Global Experiences

Transformation over Transaction

PLC believes that students must leave their immediate and comfortable surroundings to grow as a leader. Students should/must travel abroad to see and experience the human and global condition that is unlike their own. In these international contexts, students often have transformational experiences that spur personal, professional and leadership growth. Such profound growth is not available on our campus or in our classrooms where the learning and leading is a transaction between instructor and student. Therefore, we encourage and support all PLC students who want to pursue global experiences during their undergraduate careers. Below is a small list of global experiences that we offer and/or support as endeavors that will deliver the transformative, rather than transactional, learning.

Global Inquiry - PRLC 3800

PRLC 3800 - Global Inquiry in the 21st Century is PLC's hallmark global offering customized to PLC students and curriculum. This course (4-credit) satisfies the PRLC 3810 requirement for program completion. Course enrollment requires at least 15 students and is capped at 20.

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CU in D.C. offers a Science Policy course each Maymester to students from science-related majors (or to students who are interested in science policy) and/or PLC students. The Science Policy course is highly participatory and involves classroom time, combined with numerous outings and visits throughout the D.C. area.  During the Maymester period, the group ventures out with their professor, Dr. Joseph Pesce (PLC Alum 1988), to interface with science policy-makers on Capitol Hill and at a variety of science institutions, such as NASA, the Department of Energy, and the National Institutes of Health. This course is a substitute for PRLC 3810/3800 and will be counted toward completion of PLC and the Leadership Studies Minor.  Students must apply to this course through the CU in DC program on campus.

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COEN 4000 is an extension, 1-credit course, to COEN 3050 or PRLC 2820. You must have previously taken PRLC 2820 or COEN 3050 or be concurrently enrolled to enroll in COEN 4000. COEN 4000 cannot be substituted for PRLC 3810 or 3800 since it is only 1-credit.

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This course is taught by Dr. Jamie Van Leeuwen at both the CU Denver campus and in East Africa during the month of May. Excerpts from the Spring 2018 syllabus are below to explain the intention and highlights of the course:

"In this unique, highly interactive study abroad experience, our objective is to bring a set of policy and practice issues to life in an applied setting. From tours of local health clinics and education centers to interactive experiences this course will engage students and build on their understanding of development. Students will be exposed to a series of dialogues, lectures, conversations and interactions with the grassroots leaders of several distinct communities, with university professors, and with nonprofit and public sector personnel and leaders in Uganda."

Course Highlights
• Kampala, Uganda - health, education, economic development and public management.
• Immersion experience that will connect them with local community leaders and academics
• Northern Uganda - rural poverty and the impacts of conflict and violence on community development
• Southern Uganda - interactive retreat focused on women’s leadership and rural community development
• Rwanda - economic development and reconciliation following the 1994 genocide

  PSCI 4995 Spring 2019 Syllabus

  GLI Maymester Informational Flyer

For serious inquiries about enrolling in PSCI 4995 - email Will Tesconi, will@globallivingston.org

Global Intensive: Sustainability in Brazil: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Social-Environmental Leadership & Development in the Amazon & Atlantic Forests

  • Course: ENVS 4100/5100
    • Spring 2019 Wed. 12:30-1:20 SEEC  N125
  • Credits: 3 upper division credit hours
  • Grading: This is a CU Boulder course, so you will receive letter grades
  • This is a spring semester CU Boulder on-campus course that includes an intensive international component.
  • Expand on the content of your spring course with experiential learning in Brazil.
  • Spend two weeks in Brazil analyzing socio-environmental challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective and develop solutions to these challenges.
  • Meet with community leaders and government officials to understand how conservation and sustainbility are playing out right now in the Amazon.

Email Colleen Scanlon Lyons with questions about this course