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All FIU undergraduates must take at least 2 global learning courses prior to graduation: 1 global learning foundations course in the University Core Curriculum (UCC) 1 discipline-specific global learning course as part of the major Global learning foundations courses are part of the UCC.
Global learning foundations courses are part of the UCC. Interdisciplinary in content, they deal with essential questions and complex issues that are best understood and addressed through multiple disciplinary perspectives.
1 global learning foundations course in the University Core Curriculum (UCC) 1 discipline-specific global learning course as part of the major Global learning foundations courses are part of the UCC.
If you are currently in one of FIU’s Exploratory Studies majors, go to the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center for advising. You can also find information on how to contact your advisor at FIU Onestop. Students in the two categories below are eligible for waivers from the global learning requirement:
The Global Learning Medallion is an interactive, participatory program consisting of an extensive series of courses and activities designed to enhance your global awareness, global perspective, and attitude of global engagement.
D- or betterStudents can retake courses and receive federal aid if they had previously failed a course, but can only receive financial aid one more time for a course that has been previously passed. A passing grade is defined as D- or better.
A global studies program is an interdisciplinary area of study that examines the broader culture and interconnected nature of the global world. It includes international relations, global health, the social sciences, and other fields.
FIU Global leads the institution's campus internationalization efforts. Most recently, FIU Global has spearheaded the efforts of FIU's first ever global strategy. At the core of our international education success is our Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative, an award-winning, national model.
Students can retake courses and receive federal aid if they had previously failed a course, but can only receive financial aid one more time for a course that has been previously passed. A passing grade is defined as D- or better.
If a C or better is required to fulfill the prerequisite, only a P grade that is replacing a C grade or higher will fulfill the requirement. If the original grade received was a D, the P grade will not fulfill the requirement.
degree is highly reputable and graduates will get jobs. Because of its interdisciplinary nature and the world shrinking in so many ways, global studies provides useful preparation that can be applied to a range of jobs, he said.
A global studies major is a broad, interdisciplinary social science major. Your classes will cover subjects areas like economics, statistics, political science, history and geography, focusing in on specific cultures and issues within each of these broader categories.
While IR is concentrated upon understanding inter-state and inter-governmental functioning, Global Studies incorporates several disciplines that critique a nation-state centric approach to the world. "International Relations build on a basic assumption of the pre-eminence of the nation-state.
Global First Year program helps international students adapt to American college life. Campus & Community. By Clara-Meretan Kiah. August 5, 2016 at 12:00am. This map illustrates the 30 countries from which Global First Year's more than 150 international students originate.
Credits Required to Graduate: Bachelor's degree - Most Bachelor degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits for a BA or BS degree. Master's degree, specialist's degree or doctorate - The number of credits required is unique to each program for a Master degree, a Specialist degree, or a Doctoral degree.
57.9% (2020)Florida International University / Acceptance rate
This course provides an introduction to the great ideas in science and is targeted to the non-science major. The course explores the study of the scientific method, origin of the universe, origin of life, evolution, among other topics.
This course provides an introduction to gender issues, in their intersection with issues of race, class, and ethnicity in global perspective. The course’s focus is on the diverse experiences of gender across the globe.
This course is the first in a two-course sequence which introduces the principles of college-level writing and research. Students write for multiple rhetorical contexts, with emphasis on critical thinking and revision.
This course introduces both the tools of philosophical thinking and some of their applications to fundamental topics such as knowledge, value, meaning, and human society. The course meets the state composition requirement.
This course explores psychological principles underlying the basic processes of sensation, perception, cognition, learning, memory, life-span developmental, social behavior, personality, abnormal behavior, and psychotherapy.
This course provides an interdisciplinary survey of how human beings have perceived themselves and the world around them, through literature, philosophy, religion, music and the arts.
This studio course introduces the basic art elements such as line, value, and color to develop the students vocabulary and awareness of two dimensional potential in various media. Students study and explore a variety of 2-dimensional media including chalk, printmaking, collages, charcoal, pen and ink, along with many other types of materials.
Global learning, by some also defined as "internationalization at home," is "the process of diverse people collaboratively analyzing and addressing complex issues that transcend borders" —Landorf and Doscher, 2015
Firmly embedded into FIU's undergraduate curriculum, the Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative since 2010 has shepherded more than 140,000 students through global learning experiences that shaped their awareness, perspectives and passion for addressing global problems.
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