Global Educator

Certificate

The Global Education certificate is a 15 credit program for undergraduate and graduate students.

Why Choose Our Program?

• The Global Educator Certificate is the only certificate of its kind in Wisconsin.
• Minimal additional credits needed. Working with your advisor, you can easily fit the required coursework into your current undergraduate degree requirements.
• Eligible for pre-service teacher education degree students.
• Field experiences with United Nations international learning curriculum with Milwaukee Public Schools K-8 schools.
• Gain practical hands-on experience both at UWM and in the community with partner organizations.

Students Will Learn To

• Demonstrate their own awareness of the interconnectedness between communities, societies, economies and events and trends that cross national borders.
• Embed global perspectives and practices into their teaching.
• Become model global citizens who are culturally sensitive and informed about world affairs.
• Develop an understanding of different cultures and languages, enhancing their ability to communicate across cultures.
• Create scholarship that engages in critical inquiry, creativity and intellectual development and includes world trends, issues and events; past, present and into the future.

Program Requirements