Discuss global and cultural issues in order to understand other people’s realities and contexts.

EXT 300 (SEM 850 Wi19): Education Abroad: Global Perspectives

Course Objectives By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Discuss global and cultural issues in order to understand other people’s realities and contexts.

Appreciate the constructive intentions and outcomes of intercultural living, especially that which is informed by mutual respect and historical/cultural understanding.

Learn from others and value the diverse ways different communities design and manage their lives.

Appreciate the relative equity (there are, of course, exceptions) of ideas, knowledge systems and ways of living.

Facilitate new forms of global cultural openness that should help leaders to potentially evolve into thoughtful and inclusively oriented and competent individuals who serve the public good in all learning and working contexts.