Global Learning Communities

The Global Learning Community is a two-year undergraduate certificate program that prepares students to serve as internationally-minded, skilled, and experienced leaders in all walks of life (commercial, developmental, governmental and nongovernmental, educational, political, etc.).  The GLC certificate is not a degree-granting academic discipline but a means to enhance the curricula of other disciplines.  Any freshman or sophomore interested in learning more about the GLC program and increasing their awareness of global issues may want to enroll in GLC 100, which is offered each quarter.

The program is grounded in the liberal arts tradition of preparing students who can think critically and creatively, who can communicate clearly and logically (both orally and in writing), who are flexible and non-dogmatic, who have a high tolerance for ambiguity, who demonstrate poise and professionalism to a superior degree, who act ethically ­and who understand the world’s challenging commercial, economic, political, religious, and cultural issues.

The Global Learning Community develops a global perspective and leadership skills in its students by having them work, in teams (comprised of both Ohio University and foreign-based international students), on real-world projects and problems, usually with real-world clients (both in the USA and abroad), by using a problem- and project- based pedagogy and sophisticated information technologies ­ all set in a community-based education experience.
 
For further information, refer to http://www.ohio.edu/glc/.