Global Learning Certificate

The Global Learning Certificate (GLC) provides Jacksonville University students with the opportunity to globalize any major through the successful completion of the GLC. Developed in support of Jacksonville University’s commitment to innovative experiential student-centered learning, the Global Learning Certificate program provides students with the opportunity to increase global insight and understanding beyond the required core curriculum. The certificate includes one (3-credit) global experiential learning class, one (3-credit) global learning class selected from the approved list (below), and one (3-credit) foreign language class beyond the student’s required core Global Studies class.

Certificate Credit Hour Requirements

Nine (9) credit hours are required.

                                                                                                                        Credits

Completion of one Global Experiential Learning Class                                        3

from the following options:

Faculty Led Study Abroad Course,

Freshman Experience Abroad,

Summer or Semester Abroad,

International Internship.

Completion of one Global Learning Class                                                            3

            One global learning class selected from                               

            the list below. The class may be applied

            to the student’s major or minor. The

class may not count towards the core curriculum.

Completion of one Foreign Language Class beyond the                                      3

            student’s required core Global Studies class

(BA students take one class beyond 202,

Non BA students take one class beyond 102).

                                                                                                      Total Credits:  9

Other requirements:

  • Minimum GPA of 2.5 in all classes used for the certificate
  • Students who are eligible for the Global Learning Certificate must apply for it no later than their final semester before graduation.
  • Non JU students are not permitted to complete the certificate.

Global Learning Courses

ARH 282Western Art to 1850

3

ARH 325Art Beyond the West

3

ARH 376S/T Ancnt Greece-Ital Renaiss

3

ARH 382Modern to Post-Modern Art

3

COMM 401Communicating Diverse Publics

3

ENGL 204British Literary Experience I

3

ENGL 326Renaissance Literature

3

ENGL 332Modern British Literature

3

GEOG 200World Geography

3

GEOG 301

3

GEOG 311

3

HIST 356Brazil

3

IS 356Brazil

3

HIST 357Cuba

3

IS 357Cuba

3

HUM 311Ancient Culture

3

HUM 322Medieval & Renaissance Culture

3

HUM 333The Age of Revolution

3

HUM 344Modern Culture

3

HUM 350Cultu Dvrsty Arabia Midl East

3

HUM 370Non-Western Humanities

3

HUM 389Cultr & Soc: Race/Class/Gndr

3

INB 303Competing in the Global Envir

3

INB 307Cooperative Economic Develop

3

ECON 307Comparative Economic Develop

3

INB 341International Marketing

3

MKG 341International Marketing

3

INB 410Economics of Globalization

3

ECON 410Economics of Globalization

3

IS 305S/T Humanitarian Dvlp Africa

3

IS 306Mexico & Central America

3

MUS 331WRWestern Art Music Since 1900

3

MUS 335SIHistory of Opera

3

PHIL 301

3

PHIL 303

3

PHIL 305

3

RELG 305

3

PHIL 310East Asian Phil and Religion

3

RELG 310East Asian Philosophy & Relg

3

POL 208International Politics

3

POL 301International Organizations

3

POL 302Comparative Political Systems

3

RELG 101

3