Spring 2008 schedule

• Students study in New York City for one semester; a typical schedule looks like:
• Senior Capstone Project (2)
• Senior Career Seminar (2)
• Senior Thesis Seminar (3)
• Cross-Cultural Understanding in a
• Globalizing World (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)

Senior Capstone Project
(2 credits)
The Capstone Project enables students to gain firsthand experience in applying the learning of the previous years in a domestic setting for the benefit of a wider community. Students engage in a semester-long internship or service-learning project in the metropolitan New York area. The internship or project may be linked to issues being pursued in a student's Senior Thesis, and may also reflect a career interest. For example, a student interested in cross-cultural education, and considering teaching as a career, might intern with a New York City school or educational support program in a culturally diverse school district. Students produce a short portfolio that documents the application of previous learning, experience and knowledge to the new setting, and evaluates the results. In support of the internship or project, students participate in a seminar on the idea and experience of work in a time of economic and social globalization.
Contact Hours: 30.             Faculty: Kathleen Modrowski.

Senior Career Seminar
(2 credits)
During the in-class seminar students discuss what determines the quality of a life dominated by work and their expectations upon entering the working world. Readings, guest speakers and field visits aim at broadening their theoretical knowledge work and productivity. Specifically designed workshops assist students to evaluate their own skills, explore their goals, and put intentions into action. They look at various career paths and internship possibilities; gain a realistic view of the skills they need, hone skills in résumé writing, interviewing, networking, identifying resources, and more.
Contact Hours: 30            Faculty:  Kathleen Modrowski

Senior Thesis Seminar
(3 credits)
The Senior Thesis presents its author's considered reflection on an issue of his or her choosing. The issue may be linked to work carried out in the Independent Study Semester, the capstone seminar “Cross- Cultural Understanding in a Globalizing World,” or the Capstone Project (see below). The senior thesis is each student's individual work, however, all students take part in a thesis- writing workshop. Here, students help one another to raise their understanding of their subject to a new level, and to articulate it with greater clarity. The thesis should emphasize attainment of a more comprehensive and more critical grasp of the student’s chosen subject, especially by demonstrating cross-cultural perspectives on, and/or interdisciplinary ways of working with, the relevant information and issues.
Contact Hours: 45             Faculty: Andrew Irvine

Cross-Cultural Understanding in a Globalizing World
(3 credits)
The goal of this course is to engage each student afresh in examining the mission of Global College and its context. Particular attention is given to the intellectual history of cosmopolitanism (“world citizenship”) in the West, and contemporary debates. Issues considered in the course may include: cultural relativism/cultural universalism; interpreting the cross-cultural experience; creative knowing; ethical implications of learning and living in a community. The course follows a seminar format. Students are expected to read diligently, reflect honestly, and enter the discussion thoughtfully, drawing on their own cross-cultural experience. A research essay is due at the end of the course, on a topic defined in consultation with the instructor.
Contact Hours: 45             Faculty: Andrew Irvine

New York “City as Text”
(3 credits)
This is an optional field–based course in which students examine the art, culture, history and critical issues of urban America through readings, lectures, field visits and service learning. Through service learning students have the opportunity to focus on their area of interest.  This course is a collaborative venture with students helping to design the places of study and the activities.
Contact Hours: 45            Faculty: Kathleen Modrowski