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Spring 2025 Lecture
The influence of culture is of particular import with issues facing the world today and Higher Education institutions (HEIs) are not immune to this reality. HEIs often serve as an institutional base for communities and have a vested interest in meaningful engagement with the communities that surround their campuses. This course is designed to enable learners to confidently communicate, build relationships, and work effectively in culturally diverse communities. Through exploration of a variety of intercultural theories, students will become aware of and be able to navigate the cultural influences in local, state, regional, national, and international higher education communities. As part of the course, students will engage in their communities through experiential, real-world, case study, and project management methods. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Deepen their thinking and practice of community engagement and the positionality of the institution within its community.
2Demonstrate that as a complex organization, Higher education functions as both a personal and a societal (public and private) benefit.
3Demonstrate consistent critical attention and critical thinking to their own and others positionality including cultural identities, social and organizational power and privilege, and intercultural competence.
4Formulate skills to better recognize, prevent, and resolve cross-cultural conflicts.
5Construct effective cross-cultural relationships and work in an intercultural group setting.
6Evaluate and summarize intercultural theories as applied to their individual/institutional contexts.
7Describe a context for examining the organization of knowledge and institutions of higher education in relation to community-based problem solving.
8Examine complex social and organizational issues from different perspectives--specifically the ability to conduct research and analysis using a variety of community engagement and cultural frameworks.
9Formulate and articulate rational arguments through discussions, peer review, and reflective and research writing.
10Apply theory to practice in a final community engagement research project.
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