Discover the transformative power of cross-cultural learning and gain invaluable experience collaborating with students around the world through the Global Classrooms. These unique UC Santa Cruz courses offer accessible and immersive experiences for students to expand their perspectives.
What students are saying about Global Classrooms
Global Classrooms create an inclusive environment that introduces students to unique information through human interaction. In my Global Health Problems and Political-Ecology Responses course, it was interesting to see how the Indian perspective, ideas about societal norms and viewpoints, was different from the Western perspective.”
This course, through our collaboration with students in India, really reminded me that our communities, though we have differences in culture or language, are not really all that different from each other. We’re all just people trying to live a good life and give our local community, the people that we love, a good life as well. That kind of unifying force made the whole experience worth it for me.”
How to enroll
Enroll in a Global Classrooms course as you would any UCSC course during your enrollment appointment for the following term, through your Student Portal at my.ucsc.edu.
Upcoming courses
Learn more about upcoming courses by following the links to the UC Santa Cruz Class Search below. You will see specific information about the country and institutional partner for the Global Classroom in the “Class Notes” section of the course listing in Class Search. If you have more questions about the content of the Global Classroom, please reach out to the course instructor.
Fall 2024
- WRIT 2 – Mapping the Neighborhood: Writing about Communities, Social Justice, Social Change
Mark Baker, Continuing lecturer in Writing, Oakes. In collaboration with Angelica Carvalho de Maio, Professor; Department of Geography, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) – Brazil - CRWN-1 – Academic Literacy and Ethos: Ethical and Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies
Carolina González Riaño, Lecturer, Crown. In collaboration with Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá, Colombia.
Winter 2025
- ECON 114 – Advanced Quantitative Methods
Julian Martinez-Iriarte, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics. In collaboration with Gabriel Montes-Rojas, Professor; Department of Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Argentina
Anticipated 2025
- SOCY/LGST 128J – World Jury on Trial
Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies. In collaboration with Denis De Castro Halis, Associate Professor of Law, University Estacio de Sa (UNESA) – Brazil - BIOL 117 – Neglected Tropical Diseases
Guido Bordignon, Teaching Professor; Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology. In collaboration with Ousman Tamgue, Senior Lecturer; Department of Biochemistry, University of Douala – Cameroon