GLOBAL LIBERAL STUDIES: Mapping the Next

Three Years

Making Sense of the GLS ExperienceThe Four-Year Journey

Take two lefts, three rights, another left , four rights, two lefts, three rights, and you can’t miss it.

How We Feel When We Realize It’s a Bit More Complicated

Orientating Yourself

Looking Back: The Freshman Year

• Completed Coursework– SF I-III; CF I-III; W I-II; Language, Science,

Global Cultures

• Completed Transition(s)– New York as Culture Center– Tools for transition to freshmen year; reuse…

• Mentors/Advisors• Colleagues/Friends

What’s Happening Now: The Sophomore Year

• Bridge Between the Foundations of Freshman Year and Independent Research

• Coursework– CF/SF III; Sophomore Seminars; Language;

remaining science• Assessing the Ground: Subject Areas of Interest;

Potential Minors• GLS Monthly Meetings• Co-curricular Activities

What’s Next?

Looking Ahead: The Junior Year

Junior Year Sites• Berlin• Buenos Aires• Florence• Madrid• Paris• Shanghai• Tel Aviv

Students spend the full year at each site to immerse themselves in local language and culture.

PREPARING FOR YOUR JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD

Tip One: Know Where You’re Going

Familiarize Yourself with Your Destination and Junior Year Home

• Know What’s Going on Now: Read the News• Know What’s There: Buy a Guidebook; check out

online sites; get a map and post it on your wall• Know What’s Happened there: Acquaint Yourself

with the site’s history• Look for an email with a site cheat-sheet with site-

specific readings, films, and web-resources

Tip Two: Visit the “Embassy”: Cultural Centers at NYU

• NYU has cultural centers for each of the sites:– La Maison Francaise– Deutsches Haus– China House– Casa Italiana– CLACS– King Juan Carlos of Spain (for both BA and Madrid)– Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

• Get on their mailing list; start attending cultural events

Tip Three: Get Acquainted with the Locals

and the Language

• Speaking Freely• City-wide language meet-ups with native

speakers and committed practitioners• Cultural Exchanges: Request to meet NYU

International Students from your site for language and cultural exchange

Pre-Departure Meetings

• October 2011: Spring Registration Advising• November 2011: Site Rep Meetings (Week of Nov. 15)• February 2012: Spring GLS meetings recommence

– Experiential Learning– Culture Shock and Pre-departure– Senior Thesis and Independent Research

• April 2012: Register for Fall 2011 Classes at Your Site– Also, pre-departure orientations for your junior year home

CAVE COLLEGE

Highlights of Your Itinerary

• Senior Thesis: Independent Research• Upper-level Language Level• Year-long global study and cultural immersion• Experiential Learning: an improvement on and

refinement of the traditional “internship” concept• Global Networking: Peer-to-peer with classmates,

mentors, advisors• Interdisciplinary curriculum that exposes to you a wide

variety of subject areas for research, as well as academic and professional study

Experiential Learning: Framing Your Immersion Abroad

• Language: Higher-level=more opportunity for immersion and options

• Variation among the Sites: Cross-listing, shared goals, and cohort

• List of Experiential Learning Placements: Projected for Spring Semester Meetings

Questions?gls.abroad@nyu.edu