Global Citizenship & Cultural Intelligence

Course Code: GC01

Program: Global Citizenship Program

Course Overview: Global citizenship helps students understand their place in an interconnected world and the rights, responsibilities, identities, cultures, and shared challenges that shape society. Cultural intelligence supports respectful communication, collaboration, inclusion, and responsible participation across diverse environments.

This course develops global awareness, cultural identity and belonging, cross-cultural communication, diversity and inclusion, bias awareness, global teamwork, digital citizenship, conflict resolution, social justice, migration and humanitarian responsibility, peacebuilding, ethical leadership, community engagement, and global action planning.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain global citizenship, interconnectedness, rights, responsibilities, identity, and belonging
• Apply cultural intelligence and respectful cross-cultural communication
• Collaborate effectively in diverse, digital, and globally connected environments
• Analyze global inequality, migration, humanitarian challenges, peacebuilding, and cooperation
• Demonstrate ethical global leadership through responsible participation and community action

Target Audience: University students preparing to learn, collaborate, lead, and participate responsibly across culturally diverse and globally connected environments.

Learning Experience: Students engage through video overviews, audio deep dives, study guides, practical examples, reflection prompts, workbook activities, applied tasks, knowledge checks, and end-of-module quizzes. Activities support cultural self-awareness, cross-cultural communication, bias awareness, inclusive global teamwork, digital citizenship, ethical leadership, peacebuilding, and community action.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Understand global interdependence. Develop cultural intelligence. Participate responsibly.