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Global Practicums

ABOUT GLOBAL PRACTICUMS

Global Practicums are courses that allow students to opt into a global experience that includes observation, practice, and discipline-driven service to provide students with opportunities to apply skills learned throughout the semester in an international context. Students receive credit for their experience and pay a fee that covers the cost of the international trip, logistical details, and more. All international, academic faculty-led travel should be tied to a global practicum or academic program requirement.
PROCESS FOR GLOBAL PRACTICUM APPROVAL

Begin the course approval process through the Curriculum Committee and Curriculog. Click the Curriculog Quick Start Guide for instructions on how to use Curriculog. Academic rigor is required for a Global Practicum. Carol Minton-Ryan, Betsy Morris and Erik Salley are helpful contacts for developing course content. Contact Shelly Rupard, Special Projects (srupard@calbaptist.edu or ext. 5022) if you have questions or want to learn more about the Global Practicum process. 

All documents should be submitted through Curriculog for review.

The following course description should be part of every global practicum syllabus submitted, "Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Students may only earn credit for <course and number> or <course and number with G> 
POST-APPROVAL
 
GLOBAL PRACTICUM MODELS
 
  • Global Health Engagement Model
  • Nursing Global Experience Model
  • MSW Social Work Model
  • Sociology Model
  • Education Practicum Model
CURRENT GLOBAL PRACTICUMS

ALH 301 - Global Health Engagement Seminar
ALH401 - Global Health Engagement Practicum
The purpose of the global health engagement practicum is to provide students with an opportunity to expand the level of understanding of what it takes to be an international health care professional, and to gain new insight about the commitment it takes to follow the path to becoming an international health care provider. Students will have the opportunity to travel abroad, working with partners in healthcare and health related fields.
Prerequisite(s): ALH 301 

ARC 464G - International Architecture Seminar
The course offers students an opportunity to experience and discuss the development of non-American built environments. Focused on studying architecture in concert with, and through the lens of an allied field of study, the course examines contemporary phenomena in the built environment and its relationship with its inhabitants. Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Additional fees will apply. Offered only abroad.

ARC 564G - International Architecture Seminar
The course offers students an opportunity to experience and discuss the development of non-American built environments. Focused on studying architecture in concert with, and through the lens of an allied field of study, the course examines contemporary phenomena in the built environment and its relationship with its inhabitants. Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Offered only abroad.

BEH 334 Global Social Service Engagement Practicum
This practicum incorporates instruction to prepare students for their summer global engagement through class lectures and a research paper. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of a biblical worldview of global social problems with a focus on aging are key components of instruction. Additionally, the practicum provides an opportunity to travel abroad, working with social service providers in a non-profit organization within the host country. Prerequisite: BEH 100, SOC 213, ANT 225, or PSY 213

BUS - 393 - International Business Internship Practicum?
This course facilitates student learning and professional development while students participate in an 8-week international internship. It provides a framework for students to reflect on and analyze the specific skills gained throughout their international internship. This course also supports student self-awareness and personal growth in a cross-cultural context.

EDU 534G - International and Comparative Education
This course examines K-12 educational systems in the global society. Students will compare schooling in various societies and examine the history of their respective educational systems and how the systems were organized to meet the political, social and economic agenda of the 21st century. By examining different approaches to common problems, students will have a broad foundation upon which they can analyze and evaluate different strategies for problem solving educational issues. Students will develop their personal worldview of international education based on a Judeo-Christian worldview. Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Students may only earn credit for EDU 534 or 534G.

ENV 495G  Environmental Science Field Practicum
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and/or service to provide students with opportunities to apply disciplinary content in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of the Environmental Sciences are key components of this experience. Students will observe disciplinary content knowledge acquired through the major within the global context.

HED 520G  Worldviews and Multiculturalism in Student Affairs Practicum
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply disciplinary content in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity in the context of the college student experience and student development are key components of this experience.  Students will apply disciplinary content knowledge acquired through the major to understand the role of worldview and culture in fostering college student development. Pre- or Co- Requisite: HED 

HSC 594 - Global Engagement Practicum
The practicum course consists of a minimum of 150 hours of structured and supervised professional experience in an international setting in which students will receive academic credit. As a working partnership between students and public health agencies, the practicum offers students hands-on experience in an area of public health with the goal of furthering students’ practical experience while enhancing the work of public health. Students have the opportunity to demonstrate an integration of coursework into a real-world, international setting.

NUR 421G  Community and Public Health Nursing Global Experience
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply nursing principles and practices in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of nursing as applied in different cultures are key components of this experience.  Students will apply knowledge acquired in NUR420 and NUR421 to understand the role of worldview and culture in meeting practical needs in international communities. Pre- or Co- Requisite: NUR420 and NUR421.
 
NUR 430G  Transcultural Patterns of Health Global Experience
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply nursing principles and practices in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of nursing as applied in different cultures are key components of this experience.  Students will apply knowledge acquired in NUR430 to understand the role of worldview and culture, especially as they relate to health beliefs and values, in meeting healthcare needs in international communities. Pre- or Co- Requisite: NUR430.
 
NUR539G  Community and Public Health Nursing Global Experience
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply nursing principles and practices in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of nursing as applied in different cultures are key components of this experience.  Students will apply knowledge acquired in NUR538 and NUR539 to understand the role of worldview and culture in meeting practical needs in international communities. Pre-requisite: Permission of the Dean. Pre- or Co- Requisite: NUR539.
 
NUR 561G  Population Health and Applied Biostatistics Global Experience
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply nursing principles and practices in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of nursing as applied in different cultures are key components of this experience.  Students will apply knowledge acquired in NUR561 to understand the role of worldview and culture in meeting practical needs in international communities. Pre-requisite: Permission of the Dean. Pre- or Co- Requisite: NUR561.

PAS 535 - Global Health Engagement
This course exposes students to major global health challenges relating to health and disease. Students will analyze recent and emerging health dilemmas, medical emergencies, effects of poverty and conflicts, health systems and disease prevention. In addition, students will explore strategies for acquiring cultural awareness and sensitivity, understanding the status of global health, and identifying opportunities for medical missions in overseas, and rural and medically under-served areas in the United States.

PHO 498G - Photography Intensive
Students will explore through the photographic medium - art, culture and sites of historical and contemporary significance. Emphasis is placed on independent project advancement, individualized instruction, and group critique on each student’s project progress. Photography Intensive students will create a series of photographs working within the confines of shooting in a foreign location during the condensed semester. The course culminates in a group exhibition and photographic book. Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Additional fees will apply.

SWK - 515G - Human Behavior in the Social Environment II Global Engagement
This is the second foundation human behavior course which presents and critiques theories of human behavior as they relate to mezzo and macro systems, such as family, groups, organizations, and communities. Students will apply knowledge of person-in-environment and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to macro client systems. The effects of marginalization, social injustice, and oppression are examined in relation to human development, culture, and diversity. Students registered in this section will participate in a global practicum experience during which the skills learned throughout the semester will be applied in an international setting. Additional fees will apply.

SWK 576G  Social Work with Displaced Populations Global Engagement
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply Social Work principles in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of Social Work as applied to displaced populations are key components of this class. Students will apply knowledge acquired through SWK576 to meet practical needs in international communities. Concurrent Requisite: SWK 576.
 
SWK 578G Global Human Rights Global Engagement
This practical experience includes observation, practice, and service to provide students with opportunities to apply Social Work principles in a global context. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of Social Work as applied to human rights are key components of this class. Students will apply knowledge acquired through SWK578 to meet practical needs in international communities. Concurrent Requisite: SWK 578.

THE 490G - Global Theatre Engagement Practicum
Practical experience in observation and application of dramatic criticism and/or participation in performances of dramatic works on a global stage, at the premiere festival of world theatre, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as an understanding of dramatic structure and analysis are key components of this experience.