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Global Culture

Global Culture - complete 3 credits

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of individual and cultural differences outside the United States.
  • Explore issues that cross geographic, political, economic and/or socio-cultural boundaries outside the United States.
  • Engage in informed judgments about global issues and problems as a socially responsible citizen.
    Global Culture3
    Varieties of World Culture
    Family, Kin, and Community
    Myth, Ritual, Symbol and Religion
    World Art
    International Marketing
    World Literatures I
    World Literatures II
    World Literatures
    Intermediate French Language II
    Intermediate French Conversation and Composition
    Advanced French Conversation and Composition
    Representative French Authors
    World Regions and Concepts: A Geographic Analysis
    Intermediate German Language II
    Intermediate German Conversation and Composition
    Advanced German Conversation and Composition
    Representative German Authors
    Human Disease and Society
    Science and Religion: Spirit of Inquiry
    Cross Cultural Human Development
    World Civilizations I
    World Civilizations II
    Non-Western Religions
    German Culture
    German Cinema
    Globalization and Cultural Conflict
    Perspectives on Human Values: The Contemporary World
    Perspectives on Human Values in Other Cultures
    World Music
    Special Topics in Nursing
    Topic: Global Health Ethics and Human Rights
    Topic: Global Aspects of Healthcare
    Topic: Nursing Diagnosis Across the Globe
    World Food and Population Issues
    Introduction to Asian Philosophy
    Happiness and the Good Life
    Global Politics and Society
    Comparative Politics
    Politics of Developing Areas
    Psychology and Culture
    Environment and Society
    Intermediate Spanish Language II
    Composition and Conversation I
    Composition and Conversation II
    Introduction to Cultural Studies in Spanish
    Representative Spanish and Latin American Authors
    City Life and Globalization
    Cities in Cinema
    XXX 299 Travel Course
    XXX 499 Travel Course

    One of the following will also fulfill the Global Culture Requirement:

  • Completion of a second year (fourth semester) of a foreign language at the college level or any upper-level foreign language course. Courses with variable content (course numbers 498, 497, and 478) may be approved for the Global Culture Requirement by use of a special petition.

  • Completion of any approved UW-Green Bay trip outside the United States (XXX-499), or study abroad programs, or student exchange programs outside the United States. Students should contact the Office of International Education for information on opportunities in international education.

  • Substantial living experience outside the United States. The Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or a designate may grant a waiver of the Global Culture Requirement to students based on documented prior experience living in a foreign country.

  • Students who are not residents of the United States will satisfy the requirement by residence and course work at UW-Green Bay.