Yavapai College General Education Global/International Awareness Courses

Global/International Awareness Values

Global/International Awareness Area Values courses at Yavapai College reflect the values and guidelines for general education and, in addition, commit students and faculty to recognize and acknowledge the importance of:

1. geographic literacy (including knowledge of locations and spatial relationships and processes);
2. a global perspective with an emphasis on the interdependence of the world’s people;
3. multicultural awareness, international understanding and world peace;
4. the local, global/international and/or environmental aspects of personal, professional and social decisions/behaviors

Global/International Awareness Courses outcomes

Upon successful completion of study in global/international awareness courses the learner will be able to:

1. identify and analyze significant issues of global/international interdependence and universal human concern;
2. evaluate discipline-specific global/international issues (e.g., cultural, social, historical, geographical, economic and environmental issues) to provide a basis for an informed citizenry;
3. explain a personal connection to the global/international community in contemporary society;
4. identify and explain the geographic components, relationships and processes involved in global social, environmental and/or cultural systems.

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