Honors Global Competencies
Certificate of Achievement Business · San Diego Miramar College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
The Honors Global Competencies Certificate of Achievement provides an interdisciplinary and systemic approach in order to prepare students for the highly diverse, technologically-rich, and multilingual global society in which we live. The certificate offers students the opportunity to gain a global perspective through completion of coursework in intercultural competencies; communication, computational, and analytical skills; technology; and critical thinking. This certificate helps students to transfer to four-year institutions in concert with the Honors designation. It also prepares students for study and work throughout the world in professional fields such as international studies, intercultural studies, language studies, international business, international law, political science, comparative literature, environmental studies, history, technology, social sciences, humanities, teaching, and more.
All coursework except for foreign language must be completed as an honors class or honors contract.
Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Honors Global Competencies Program will be able to:
- Demonstrate integrative and applied learning.
- Demonstrate critical inquiry, analysis, thinking, writing, and quantitative skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world.
- Demonstrate intellectual and practical skills.
- Demonstrate personal and social responsibility.
Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL THINKING - SELECT 3 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING | 3 | |
| COMS 135 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMS 180 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| ENGL C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing | 3 |
| ENGL C1002 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| BUSE 115 | Statistics for Business | 3 |
| orSTAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| orPSYC 258 | Behavioral Science Statistics | 3 |
| PHIL 100 | Logic and Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHIL 101 | Symbolic Logic | 3 |
| PHIL 205 | Critical Thinking and Writing in Philosophy | 3 |
| SOCO 201 | Advanced Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCO 223 | Globalization and Social Change | 3 |
| LANGUAGES - SELECT 5 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING | 5 | |
| SPAN 101 | First Course in Spanish | 5 |
| SPAN 102 | Second Course in Spanish | 5 |
| SPAN 201 | Third Course in Spanish | 5 |
| SPAN 202 | Fourth Course in Spanish | 5 |
| TAGA 101 | First Course in Tagalog | 5 |
| TAGA 102 | Second Course in Tagalog | 5 |
| TAGA 201 | Third Course in Tagalog | 5 |
| GLOBAL STUDIES - SELECT A MINIMUM OF 9 UNITS FROM THREE DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS | 9 | |
| ADJU 101 | Introduction to Administration of Justice | 3 |
| ADJU 106 | Diversity and Community Relations | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 104 | Laboratory in Biological Anthropology | 1 |
| ANTH 107 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ARTF 100 | Art Orientation | 3 |
| ARTF 107 | Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTF 109 | Modern Art | 3 |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ARTF 125 | Art History: Arts of the Asian Continent | 3 |
| AVIA 101 | Private Pilot Ground School | 3 |
| AVIA 105 | Introduction to Aviation and Aerospace | 3 |
| AVIA 115 | Aviation Weather | 3 |
| AVIA 128 | Group Dynamics for High Risk Teams | 3 |
| AVIA 133 | Human Factors in Aviation | 3 |
| BIOL 100 | Natural History - Environmental Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 115 | Marine Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 130 | Human Heredity | 3 |
| BIOL 131 | Introduction to Biotechnology | 4 |
| BIOL 132 | Applied Biotechnology I | 4 |
| BIOL 133 | Applied Biotechnology II | 4 |
| BIOL 135 | Biology of Human Nutrition | 3 |
| BLAS 140A | African American History to Reconstruction | 3 |
| BLAS 140B | African American History since Reconstruction to the Present | 3 |
| BUSE 100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BUSE 119 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BUSE 120 | Personal Financial Management | 3 |
| BUSE 129 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BUSE 140 | Business Law and the Legal Environment | 3 |
| BUSE 150 | Human Relations in Business | 3 |
| BUSE 155 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| BUSE 157 | Developing a Plan for the Small Business | 3 |
| BUSE 201 | Business Organization and Management | 3 |
| CHEM 111 | Chemistry in Society | 3 |
| CHIL 101 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| CHIL 103 | Lifespan Growth and Development | 3 |
| CHIL 141 | The Child, Family, and Community | 3 |
| CISC 181 | Principles of Information Systems | 4 |
| ENGL 209 | Literary Approaches to Film | 3 |
| ENGL 220 | Masterpieces of World Literature I: 1500 BCE - 1600 CE | 3 |
| ENGL 221 | Masterpieces of World Literature II: 1600 - Present | 3 |
| ENGL 230 | Asian American Literature | 3 |
| FIPT 101 | Fire Protection Organization | 3 |
| GEOG 102 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 104 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| GEOL 100 | Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOL 104 | Earth Science | 3 |
| HEAL 101 | Health and Lifestyle | 3 |
| HIST 100 | World History I | 3 |
| HIST 101 | World History II | 3 |
| HIST 115A | History of the Americas I | 3 |
| HIST 115B | History of the Americas II | 3 |
| HIST 120 | Introduction to Asian Civilizations | 3 |
| HIST 121 | Asian Civilizations in Modern Times | 3 |
| HIST 141 | Women in United States History I | 3 |
| HIST 142 | Women in United States History II | 3 |
| HUMA 101 | Introduction to the Humanities I | 3 |
| HUMA 102 | Introduction to the Humanities II | 3 |
| HUMA 106 | World Religions | 3 |
| HUMA 201 | Mythology | 3 |
| JOUR 202 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 |
| MARK 100 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MUSI 100 | Introduction to Music | 3 |
| MUSI 109 | World Music | 3 |
| NUTR 153 | Cultural Foods | 3 |
| OCEA 101 | The Oceans | 3 |
| PARA 100 | Introduction to Law and Ethics | 3 |
| PARA 105 | Legal Research | 3 |
| PARA 110 | Legal Writing & Communications | 3 |
| PARA 115 | Civil Litigation - Procedures | 3 |
| PARA 120 | Tort Law | 3 |
| PARA 140 | Law Office Technology | 3 |
| PARA 180 | Contract Law | 3 |
| PARA 210 | Immigration Law | 3 |
| PHIL 104A | History Of Western Philosophy: Ancient to Medieval | 3 |
| PHIL 107 | Reflections on Human Nature | 3 |
| POLI 101 | Introduction to Political Science | 3 |
| POLI 103 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLI 140 | Contemporary International Politics | 3 |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 133 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| PSYC 135 | Marriage and Family Relations | 3 |
| PSYC 137 | Human Sexual Behavior | 3 |
| PSYC 166 | Introduction to Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 230 | Psychology of Lifespan Development | 3 |
| PSYC 245 | Introduction to Clinical Psychology | 3 |
| SOCO 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCO 110 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |