Intercultural Engagement Certification Request for the UFV BA

One of the primary goals of the revised BA is to ensure students demonstrate personal and social responsibility, applying what they have learned in the classroom in a variety of contexts. Through intercultural engagement, students gain insight into respectful intercultural practices, which includes understanding ones cultural norms and biases and respecting and honouring cultural differences.

To satisfy the requirement courses must:

  • Meet the stipulated outcomes
  • Require the active application of what has been learned through an intercultural engagement which requires interaction with a culture other than one’s own.

Please note: Courses may be certified as meeting a foundation skill requirement and the intercultural engagement requirement, but students will not be able to take one course to satisfy both.

Courses likely to qualify include those in Social, Cultural, and Media Studies; Communications; Indigenous Studies; Global Development Studies, and Modern Languages; as well as courses in other areas in which intercultural engagement is central to the course objectives. Sample activities in which students could apply their learning include those related to intercultural or global engagement, such as participation in events or groups, study abroad, and international internships.

Submission Information:

Department
Course number and title
Course pre-requisites
Name(s) of instructor(s)
Central contact person

Show how your course satisfies the stipulated learning outcomes for the requirement by aligning outcomes on the official course outline with the required outcomes.

Please note:CACC will not officially certify a course if the official course outline is more than 1 year past its official review date.

Learning Outcomes / Official Course Outline Learning Outcomes
Identify one's own cultural norms and biases
Articulate characteristics and features of another culture
Interpret intercultural engagement through more than one perspective
Articulate similarities and differences between cultures in a non-judgmental way

Please outline the intercultural engagement which forms part of the course and how the intercultural engagement outcomes will be assessed.

Submission:

Once complete, submissions should be sent via email to the CACCChair and CACCCommittees Assistant. Please include:

  • Request form
  • Official course outline (current), if course is not being revised
  • Revised official course outline, if course is being revised

A course that is under revision will not be officially certified until the revisions have been approved by UEC. CACC will give conditional certification of such courses, finalizing certification upon UEC approval provided substantial changes were not made to the course during the curriculum review process.