difference, verbal and non-verbal communication and taking on global perspectives. Apply by selecting this badge within the study abroad application, or by contacting casey.dinger@du.edu.
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- Cost Free
Earning Criteria
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Students must undertake and complete study abroad through the Office of International Education. This experience is a term-length (usually 11 weeks or longer) program where students enroll in academic coursework at another institution or experiential research/fieldwork led by non-DU academics outside of the United States. Students receive academic credit which is transferred back to DU, gain exposure to different cultures and ways of life, and take part in co-curricular activities/programming.
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Register for and pass INTZ 2501 (Exploring global citizenship, taken prior to study abroad).
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Register for and pass INTZ 2502 (Global Citizenship in Practice, taken during study abroad).
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Register for and pass INTZ 2503 (Learning to Return, taken after study abroad).
Standards
This micro-credential targets outcomes that are aligned to the "milestone" level of skills, attitudes, and knowledge outcomes outlined in this AAC&U rubric developed through Delphi studies in 2014. This rubric is the standard across much of the international education sector in the US for assessing and demonstrating intercultural abilities.