Competency Microcredential
This microcredential provides a focused foundation in intercultural and global competency through a combination of academic coursework and co-curricular engagement. Designed for current SUNY Oswego students, it builds knowledge, awareness, and applied skills related to global learning, intercultural understanding, communication, and leadership. Coursework and approved experiences help students demonstrate meaningful engagement across cultures in both academic and professional settings.
Current SUNY Oswego Students
Main Campus, Online
Non-Credit
4 classes (12 credits)
Coursework:
Co-curricular experiences:
In addition to coursework, students must complete approved intercultural and global engagement experiences, including:
Together, these requirements total 10 completed areas toward the microcredential.
| Course_ID | Course_Title |
| ACC315 | International ACC Concepts |
| ANT210 | Anthropological Theory, Part I |
| ANT356 | The Haudenosaunee until 1815 |
| ARA101 | Elementary Arabic |
| ARA102 | Continuing Elementary Arabic |
| ART323 | Digital Media-Transfer Student |
| ART350 | Italian Renaissance Art |
| ART351 | Northern Renaissance Art |
| ART352 | 19th Century Art |
| ART353 | 20th Century Art |
| ART356 | History Of Photography |
| ART357 | Gender in the Visual Arts |
| ART358 | Native N. American Indian Art |
| ART365 | History of Graphic Design |
| ART368 | Chinese Art |
| ART369 | Japanese Art |
| ART374 | Asian Art Through Silk Road |
| ART471 | Seminar in Contemp Art Issues |
| ASL101 | American Sign Language I |
| ASL102 | Amer Sign Language II |
| ASL201 | Intermed American Sign Lang |
| ASL202 | Cont Interm American Sign Lang |
| ASL301 | Intro to American Deaf Culture |
| BIO200 | Environmental & Population |
| BIO341 | Plants and Society |
| BIO371 | Animals and Society |
| BIO400 | Curr Issues Environ&Popultn |
| BRC370 | Comp Studies World Broadcastng |
| BRC385 | Broadcasting in the U.K. |
| BRC390 | British Broadcasting Today |
| BRC421 | Social Networks and the Web |
| BRC460 | Global Documentary Production |
| BRC521 | Social Networks and the Web |
| CHI000 | Intensive Chinese |
| CHI100 | Elementary Chinese |
| CHI101 | Elementary Chinese |
| CHI102 | Continuing Elementary Chinese |
| CHI201 | Intermediate Chinese A |
| CHI202 | Cont. Intermediate Chinese |
| CHI301 | Adv Chinese:Culture/Com-China |
| CHI302 | Advanced Chinese B |
| CMA260 | Osw3go AlterReality: Research |
| CMA261 | Osw3go AlterReality:Simulation |
| CMA396 | Global Experience |
| CMA596 | Graduate Global Experience |
| COM508 | Global Media Literacy |
| CSS123 | Planetary Cinema |
| CTE307 | Introduction to Vocational Education |
| CTE312 | Methods of Teaching Vocational Subjects |
| CTE313 | Instructional Assessment in Vocational Education |
| CTE314 | Classroom and Laboratory Organization and Management |
| CTE316 | Curriculum & Laboratory Systems in CTE |
| CTE317 | Methods of Teaching and Assessment in CTE |
| CTE433 | CTE & State & National Connect |
| CTE444 | Serving Special Needs Learners in Vocational Education |
| CTE445 | Language Arts and Literacy in the Vocational Classroom |
| CTE465 | Developing Work-Based Learning Programs |
| CTE485 | Vocational Supervised Student Teaching I |
| CTE490 | Vocational Supervised Student Teaching-II |
