Through hands-on activities and coursework, interact with other cultures and countries without traveling abroad!
Global Experience courses cover a variety of subjects and address compelling global challenges. Add a global experience to your portfolio so you are future and world ready!
Applications Now Open for the Global Experiential Learning Fund
Learn more and Apply Here: Global Experiential Learning Fund | Global Experiences | Nebraska (unl.edu)
Deadline for Applications: May 31, 2024
Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Traveling with Chocolate from Mesoamerica to West Africa and to Nebraska
Learn about the historical, cultural, and economic dimensions of cocoa growing and chocolate production.
Course Type: Web conferencing & in-person
Enrollment: AGRI 310 (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Yalem Teshome – yalemt@unl.edu, John Beghin - beghin@unl.edu
Field Guiding in Southern Africa
Get a live online introduction to conservation and ecotourism guiding in southern Africa.
Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: NRES 492 (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. John Carroll – jcarroll2@unl.edu
Arts & Sciences
Becoming American: How Identities are Created and Re-Created
Reflect on the process, experience, and impact of “becoming American” and explore the tension that sometimes exists between embracing diversity and cultivating a shared American identity and culture.
Course Type: In-person with regional travel
Enrollment: MODL 291/UHON 298H (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Nora Martin Peterson – npeterson10@unl.edu, Alexander Claussen – alexander.claussen@huskers.unl.edu
This program is a collaboration between the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Honors Program.
Ethnographic Field School: Garden, Food, and Community Outreach with Yazidi Farmers
Learn about the Yazidi population in Lincoln, then conduct a small research project in partnership with Community Crops who run the Yazidi Farmer Outreach and Education program.
Course Type: In-person
Enrollment: GEOG 491 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Dr. Gwyneth Talley – gtalley@unl.edu,
Dr. Michael Shambaugh-Miller – mshambaugh-miller@unl.edu
Food and Culture
Engage with a diverse set of foodways right here in our community! Examine how food behaviors are shaped by culture, and what anthropology, global studies and modern languages, as well other disciplines can offer to the study of food through a cross-cultural perspective.
Course Type: In-person
Enrollment: ANTH/GLST/MODL 214 (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Taylor Livingston – tlivingston3@unl.edu,
Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic – emira@unl.edu
Negotiating Peace: From Conflict to Coexistence
How do violent conflicts end? Are conflicts ever truly resolved, or are they managed? In this 8-week course, you will cover two conflict resolution case studies in countries that are in very different stages of the process: Ireland and Syria. You will gain negotiation experience through mock mediations and hear from guest lecturers who have had first-hand experience in peace negotiations and from individuals affected by conflict.
Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: GLST 391 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Katelyn Kunzman – kkunzman@unl.edu
Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic - emira@unl.edu
Business
Global Startup Communities: An examination of entrepreneurship in Rwanda and the U.S.
Engage with the startup community in Lincoln, Omaha, and Kigali through presentations and activities delivered by entrepreneurs, venture financing organizations, new business development groups and more!
Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: MNGT 398 (1 credit)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Dr. Sam Nelson – samuel.nelson@huskers.unl.edu, Mikki Sandin – mikki.sandin@unl.edu
Virtual Brazil: Contemporary Business in Brazil including elements of Brazilian Culture
Examine Brazilian business, culture, history and politics; and their impact on customers in the Brazilian market today.
Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: BSAD 491 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Dr. Rob Simon – rsimon2@unl.edu
Education & Human Sciences
The Exploration of Race, Culture, Families, Communities and Schools in Vibrant Brazil
Participate in an immersive cultural experience focused on understanding the diversity of Brazil from an Afro-Brazilian perspective.
Course Type: Virtual and in-person
Enrollment: CYAF 482a/882a (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2022
Contact: Dr. Paul Springer – pspringer3@unl.edu
Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts
Documentary Theatre Practice
Through workshops with international guest artists, hands-on experience, and opportunities to connect with diverse local collaborators, come together as actors, writers, and content creators to develop performances based on UNL’s Grand Challenges.
Course Type: Web conferencing & in-person
Enrollment: THEA 398 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Ann Marie Pollard – annmarie.pollard@unl.edu
FLYOVER: Environmental Futures and Rural Speculations
Worldbuilding enables organizations, researchers and companies to envision preferred futures and outcomes. This course will participate in the Global Flyover Summit focused on rural-urban systems environmental futures and design fiction.
Course Type: In-person
Enrollment: EMAR 341: 3 credit hours OR 1 credit hour pop-up course - EMAR 391
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Ash Eliza Smith – ash.e.s@unl.edu
Honors Program
Becoming American: How Identities are Created and Re-Created
Reflect on the process, experience, and impact of “becoming American” and explore the tension that sometimes exists between embracing diversity and cultivating a shared American identity and culture.
Course Type: In-person with regional travel
Enrollment: MODL 291/UHON 298H (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Nora Martin Peterson – npeterson10@unl.edu, Alexander Claussen – alexander.claussen@huskers.unl.edu
This program is a collaboration between the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Honors Program.