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Global Learning Scholar Program

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The Global Learning Scholar Program (GLSP) encourages students to choose academic coursework with global learning content for their programs of study. Based on similar programs around the United States and specifically at Florida International University (FIU) and State University of New York at Albany, UCA’s GLSP is designed to increase:

  • Global Awareness – “Knowledge of the interrelatedness of local, global, international, and international issues, trends, and systems” (FIU)
  • Global Perspective – “Ability to construct a multi-perspective analysis of  local, global, international, and intercultural problems” (FIU)
  • Global Engagement –“Willingness to engage in local, global, international, and intercultural problem solving” (FIU)
    • Primarily through academic coursework and high-impact credit-bearing, education abroad experiences, National Student Exchange study away, or local service-learning activities. 

Because GLSP is credit-based, students can graduate with the Global Learning Scholar or Distinguished Global Learning Scholar designation on their primary academic transcript.

Find Global Learning Courses at UCA

Glossary of Acronyms
SLLSchool of Language and Literature
ACTFLAmerican Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
OPIOral Proficiency Interview
OPIcOnline versions of the Oral Proficiency Interview completed on a computer
SOPISimulated OPI (can be conducted by UCA faculty in languages taught in SLL)

Program Completion Award

Global Learning Scholar Program graduates will receive recognition on their transcript, and the Center for Global Learning and Engagement will provide them with a special Global Learning sash to be worn at graduation.

Interested in participating in the UCA Global Learning Scholar Program?

Complete this form.

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