Global Professional Experience

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This 1-credit course is required for all students who are selected to participate in the Global Professional Experience program. The course is designed to provide students with pedagogical framework, knowledge, and tools to maximize their experiential learning within an immersive professional experience within businesses, community-based organizations, foundations, and government offices. More specifically, the course includes three key components: an introduction to the country's culture, history, and society to enhance students' international perspectives and understanding; an intensive on-the-ground, hands-on local orientation to enhance capacity for interactive learning and engagement; a curricular component designed to enhance professional acumen and career discernment through evaluation and assessment of skills critical to the future global workplace. The teaching of the course will be led by Maggie Remstad Hook, Associate Director, Study Abroad. Selected faculty and staff from the Keough School and Notre Dame Global, will contribute regional-specific and local expertise.