| CTE499 | Independent Study |
| DNC250 | Dance Around the World |
| ECO320 | Comparative Econ Systems |
| ECO328 | European Economic Communi |
| ECO330 | Economic Development |
| ECO343 | International Finance |
| ECO344 | International Trade |
| ECO345 | Intnl Monetary&Finan Mgt |
| EDU114 | Comparative & International ED |
| ENG238 | Introduction to Latina/o/x Cultural Expressions |
| ENG356 | Latina Writings and Theories |
| ENG372 | Theory - Rene Girard |
| FIN426 | Multi-National Financial Mgt |
| FRE101 | Elementary French |
| FRE102 | Continuing Elementary French |
| FRE113 | Beginning French A&B |
| FRE201 | Intermediate French |
| FRE202 | Continuing Intermediate French |
| FRE301 | Advanced French A |
| FRE302 | Advanced French B |
| FRE303 | Adv FRE:Culture/Comm/Commerce |
| FRE304 | FRE Stylistics/WrittenExpressi |
| FRE305 | French Conversation |
| FRE306 | French Writing and Composition |
| FRE307 | Atelier d'ecriture |
| FRE310 | Business French |
| FRE320 | French Phonetics |
| FRE325 | 20th Century French Drama |
| FRE340 | Literature/Translation Topics |
| FRE341 | African Francophone Cinema |
| FRE342 | Biology of French |
| FRE347 | Francophone Civilization |
| FRE348 | French Novel of 20th Century |
| FRE350 | Survey Of French Literature |
| FRE351 | Survey of French Literature |
| FRE352 | Francophone Literature |
| FRE355 | French Culture/Civilization I |
| FRE356 | French Culture/Civilization II |
| FRE357 | History French Civilization II |
| FRE361 | 17th Century French Literature |
| FRE362 | Eighteenth C. French Lit. |
| FRE371 | Nineteenth C. French Lit |
| FRE372 | 20th Century French Literature |
| FRE375 | 19th Century French Literature |
| FRE379 | Francophone Literature/Thought |
| FRE380 | Topics in French Cultural Stud |
| FRE381 | Advanced French |
| FRE385 | French Cinema |
| FRE388 | Cinema |
| FRE390 | Adv Grammar & Stylistics |
| FRE395 | Seminar |
| FRE403 | Seminar: Study of Text |
| FRE410 | Adv Grammar Analysis |
| FRE413 | Fren Lit&Thought in 18C |
| FRE417 | French Novel of 19th Century |
| FRE425 | 20th Century French Theatre |
| FRE426 | Le Grand Siecle |
| FRE434 | Romanticism & Symbolism |
| FRE442 | French Lit Middle Ages |
| FRE448 | French Novel Of 20th Century |
| FRE450 | Canadian Women Writers |
| FRE451 | Survey of French Literature |
| FRE455 | French Attitudes |
| FRE469 | Zola Et Son Siecle |
| FRE475 | Cinema & Society |
| FRE480 | Capstone Seminar |
| FRE485 | French Cinema |
| FRE488 | Cinema |
| FRE490 | Language & Cultures(In French) |
| FRE495 | Topics Seminar |
| FRE498 | French Internship |
| GEO100 | Physical Geology |
| GEO115 | Environmental Sustainability |
| GEO303 | Pollution Disasters |
| GEO315 | Earth's Fury |
| GER100 | German Conversation |
| GER101 | Elementary German |
| GER102 | Continuing Elementary German |
| GER125 | German For Reading |
| GER126 | German for Reading & Research |
| GER140 | German Castles, Customs & Cult |
| GER200 | GER Conversation Through Film |
| GER201 | Intermediate German |
| GER202 | Continuing Intermediate German |
| GER204 | German Fairy Tales |
| GER220 | Dev Speaking Proficiency |
| GER221 | Dev Speaking Proficiency B |
| GER240 | Postwall Germany(in Eng) |
| GER250 | Deutsche Kultur / LandesKunde |
| GER270 | Austrian Literature |
