University Catalog 2023-2024

NC Global Training Initiative (GTI)

GTI 401  US Culture and Education Colloquium  (3 credit hours)  

Overview of US Culture, Higher Education in America, and Student Success Skills for degree or non-degree international students. Guest faculty lectures, media presentations, field trips, and required readings form basis for discussiong roups, assignments, and capstone paper (refleciton on issues discussed in class, personal development, and required community involvment). Includes break-out discussion groups, field trips, personal projects and research. Students may have additional travel cost associated with field trips. Enrollment limited to first year international students, participants in NC Global Training Initiative Certificate Programs, or by permission of the instructor.

Typically offered in Fall only