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Students will complete two essays reflecting on the meaning of intercultural competence to them, the first upon entry into the CIE program and the second during their final semester at UT.

Students are required to take the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) twice: once during the first semester in the program and again during the final semester at UT. The assessment is used as a tool to provide students with a development plan to increase intercultural competence. It is also used to measure intercultural development during the program. The inventory scores are not used to calculate grades for the program.

 

The IDI is conducted online. Students will receive an email with instructions and a code to be able to initiate the test from any location with an internet location. The test takes approximately 35 minutes.

To better understand the world, students take a wide array of global knowledge courses as a part of their normal degree requirements. Global Knowledge courses constitute any course at UT designated with an IG and/or NW tag. See 'Overview of CIE Requirements by College' above for specific credit hour requirements for Global Knowledge Courses.