| GER300 | Landeskunde |
| GER301 | Advanced German A |
| GER302 | Advanced German B |
| GER303 | Topics in German |
| GER304 | Deutsche Marchen |
| GER310 | Business German |
| GER340 | Topics |
| GER350 | Survey Germ Lit&CultureA |
| GER351 | Survey Germ Lit&CultureB |
| GER352 | Intro to German Lit |
| GER355 | Landeskunde-Destinatin Germany |
| GER360 | Germ Lit 20thC 1900-1945 |
| GER361 | Contemporary German Liter |
| GER365 | The Holy Grail (in English) |
| GER381 | Contemporary Ger Lit |
| GER392 | Berlin in the 20th Century |
| GER395 | Topics Seminar |
| GER398 | German Intership |
| GER400 | Ger Lit 19th Century |
| GER401 | Cultural Complementarity |
| GER425 | Morphology and Syntax |
| GER440 | Adv Grammar/Stylistics |
| GER450 | Classical Age Lit(Goethe) |
| GER451 | Classical Age Lit(Schiller) |
| GER460 | Germ Lit&Culture Mid Ages |
| GER461 | German Lit 16th-17th Century |
| GER470 | Austrian Literature |
| GER480 | The German Comedy |
| GER490 | Faust |
| GER495 | Topics Seminar |
| GER498 | Internship |
| HBW101 | Beginning Hebrew |
| HBW102 | Beginning Hebrew B |
| HIN101 | Elementary Hindi |
| HIN102 | Continuing Elementary Hindi |
| HIS102 | World History 20th Century |
| HIS115 | Mexico City |
| HIS204 | Lat Am:Indian Emp to20C Rep |
| HIS206 | Africa to 1800 |
| HIS207 | Africa since 1800 |
| HIS208 | Modern Asia |
| HIS209 | Trad Asia & Legacy |
| HIS210 | World History 20th Century |
| HIS214 | Early Latin America |
| HIS215 | Intro to Latin Amer Civ |
| HIS307 | World War I |
| HIS310 | Religion in African History |
| HIS326 | World War II |
| HIS337 | Social & Cult. Hist. of Sports |
| HIS349 | History of Canada |
| HIS361 | Africans to African Americans |
| HIS367 | Global Disease |
| HIS373 | History of Mexico |
| HIS374 | Women in Latin America |
| HIS376 | Canada & US Compared |
| HIS377 | African Systems Of Belief |
| HIS379 | History of Spain |
| HIS381 | History of Human Trafficking |
| HIS382 | State/Socie LateImperial China |
| HIS383 | Modern China |
| HIS384 | Chinese Culture and Society |
| HIS385 | Modern Japan |
| HIS386 | Japanese Society & Culture |
| HIS387 | India: History & Civilization |
| HIS389 | History Of Middle East |
| HIS391 | Modernization/Developmt Africa |
| HIS392 | History of Islam in Africa |
| HIS396 | History of Mexico |
| HIS474 | Terrorism in Modern Society |
| HIS480 | Topics In Third World |
| HIS482 | Seminar Third World History |
| HIS484 | Westerners in Asia |
| INT120 | Story Telling |
| ITA101 | Elementary Italian |
| ITA102 | Continuing Elementary Italian |
| ITA201 | Intermediate Italian |
| ITA202 | Cont. Intermediate Italian |
| ITA255 | Modern Italy |
| ITA300 | Contemporary Italy |
| ITA301 | Advanced Italian A |
| ITA302 | Advanced Italian: Culture/Comm |
| ITA325 | Italian Cinema |
| ITA350 | Survey Italian Lit A |
| ITA351 | Survey Italian Lit B |
| JPN101 | Elementary Japanese |
| JPN102 | Cont Elementary Japanese |
| JPN103 | Business Japanese A |
| JPN104 | Business Japanese B |
| JPN201 | Intermediate Japanese |
| JPN202 | Cont. Intermediate Japanese |
| LAT101 | Beginning Classical Latin A |
| LAT102 | Beginning Classical Latin B |
| LAT201 | Latin Readings A |
| LAT202 | Intermediate B |
| LAT301 | Vergil |
| MAT159 | Statistics and Society |
| MAT332 | Cryptology |
