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Global Scholars

The Global Scholars Pathway is designed for students who are interested in the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary global issues. Its aim is to help students to analyze culture from multiple viewpoints, acquire the communication skills needed to work effectively in an international and multicultural context, and develop as leaders in a global society. The Global Scholars Pathway is intended for students going into foreign service, education, and/or professional schools.

REQUIREMENTS
All students participating in this Pathway are expected to complete the standard university requirement of completing the study of a foreign language though the intermediate two level.

Global Scholars are expected to spend at least one semester abroad. To support students in studying abroad, the Cornerstone Program provides:

  • Study abroad information sessions 
  • Waived application fee for Rome Program, Rome Summer Institute, British Parliamentary Internship (Spring or Summer), International Honors Seminar, Irish Summer Institute

Global Scholars can complete their Pathway by completing 3 courses from the following list -or- by taking 3 humanities courses while abroad. Individual humanities courses taken on summer study abroad programs may also count towards completion of this Pathway.

  • TRS 290: World Religions*
  • HIST 140: Travel and Tourism in Latin America*
  • HIST 231A: Soccer: A World History*
  • HIST 308B: Modern Islam*
  • HIST 348: America and the World
  • ENG 232: The History of English Literature II*
  • ENG 461 -or- 462: Plays of Shakespeare*
  • FREN 220:Pirates of the Caribbean in Atlantic Literature*
  • FREN 242: From Earth to the Moon: Rockets, Space Travel and Imagination in French and Francophone Literature and Film*
  • GER 230: Grimms' Fairy Tales*
  • GER 255: Mysteries, Murders, and Thrillers: German Crime Fiction in the Modern Context
  • GS 101: Introduction to Global Studies
  • ITAL 220: The Splendor of Rome in Literature & Film*
  • ITAL 226: Fascism, Racism, and War in Italian Literature*
  • SPAN 224: Cervantes's Don Quixote in Translation: A Conversation with the Don*
  • SPAN 240: Reading Madrid: from Royal Court to Global City*
  • SAS 210: Cornerstone Symposium can also be taken three times to fulfill one of the course requirements

* Indicates courses that fulfill a Liberal Arts Curriculum “foundations” or “explorations” requirement