In the world of increasing globalization in business, economics, politics, international relations, education, media, etc., it is imperative for our graduates to be equipped with linguistic and cultural knowledge to function as a global citizen who can distinguish themselves by demonstrating intercultural communication competence across languages and culture. In order to reach that goal, this course provides students with opportunities to critically examine and analyze challenges that cultural collisions may produce through discussion, debate, team-based brainstorming, etc. The concept of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, or defined as goals that balances the need for growth against the need to protect the quality of life in natural, social and cultural environments, serves as a critical lens in fostering students’ cultural sensitivity, which is the core of global citizenship: “Am I sensitive enough to recognize intercultural communication issues? Does my solution to the problem have enough room for development and yet is sustainable?” Concurrent with class activities, students will also individually engage in his/her/their own research/project to complete and present to the class at the end of the course. This course is designed to reintegrate students who have fulfilled the minimum IP (international Plan) requirement of a 26-week overseas experience with those practicing the discipline at Georgia Tech. This course is required for IP students as well as ALIS/GEML/IAML majors.
Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. All work submitted must be original and properly cited. Plagiarism, cheating, or any form of academic dishonesty will result in immediate consequences as outlined in the university's academic integrity policy.
Core IMPACTS refers to the core curriculum, which provides students with essential knowledge in foundational academic areas. This course will help students master course content, and support students’ broad academic and career goals. This course should direct students toward a broad orienting question: How do I interpret the human experience through creative, linguistic, and philosophical works? Completion of this course should enable students to meet the following Learning Outcome: Students will effectively analyze and interpret the meaning, cultural significance, and ethical implications of literary/ philosophical texts or of works in the visual/performing arts. Course content, activities and exercises in this course should help students develop the following Career-Ready Competencies such as 1)Ethical Reasoning, 2) Information Literacy, 3) Intercultural Competence.