The Global Educator Certificate prepares future educator professionals in K-12 schools or other educational settings to integrate global content and approaches into their professional practice.
Requirements
Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum 2.75 cumulative undergraduate grade point average and must declare their intent to pursue the certificate before completion of six credits in the Global Educator Certificate sequence.
A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required in certificate courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Education Course | ||
| ED POL 375 | Cultural Foundations of Education | 3 |
| Core Electives | 6 | |
| Global Foundations - choose one: | ||
| Introduction to Global Studies I: People and Politics | ||
| Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Global Studies III: Globalization and Technology | ||
| Global Historical/Theoretical Perspectives in Education - choose one: | ||
| Comparative Special Education | ||
| Peace Education | ||
| Nonviolence in Education | ||
| Teaching Economics in the Social Studies Curriculum | ||
| Teaching of Social Studies: | ||
| World Language Methods and Materials | ||
| Critical Issues and Methods in World Language Education | ||
| Global Learning Component - choose one: | 3 | |
Any study abroad course (at least 3 credits) | ||
Fieldwork (major advisor approval needed) | ||
| Fieldwork in Multicultural Education | ||
| Fieldwork in International Education | ||
| Field Experience with Dual Language Learners | ||
| Other Electives | 3 | |
| Introduction to Children's and Young Adult Literature | ||
| Field Experience with Dual Language Learners | ||
| Study Abroad: | ||
| Models and Issues for Early Childhood Education | ||
| Study Abroad | ||
| Language Acquisition for Children of Diverse Backgrounds | ||
| Assessment Issues in Language Education | ||
| Language and Urban Schooling | ||
| Principles and Methods of Teaching ESL | ||
| History and Politics of Second Language Education | ||
| Developing Biliteracy | ||
| Language, Content, and Comprehensible Input | ||
| Using Children's Literature to Explore Latin Am/Latino Cultural Heritage | ||
| Literature for the Young Child | ||
| Applied Educational Linguistics | ||
| Group Process and Civic Engagement: | ||
| Contexts for Global Management | ||
| Language, Media, and Social Practice in Global Communications | ||
| Environment and Sustainability | ||
| System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction | ||
| Rethinking Global Security | ||
| Cities in the Global Economy | ||
| The Global Politics of Human Rghts | ||
| Access, Security, and Intercultural Contexts in Global Communications | ||
| The Politics and Policy of Sustainability | ||
| Strategies for Realizing Security in Global Contexts | ||
| Cross-Cultural Management | ||
| Advanced Independent Study | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |