Education for Global Citizenship

The Dickey Center for International Understanding is working with the Faculty of Dartmouth College to develop a minor in international studies. This program will allow all Dartmouth students, regardless of major, to become educated in the cross-cutting global forces that shape the vital issues of our day. These issues - environmental change, global health crises, global inequality, terrorism and violence - transcend boundaries by their very nature, and as such cannot be understood from a single disciplinary perspective. At the same time, a strong disciplinary grounding is essential for providing a rigorous training and relevant bodies of knowledge to ascertain facts and understand values. The international studies minor aims to make students cognizant of the interplay between local and global processes, human and environmental interactions, and places, identities and culture and to prepare them to live productive, responsible lives in an interconnects and rapidly changing world. 

The minor proposal is currently under review by the faculty. Check back for more information to come.