The Global Perspectives (GC2Y) course requirement at GC is a curricular effort to integrate global learning and global citizenship education as a cohesive, sustained, and mandatory component of every undergraduate student's experience. GC2Y ideally provides intensive engagement with global perspectives, multiple intellectual approaches to a particular topic or theme, learning beyond the classroom opportunities, and writing skills improvement. These outcomes are identified as high-impact practices by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

How do faculty understand and perceive GC2Y as a mechanism to achieve global learning? How do students define global learning and what are their attitudes towards global learning and GC2Y courses? A mixed methods study used 354 undergraduate student surveys, six student focus groups, and 21 faculty interviews to assess student and faculty perceptions of global learning, GC2Y as a core requirement, and the opportunities and challenges that the curricular requirement poses for teaching and learning.

Presenters: Dr. Scott Butler and Dr. Amanda Reinke
Event Location: Ina Dillard Russell Library, Room 376