INTL 365: Survival and Prosperity in an Interdependent World

This course offers a foundation for thinking and acting on the global challenges that will require leadership and citizenship from the rising generation. A well-rounded university experience in the 21st century has to include a conversation about our responsibilities towards the whole of humanity, and the corresponding rights we all have.

MGMT 310: Creating Social Impact Through Collaborative Project Management: Experiential Learning

The Creating Social Impact through Collaborative Project Management: Experiential Learning course provides students with theoretical approach as well as with practical experience on developing and managing the project and initiatives aiming to create positive social change. The course takes Istanbul and its social impact ecosystem as an “urban laboratory” that refers and teach sustainability, social innovation, stakeholder collaboration for collective impact creation, collaborative project management, social value creation, social impact measurement, and inherent interconnections between business and other societal institutions to students both in the class and in the field This course gives students the tools to enhance their social innovation through education in the class and interactions in real life; and as well support students to understand, identify needs, match these needs with available resources to develop and implement social impact projects.

MGMT360: Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is a rapidly developing and changing business field in which business and nonprofit leaders design, grow, and lead mission-driven enterprises. As the traditional lines blur between business, government, and nonprofit enterprises, it is critical that business students understand the opportunities and challenges in this new landscape. Through guest speakers,case discussion, lecture, and student presentations this course will explore this emerging field.Because the field of social entrepreneurship is interdisciplinary and in its infancy, the course will be introductory in nature and will draw heavily from cases, speaker experience, and student inquiry.

GLLS ELECTIVE COURSE LIST

Students at the Advanced level are required to take two of the GLLS Elective Courses. The list of elective courses may vary if courses are not offered or new courses are added during the semester. Students must check the list before course selection period ends and contact with the program coordinator for their questions. Click here for GLLS elective course list here.

What GLLS offers to students is a variety of workshops that will prepare them for the 21st Century. Those workshops are prepared according to the needs of the fellows. Topics of the workshops varies according to the core competencies of the program. One month you can see a workshop about one’s inner self, in another it is possible to see a workshop about the decision-making processes of the groups. Hence, we are aiming to organize workshops about different topics to develop leaders who have more than one strengths.

Students are required to attend at least one International Learning Experience at both levels. These opportunities and limited number of small grants are announced to GLLS students regularly. Students are also expected to fund raise their own costs to attend international learning experiences.

GLLS students are required to attend at least one of the activities of following: Semester Exchange Programs, International Conferences/Workshops, Short Term Special Summer or Winter Programs, Internship Abroad International Competition, International Fellowship Program and International Service Learning Project/Program.

At the beginning of every month, students receive a newsletter informing them about selected events that are organized by organizations and individuals from the fields of education, sustainability, social impact, entrepreneurship, design and technology, etc. Students are expected to participate in these events to connect with a network of like-minded individuals and organizations in the topics that they are interested in.

GLLS Retreat is a two or three day immersive learning experience for GLLS students which takes place at a location outside of Istanbul. The retreat plays a crucial role for students’ GLLS journey, since it creates a strong container for students to practice deep self reflection and build lasting relationships to become a community of peers and learners. GLLS Retreat is organized once every year.