Global Certificates Program

Jen Hamlow, M.A., director of study abroad and director of global certificate program

The Global Certificates Program is a certification program that allows students various pathways within their degree programs to demonstrate the University’s Global and Intercultural Learning Outcomes at the intermediate or advanced level.

In the Intermediate Program, students demonstrate the intermediate level of the Global and Intercultural Learning Outcomes. An Intermediate Global Scholar can work successfully with partners from other cultures locally and abroad and has a good understanding of how one’s own culture informs and influences one’s worldview, values, and beliefs. Intermediate Global Scholars achieve intermediate second-language proficiency and can use their second-language skills to accomplish everyday interactions.

In the Advanced Program, students demonstrate the highest level of the Global and Intercultural Learning Outcomes. An Advanced Global Scholar is prepared to work in the world on global issues with care and understanding for the complexity of human interactions and how they are expressed in cultures around the world. An Advanced Global Scholar can use a second language confidently as a means of bridging cultures and developing empathy and shared understanding in a variety of contexts.

For further information, contact the Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) representative Jen Hamlow at hamlow@up.edu.