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Dec 18, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Global Scholars Certificate
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The Global Scholars Program is a four-year honors program for high-achieving, highly-motivated business students who have a passion for leadership and international business. Every Global Scholar will study abroad for at least one semester and complete a Minor in International Business.
The Program’s mission is to develop perceptive business professionals well-equipped to confront challenges of a global environment through specialized curriculum and co-curricular activities designed to enhance any Gatton major. Through successful completion of the Program, students should accomplish the following goals:
- Develop an appreciation of a global business perspective
- Develop the ability to communicate and work effectively in diverse teams
- Gain knowledge and exposure to international business practices and environments
- Galvanize leadership and professional skills through scholastic rigor and community engagement
In pursuit of these goals, the Global Scholars Program values:
- Academic excellence
- Self-discovery and creativity
- Professionalism
- Teamwork
- Diversity of opinion, ethnicity, culture, and experience
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Academic Curriculum
Global Scholars cohorted classes are required. Global Scholars students should schedule other course work and extracurricular activities around these required classes. Education Abroad Semester
Junior Year
Most Global Scholars study abroad during the junior year:
- Business or Economics class taken abroad at the 200-level or above Credit(s): 3
Total hours: 18 †
†*The accounting and economics classes are not counted in the total because they are College-wide requirements.
Additional hours are required for the International Business Minor:
Total additional International Business Minor hours: 12
Academic Standards
Global Scholars students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.40. Probationary status will be applied to Global Scholars students falling below this threshold. Students who have not emerged from probationary status after two consecutive semesters by establishing a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or above will be dismissed from the Global Scholars Program.
Global Scholar students must also meet the general academic standards of Gatton College. All standards of the University of Kentucky, such as academic honesty and integrity, must also be upheld. Should a student fail to meet any of these standards, this may warrant probation or immediate expulsion from the Global Scholars Program.
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