All About Global Culture Substitution
Dear Student:
The following questionnaire is designed to assess the degree to which
your experience abroad fulfills the spirit of the Global Culture
Requirement as described in the UW-Green Bay catalog under
General Education Requirements. The requirement specifies that
students shall demonstrate an understanding of individual and
culture differences outside the United States, explore issues that cross
geographic, political, economic and/or socio-cultural boundaries
outside the United States, and/or engage in informed judgments about
global issues and problems as a socially responsible citizen.
There are a number of course offerings that fulfill this requirement. In
addition, the completion of a second year of a foreign language may
also be used to fulfill the Global Culture requirement. Students who
are not residents of the United States satisfy the requirement by
residence and course work at UW-Green Bay. If you wish to use an
alternative experience to satisfy this requirement (with no credits
granted), it is important that you document how your experience
abroad satisfies the Global Culture requirement.
Please respond in writing to the questions below. Petitions referring
to an experience abroad less than three weeks will be denied. In
addition, it is important that you demonstrate that your experience in
another country met the learning outcome for the Global Culture
requirement.
1. Describe your experience abroad in terms of the country(ies) where
you lived or traveled, the duration, in what capacity, and what you
did.
2. Discuss what you learned about the language, customs, and values
of this country.
3. Provide a list of the books, articles, or other material that you used
to familiarize yourself with the culture of this country.
4. Describe at least three contemporary issues (for example, social,
political, cultural, economic) that were central to this culture during
the time you had lived in this country.
5. How are these issues unique to the particular culture you had
experienced? In what ways are these issues similar to those in the
United States or those that are global in nature?
Provide documentation of your experience abroad. Such
documentation may include copies of your passport, airline tickets,
travel passes, receipts from museums, etc.