Cross-Cultural Opportunities

The Global Perspectives Program is one of the most unique and exciting opportunities that Lee University offers because it gives students the chance to travel the world.  In fact, studying another culture is a requirement of the core curriculum.  Lee University requires every student to have an academically designed cross-cultural experience prior to graduation and offers three options for doing so:

1. Participate in one of Lee's many school-sponsored Global Perspectives Trips;

2. Apply to conduct an Individually Arranged Cross-Cultural Study;

3. Qualify for exemption from the Cross-Cultural experience requirement;

Through the Global Perspectives Program, students will fulfill at least two hours of cross-cultural credit:  GNST 200: Global Perspectives Seminar and GNST 250-3: Cross-Cultural Experience.  While GNST 200 is the course that prepares you to interact in a culture different than your own, GNST 250-3 is the actual experience of engaging and immersing yourself within an intended target culture.  This is not a class which meets throughout the semester or summer term, but the credit you receive for the actual cross-cultural experience.

For additional information students can visit the Office of Global Perspectives located in CA320 or contact Beth Thompson at 423-614-8357or bthompson@leeuniversity.edu.