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Apr 20, 2024
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HON 410 - Area Study (3 units) CO11
Critical reflection on students’ international experiences to develop and sustain intercultural awareness and integrate study abroad into their major and future career. Introduces cultural hallmarks experienced abroad.
Maximum units a student may earn: 9
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Honors Program; participation in an accredited study abroad program.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate intercultural awareness by critically examining domestic and foreign-country culture as experienced by students in a variety of areas - their commonalities, differences, and interdependent trajectories.
2. refine oral presentation skills and persuasive speech composition via presentations to selected groups of Honors and non-Honors students on individual student experiences while abroad.
3. refine high-level information literacy proficiency by creating and maintaining blog sites reporting on their time abroad throughout their experience.
4. collaborate effectively on group work that combines cultural elements from a variety of countries.
5. integrate topical and experiential knowledge of foreign countries’ culture and politics into domestic study at the University of Nevada upon their return.
6. apply critical and creative thinking, writing, reading, and reflection skills to assignments.
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