One of the requirements of the Global Studies major is that you engage in some form of approved intensive experiential learning that enhances your knowledge of key concepts/ideas you are exposed to in your seminar classes and puts them in conversation with everyday realities on the ground. This experience can take shape through an international program, internship opportunity, volunteer work, or critical study abroad participation. The Global Engagement course is a dedicated space for you to collectively reflect on this form of engagement with your peers, to make connections between the conceptual and the concrete, and raise critical questions that have emerged from your specific experiential encounter. Some of the key focal points around which our conversations will revolve include: How did your experiential learning allow you to approach a concept you learned in Global Studies differently (or did it)? What are new questions you have as a result of this experience? What were some of the strengths of this engagement in terms of advancing your interest in or knowledge of particular social issues? What were some of the contradictions and challenges associated with your time in the field? Students should be prepared to share their reflections through written memos presented in classes, artifacts from their sites, and in class-discussions.