The Scholar Ship - Academic Programs

Academic Programs

The Academic Steward institutions designed the TSS academic program based on five "Learning Circles" (interdisciplinary subjects) for undergraduates and three for postgraduate students. The courses offered were directly from the college catalogs of the Academic Steward institutions.

The undergraduate studies program of the Scholar Ship consisted of two core subjects (Global Issues and Intercultural Communication) taken by all students, and an array of subjects offered within the Scholar Ship's five undergraduate Learning Circles:

• International Business and Communication
• Sustainable Development
• Conflict Studies
• Global Cultures and Social Change
• Worlds of Art and Culture

Students could also select one subject from a group of General Studies offerings.

Postgraduate students had a variety of options to either earn postgraduate certificates or continue their studies onshore to earn postgraduate degrees. Postgraduate degrees were awarded by one or more of a group of institutions around the world that accepted credit for postgraduate study aboard the Scholar Ship.

Postgraduate students selected a Learning Circle in which they pursued their studies throughout the semester. Specific subjects offered in each Learning Circle were drawn from the curricula of Academic Steward institutions and included offerings in:

• International Business
• International Communication
• International Relations

Students had to choose at least one of their elective subjects from within their own postgraduate Learning Circle and two additional subjects from those offered in any Learning Circle.