| MAT379 | Environmental Statistics |
| MET215 | Glob Weather & Climate Catastr |
| MET315 | Weather Disasters |
| MET320 | Humans and Atmospheric Change |
| MGT395 | International Business |
| MGT469 | Cult Envir International Bus |
| MGT475 | Global Business and Society |
| MKT390 | Global Marketing |
| MUS101 | Int to Worlds of Mus |
| MUS110 | Intro To Music Listening |
| MUS112 | Intro To Music Literature |
| MUS113 | Intro. to Music Lit & History |
| MUS115 | GlobalTones-Intro toWorldMusic |
| MUS117 | Intro to Music Listening |
| MUS210 | West Hert-Survey Music I |
| MUS211 | West Hert-Survey MusicII |
| MUS220 | Concert Attendance |
| MUS290 | Wind Ensemble |
| MUS291 | College/Community Orchestra |
| MUS292 | College Choir |
| MUS293 | Oswego State Jazz Ensemble |
| MUS294 | Oswego State Singers |
| MUS295 | Ensemble |
| MUS297 | Oswego Festival Chorus |
| MUS302 | Orchestration |
| MUS303 | Conducting I |
| MUS304 | Contemporary Improvisation |
| MUS305 | Jazz Arranging/Composition |
| MUS307 | Mus&Theat:Intro to Opera |
| MUS308 | Choral Masterworks |
| MUS310 | Hist of Music Survey I |
| MUS311 | Hist of Music Survey II |
| MUS313 | Music Of Classical Period |
| MUS314 | Music Of Romantic Period |
| MUS315 | Music Of The 20th Century |
| MUS316 | American Music |
| MUS317 | Evolution of Jazz |
| MUS318 | Chamber Music Literature |
| MUS319 | Masterworks for Piano |
| MUS320 | Renaiss Music in Italy |
| MUS321 | African Music in the Americas |
| MUS322 | Expressive Songwriting |
| MUS323 | Women and Music |
| MUS324 | The Psych of Music Teaching |
| MUS327 | History American Musical THT |
| MUS328 | Afro Brazilian Music & Dance |
| MUS329 | Music and Politics |
| MUS330 | Class Piano III |
| MUS331 | Piano Individual Instructn |
| MUS333 | Beginning Jazz Piano |
| MUS337 | Organ,Individual Instructn |
| MUS341 | Voice, Individual Instruction |
| MUS342 | Diction for Singing |
| MUS343 | Diction for Singing |
| MUS344 | Language Diction & Vocal Perf. |
| MUS345 | Music, Theatre Workshop |
| MUS350 | Music Theater |
| MUS351 | Violin, Individual Instruc |
| MUS352 | Viola,Individual Instructn |
| MUS353 | Cello,Individual Instructn |
| MUS354 | Double Bass,Indiv Instr |
| MUS355 | Music Fit for Royalty |
| MUS361 | Flute,Individual Instructn |
| MUS362 | Single Reeds, Individual Instr |
| MUS363 | Double Reeds, Individual Instr |
| MUS371 | Trumpet,Individual Instruc |
| MUS372 | French Horn,Indiv Instr |
| MUS373 | Trombone,Individual Instruc |
| MUS374 | Baritone Or Tuba,Indiv Inst |
| MUS382 | Recording Technology I |
| MUS383 | Recording Technology II |
| MUS390 | African Music in the Americas |
| MUS397 | The Business Of Music |
| MUS400 | Form & Analysis |
| MUS401 | Counterpoint |
| MUS403 | Intermediate Conducting |
| MUS412 | Bach and Handel |
| MUS413 | Beethoven |
| MUS431 | Piano-Individual Instruction |
| MUS435 | Piano Pedagogy |
| MUS437 | Organ,Individual Instruction |
| MUS441 | Voice-Individual Instruction |
| MUS450 | W-Mus&Theatr |
| MUS451 | Violin,Individual Instruction |
| MUS452 | Viola,Individual Instruction |
| MUS453 | Cello, Individual Instruction |
| MUS454 | Double Bass,Individual Instruc |
| MUS455 | String Pedagogy |
| MUS461 | Flute, Individual Instruction |
| MUS462 | Single Reeds Individual Instr |
| MUS463 | Double Reeds, Individual Instr |
