Global & Intercultural
Learning Outcomes
What is a Sojourner Scholar?
The Sojourner Scholar Program is a certification program that allows students various pathways within their degree programs to demonstrate the highest level of the University’s Global and Intercultural Learning Outcomes (listed below). A Sojourner Scholar is prepared to work in the world on global issues with care and understanding for the complexity of human interactions and how they are expressed in cultures around the world. A Sojourner Scholar can use a second language confidently as a means of bridging cultures and developing empathy and shared understanding in a variety of contexts.
knowledge
I can articulate complex insights into components of my culture that inform/influence my worldview, values, and beliefs.
I can interpret intercultural experiences from more than one worldview and can recognize and support the feelings of another cultural group.
skills
I can demonstrate sophisticated understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.
attitude
I can initiate interactions with people from other cultures abroad and successfully negotiate shared understanding based on our differences.
second language proficiency
I can sustain everyday and content specific, e.g. academic or professional, interactions with people from a different culture in a second language.