Global Awareness

Required: Complete one of the following four options (0-6 credit hours). (ISO 3, 4)

Complete one year (or the equivalent) of a modern foreign language** (4-6 credit hours)
Complete an Ozarks Abroad course (3 credit hours)
Complete a study or internship abroad of at least five weeks (0-3 credit hours)
Complete a course in global awareness from the list below (3 credit hours)

Criteria for courses in this area:

The common aim for the requirement in global awareness is for students to broaden their range of cultural experience and to make them aware of both cultural differences and of cultural connections
Criterion for courses under option 1: Course(s) must have an identifiable cultural component (social, economic, political, geographic, environmental, and/or artistic)
Criterion for courses under option 2: This course must have a significant international cultural component (social, economic, political, geographic, environmental, and/or artistic)
Criterion for option 3: A proposal for study or internship abroad, which addresses cultural considerations (see above), must be approved by the General Education Oversight Committee
Criteria for courses under option 4: (a) The course must address one or more foreign cultures, and (b) it must contain significant emphases in at least two of the following areas: history of the arts; social, economic, and political history; geographical and environmental history

Courses that fulfill the Global Awareness requirement (option 4 above):