Plan of Study

YEAR	COURSE REQUIREMENTS	CREDITS	NOTES
Freshman Year - FALL	MLL/GCP 082 "Globalization & Cultures"	3	Note A
Freshman Year - FALL	GCP 0xx "GC Practicum" trip preparation	1
Freshman Year - INTERSESSION BREAK	10 day faculty led trip abroad	0	Note B
Freshman Year - SPRING	ENGL 0xx "Global Literature"	3	Note C
Sophomore & Junior Years	ECO 001 "Principles of Economics"	4
Sophomore & Junior Years	3 GCP Courses	9 to 12	Note D
Senior Year - FALL or SPRING	GCP 3xx Global Citizenship Capstone	3 to 4	Note E
Any time	Study Abroad	0	Note F
Each Semester	At least 2 co-curricular activities	0	Note G
	TOTAL CREDITS	VARIES	Note H

Lehigh's certificate program in global citizenship is an institutional effort representing Lehigh's three undergraduate colleges and dozens of faculty members.

 

 

NOTES

Note A - MLL/GCP 082 fulfills the ENGL 001 requirement. For students who have AP or other transfer credit for ENGL 001, MLL/GCP 082 counts as a separate course (no student loses credit).

 

Note B - Although required, the first-year 10-day intersession trip does not carry academic credit.

 

Note C - ENGL 0xx fulfills the ENGL 002 requirement, and is designed specifically for students in the GC program. The instructors are the English Department Teaching Fellows who went on the intersession trip and who will focus on country specific content. Students who have AP or other transfer credit for ENGL 002 can take ENGL 0xx without relinquishing their credit for ENGL 002.

 

Note D - Three additional GCP courses chosen among the courses (re)designed by the faculty who participate in the annual GC faculty seminar. These courses will satisfy the HSS requirements for RCEAS students or count as free electives; they easily fit within the available distribution requirements and free electives for CAS and CBE students.

 

Note E - A seminar/project course that integrates the students' GCP experiences.

 

Note F - The student may transfer credits back to Lehigh from the Study Abroad experience but credits are not required for the GC program. Acceptable Study Abroad experiences must be at least 5 weeks in length, take place in a non-English-speaking country, and include language instruction. Home-stay is encouraged. Students are encouraged to spend at least a semester abroad, but summer programs are acceptable.

 

Note G - The co-curricular activities, GC-sponsored or -approved events like speakers or trips, do not carry academic credit but are critical to the program's goals.

 

Note H - Only 1 credit is a GC-specific add-on course for all students in the program (GC Trip Practicum). The credits in all of the courses required for the GC curriculum total 23 to 27, but most of the credits are double-counted for other requirements. For example, all CBE and CEAS students are required to take ECO 001, and many CAS students choose it as a distribution course or a free elective. The GCP courses taken in years 2 and 3 are designed to fulfill distribution requirements, although they may be electives, and for some students, especially in CAS, they may fulfill major requirements.