Global Environment
Wharton undergraduates are required to take a total of three courses to fulfill the Global Environment requirement. The requirement is fulfilled by selecting three courses taught with substantial international content (i.e., material concerning regions outside of the United States). Two of these courses may double-count with the General Education Distribution courses.
Examples of the kind of courses that fulfill the requirement include:
- Social science courses, such as history, anthropology, economics, or international relations, which deal with international issues or with the nature of other cultures. This includes area studies courses about particular regions of the world.
- Humanities courses about non-American cultures, including courses in history, music, art, literature, and religious studies.
- Upper-level language courses designated as commercial or business.
- Business courses on international topics such as multinational management or international public policy (for free-standing global only).
Courses that may NOT be used to fulfill the requirement include the following:
- Language courses that are not titled “commercial” or “business.”
- Methodology courses, such as demography and ethnography.
- Courses about the experience of immigrant populations in the United States.
- Courses taken abroad that do not otherwise fit into the categories given above.
There are a number of courses that will fit individual interests and talents and fulfill the Global Environment requirement. An advisor in the Wharton Undergraduate Division can confirm that a course fulfills the global requirement. For more information on policies regarding the Global Environment requirement, please refer to the Wharton Undergraduate Student Handbook.
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