Global Culture

Expand cultural understanding and global awareness

Participating in 21st century society means acquiring knowledge and understanding of the world beyond our immediate experience and culture, showing consideration and enhanced understanding for humans and cultures, and reexamining our own lives in a global context. Students will learn to analyze regional and international issues and perspectives, enabling them to engage with the languages, cultures, customs, beliefs, and/or behaviors from the world's various communities.

Required Credit Hours: 3

Courses that satisfy the goal:

Additional options for achieving the goal: 

KU Core 34 Learning Outcome:

Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to identify and examine cultural perspectives outside of the United States, recognize and develop an awareness of their identity within the global community, and interact respectfully with a variety of cultures. 

Institutional Learning Goal (Social Awareness & Cultural Understanding):

Develop a critical and reflective awareness of social, global, and cultural differences (including ability, language, class, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, ethnicity, indigeneity, and/or race)