Program Information

How We Teach - Teamwork, Active Learning, and Professional Skill Development

All IGE courses are taught using advanced high impact practices and active learning. Each day in class, students participate actively in their own learning as professors prompt students to apply new knowledge to materials and data from around the world. Students compare and analyze the interconnections between different cultures, economies, historical events, and social, political, and environmental systems. In turn, through activities that demand intensive collaboration, research, and dialogue about global subjects, students develop skills vital to their future of work and life, including: teamwork, analysis of global social patterns and systems, cross-cultural understanding and dialogue, application of ethics in diverse geographical, cultural, and historical contexts, historical and social consciousness, effective oral and written communication, and critical thinking.