| MUS471 | Trumpet,Individual Instruction |
| MUS472 | French Horn,Individual Instruc |
| MUS473 | TromboneIndividual Instruction |
| MUS474 | Baritone Or Tuba,Ind Instructn |
| MUS481 | Percussion,Individual Instruc |
| MUS490 | Wind Ensemble |
| MUS491 | College/Community Orchestra |
| MUS492 | College Choir |
| MUS493 | Oswego State Jazz Ensemble |
| MUS494 | Oswego State Singers |
| MUS495 | Ensemble |
| MUS496 | Senior Sem/Capstone Experience |
| MUS497 | Oswego Festival Chorus |
| OCE100 | Oceanography |
| PBJ204 | Thinking about Law & Justice |
| PBJ325 | The Poor & the Courts |
| PBJ335 | Latinos in the CJ System |
| PBJ366 | Organized Crime |
| PBJ377 | Suicide Asst. & Euthanasia |
| PBJ383 | Terrorism and Homeland Securit |
| PBJ425 | Comparative Justice Systems |
| PBJ454 | Religion, Crime, and Justice |
| PBJ463 | American Indian Law/Fed Policy |
| PHL237 | Eastern Philosophy |
| PHL247 | Compar Religion- Non-Western |
| PHL307 | Phil, Public Pol & Pub Affairs |
| PHL442 | Social Philosophy |
| PHL443 | Philosophy Of Law |
| PHL448 | Sex,Love And Friendship |
| POR101 | Elementary Portuguese |
| POR102 | Cont Elementary Portuguese |
| RMI320 | Employee Benefits |
| RMI450 | Risk Management Problems/Cases |
| RUS101 | Elementary Russian |
| RUS161 | Russian Civilization |
| RUS162 | Rise & Fall of Soviet Civiliz. |
| RUS220 | Russian Phonetics |
| RUS360 | Anit-Utopias- Zamiatin, Huxley |
| RUS370 | Russian Culture in Transition |
| RUS395 | Russian Language through Lit |
| RUS401 | Advanced Russian A |
| RUS440 | Russian Poetry |
| RUS501 | Advanced Russian A |
| RUS550 | The Russian Drama |
| SPA101 | Elementary Spanish |
| SPA102 | Continuing Elementary Spanish |
| SPA113 | Accelerated Spanish A&B |
| SPA201 | Intermediate Spanish |
| SPA202 | ContinuingIntermediate Spanish |
| SPA203 | Spa for Native Speakers A |
| SPA204 | Spanish for Native Speakers |
| SPA301 | Advanced Spanish A |
| SPA302 | Advanced Spanish B |
| SPA310 | Business Spanish |
| SPA340 | Masterpieces of Spanish Lit |
| SPA342 | Spanish-Amer Literature B |
| SPA350 | Survey Spanish Literature A |
| SPA351 | Survey Spanish Literature B |
| SPA352 | Survey of Spanish-Amer. Lit A |
| SPA353 | Spanish-Amer Literature B |
| SPA380 | Life&Thought:SpainThroughLit A |
| SPA381 | Life&Thought:SpainThroughLit B |
| SPA395 | Seminar |
| SPA396 | Teaching College Spanish |
| SPA410 | Advanced Grammar Analysis |
| SPA425 | Lit Of Spain In 20th Century |
| SPA430 | Lit Of Spain In 19th Century |
| SPA431 | 19thCentury Spanish Literature |
| SPA447 | Spanish-American Novel |
| SPA448 | Short Fiction Spanish America |
| SPA450 | Siglo De Oro |
| SPA451 | Siglo De Oro |
| SPA461 | Spa Theater of the 20th C |
| SPA470 | Love in Hispanic Literature |
| SPA471 | Medieval Spanish Literature |
| SPA480 | Capstone Seminar |
| SPA495 | Seminar |
| SPA498 | Internship |
| THT110 | Introd to the Theatre |
| THT251 | Costume History |
| THT308 | Women and the Theatre |
| THT359 | Costume and Culture |
| THT365 | Theatre of India,China & Japan |
| VTP307 | Intro to Vocational Education |
| VTP433 | CTE & State & National Connect |
Whether you are a current SUNY Oswego student or new to Oswego, you can begin the application process here. You’ll select the appropriate path in the next step.