Global Pathways Certificate:
International/Cross-Cultural Experience Options

This sustained experience will make it possible for you to:

• Adjust your behavior and/or language in cross-cultural situations.
• Collaborate effectively with people from cultures different from your own.

This experience should reflect your theme area. Experiences which occurred after you enrolled as a degree-seeking university student and within two years of application can be used to meet this requirement if they are the one of the options listed below.

Additional experiences may also be eligible, but do need to be approved in advance of participation.

University approved or national recognized organization's international experiences (such as study abroad, cultural exchange, international internship, service learning or research project abroad) for at least 1 week include:

• FSU Alternative Break Corps
• FSU Beyond Borders
• FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights (CAHR)
  Check with your department to see if placement is available and with CAHR
• FSU Faculty led trips
  Check with your department and International Programs
• FSU/FAMU Engineers Without Borders
• FSU Global Peace Exchange
• FSU International Medical Outreach
• FSU International Programs: Study Abroad and Internships
• FSU International University Exchanges
• FSU Internships & Externships
  Check with your department Internship Coordinator and the Career Center
• FSU Office of National Fellowships
• FSU Sustained Service Experiences
• FSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors

 

University approved sustained cross-cultural experiences in the U.S. (minimum 75 hours total, maximum 2 experiences) include:

• FSU Alternative Break Corps
• FSU Center for Intensive English Studies: Conversation partners
• FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights (CAHR)
  Check with your department to see if placement is available and with CAHR
• FSU Faculty led trips
  Check with your department and International Programs
• FSU International Friends Program
• FSU Internships & Externships
  Check with your department Internship Coordinator and the Career Center
• FSU Multicultural Student Organizations
• FSU Summer Serviceship Program (click on Summer Serviceships)
• FSU Office of National Fellowships
• FSU Service Learning Courses (choose Service Learning in the 'Additional Search Criteria')
• FSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors
• Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (click on Community Outreach)
• Literacy Volunteers of Leon County

We can assist in finding these experiences on campus in our limited number of placements each semester. Sign up early for the best options and expect to wait a semester or 2 for a placement.