Global Competency (Certificate)

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Program code
CTGCC
Discontinued
No
Program
CTGCC
Faculty
Language, Literature and Performing Arts
Department
Global Learning Global Citizenship
Credential type
Certificate
Transcript title
Global Competency Certificate
Date of first offering
Start term
202630
End term
Not Specified
Credential
Certificate in Global Competency
Length of program
One year
Credits
15.00
Admissions requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements listed below:

 

Curriculum framework

Graduation Requirements

  • Successful completion of 15.00 credits of coursework:
    • 12.00 credits of coursework deemed Global Competency Certificate (GCC) eligible (see table 1 below)
    • 3.00 credits chosen from the following: GLGC 1101 or NURS 3318
  • 50% (7.50 credits) of all coursework must be completed at Douglas College
  • In good academic standing
  • Completion of a GCC-eligible in-person international, in-person intercultural, or online global learning experience (see table 2 below)
  • Time limit to complete the program graduation requirements: 4 years. Any courses completed outside of that time limit will not be usable. Students may seek the permission of the Department/Program to complete a credential outside the approved time limit.

Table 1. GCC-Eligible Courses

Applied Community Studies

CFCS

2432, 3900

CSSW

1100, 1122

CYCC

2452

ECED

2361, 2365

INTR

1102, 2110, 2201

SOWK

2100, 2422, 3250, 4100, 4260

THRT

2306, 3601

Commerce and Business Administration

ACCT

3850, 3880, 4510, 4570

BLAW

3700

BUSN

3100, 3200, 3410, 3500, 4401

ECON

1103, 2460, 2490, 3101, 3300, 3360, 3400, 3408

FINC

3305

HOSP

3120

MARK

3300

Health Sciences

NURS

3315, 3411, 3415, 4515

PNUR

2171, 2285, 4501, 4572

Humanities and Social Sciences

ANTH

1100, 1101, 1130, 1160, 1170, 1800, 2020, 2210, 2220, 2230, 2240, 2250

CRIM

2261, 3335, 3355

GEOG

1100, 1130, 1140, 1180, 1190, 2212, 2213, 2230, 2311, 2333, 3327, 3382

HIST

1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1113, 1114, 1120, 1125, 1140, 1155, 1165, 1170, 2201, 2206, 2210, 2215, 2250, 2252, 2260, 2261, 2270, 3300, 3305, 3306, 3315, 3325, 3370, 4480

HUMS

1171, 1172, 1173, 1400, 2274

INST

1100

LGST

3330

PHIL

1121, 1135, 1170, 2123, 3125, 4706

POLI

1102, 1103, 2203, 2209, 2210

PSYC

3120, 3333, 3339, 3340, 3361

SOCI

1145, 1155, 2220, 2225, 2265, 2270

SOSC

3141

Languages, Literature and Performing Arts

CMNS

1104, 1217, 1220, 2200, 2317

ENGL

2310, 3160

GSWS

1100, 1101, 1102, 3101

LING

1102

MODL

1101, 1102, 1105, 1131, 1132, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1161, 1162, 1171, 1172, 1191, 1192, 1261, 1262, 1900, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2201, 2202, 2231, 2232, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2262, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2291, 2292, 2351, 2361, 3111, 3301, 3302, 3351, 3352, 3393, 3394, 4401, 4402

PEFA

1101, 1136, 3236

Science and Technology

BIOL

1100, 1110

EAES

1201

ENGR

1100

MATH

1234

SPSC

1105, 2205, 2281, 2292, 2381, 5398, 5499

Table 2. GCC-Eligible Experiences

In-person international experiences

All in-person international experiential learning programs endorsed by Global Engagement

In-person intercultural experiences

 

Government of Canada Explore Program

Government of Canada Odyssey Program

ELLA Experience Package

Global learning online (COIL) experiences 

Rwanda PEFA COIL

French Culture COIL
Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the Global Competency Certificate, students will be able to 

  • Critically examine global and intercultural issues by combining specific knowledge about global issues, localities, and critical reasoning to form their own opinions about global issues. 
  • Engage in open, appropriate, and effective intercultural interactions through understanding a variety of cultural norms, interactive styles, and degrees of formality in intercultural contexts, and by flexibly adapting their behavior and communication to suit.
  • Consider alternative perspectives by developing the ability to process, weigh, and synthesize a range of cultural, disciplinary, ethical, and emotional interests to inform decision-making regarding natural and human systems.
  • Take action for collective well-being by seeking to improve living conditions in their own communities and the communities of others, and work towards building more just, peaceful, and inclusive communities.
  • Take action for a sustainable environment by understanding the uneven impacts of human activity on the environment and actively attempt to improve the environment by following sustainability principles and practices.
  • Link local actions and global issues through understanding global interdependence, and effectively connect environment, cultural, political, or economic issues to their local context, including understanding that their local actions align with specific worldviews and positions on issues such as sustainable development.
  • Think critically through problematic situations regarding what to believe or how to act.