GEP 2009

GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE:

Requirement: (1 course, 0 additional credit hours)

• Choose one course from the university approved GEP Global Knowledge course list.
• Courses on additional GEP course lists that satisfy the Global Knowledge co-requisite will have a "GK" co-requisite indicator next to the course.

Double-counting:

• A course taken to satisfy another GEP category may also be used to satisfy the Global Knowledge co-requisite if the course also exists on the university approved GEP co-requisite course list.

Rationale:

Global knowledge is necessary for students to understand the world and their place in it. The global knowledge requirement provides students the opportunity to explore the complex interrelationships among nations, to gain a deeper appreciation of other cultures and peoples, and to evaluate the impact of U.S. culture and policy on the rest of the world.

Objectives for courses in the category of Global Knowledge:

Each course in Global Knowledge will provide instruction and guidance that help students to achieve at least 2 of the following:

1. Compare systematically the ideas, values, images, cultural artifacts, economic structures, technological developments, or attitudes of people from different societies;
2. Identify the historical context of ideas and cultural practices and their dynamic relations to other historical contexts;
3. Explain how a culture changes in response to internal and external pressures.

GEP Global Knowledge Course List