SST for Faculty Advisors

About our new formats

Multiple formats insure that all of our students will have similar opportunities to explore other cultures, gain service experience and connect global issues with their own experiences. Athletes, students with family responsibilities, commuters and those who need to maintain jobs while going to school may prefer the course by course or hybrid semester formats.

Sign-up instructions

For semester-long SST: Tell students to go to myGC and look for the SST form in the lower right corner. Can’t see it? That’s because you’re faculty. It’s part of the student portal.

For course by course SST: Students register during advising, the same way they sign up for their other courses.

Curriculum

Our new SST requirements include:

• a language or a foundations course, GLST241, 3 cr.
• a global issues course, GLST300, 3 cr.
• a cultural perspectives course, GLST251, 3 cr.
• and a community engaged learning course, GLST271, 3 cr.

The first two are classroom-based. The latter two are immersive experiences that emphasize relationship-building, hands-on learning and service.

Themes

Each semester SST unit follows a broad theme . Each short-term SST course is  part of a thread of four courses that also follow a theme. When possible, students should earn all of their SST credits within the same theme. Check the gray program overview bar on each course’s webpage to see its theme and the other recommended courses in that thread. See our themes.

SST alt classes?

Those who began college in 2021-22 or earlier may still fulfill requirements this way. Beginning with the class of 2022-23, all students must have four GLST courses as described above.

Resources

Read these to help your students understand why SST is part of their education.

• Go Abroad, Young American! An article from Foreign Affairs
• SST newsletter: Global Connections, #1