The integration of geography in a curriculum focused to internationalization: an interdisciplinary liberal arts perspective from the Netherlands

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Table 1. Necessary dimensions for universities to attain internationalization^a

Dimension	Characteristics
i) Teaching curriculum	Selection of courses with international and global content, overhaul case studies, adjust learning outcomes
ii) Student body	Distinction between undergraduate and graduate, EU and U.S.
iii) Academic staff – origin – research	Home nation
	Setting for research activities
iv) Extracurricular activities	Study abroad, university resources, speaker series, activities, exhibits

^a Based on multiple sources, including Knight (2004), Altbach and Knight (2007), Teichler (2009), van der Wende (2011), Hénard et al. (2012), EUA (2013), de Haan (2014), and Helms et al. (2015).

Table 2. Liberal arts colleges in the Netherlands.^a,b

Name	Main university (Ph.D. in Geography)^d	Location	#Geography Classes^c	Formal majors
University College Groningen	Groningen University^d	Groningen	1 (Cultural Geography)	Cognition and Behavior; Health Sciences; Energy Physics; Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Free Major
Erasmus University College	Erasmus University	Rotterdam	0	Economics and Business, Social and Life Science, Humanities
Leiden University College	Leiden University	The Hague	13 (World Geography; GIS; Advanced GIS; Urban Geography; Health, History, and Society; Natural Resource Management; Sustainable Earth; Energy, Climate and Sustainability; Soils; Field Methods; Earth Systems Science; Natural Hazards; Water and River Management)	Earth, Energy, Sustainability; Governance, Economics, and Development; Global Public Health; Human Diversity; International Justice; World Politics
Amsterdam University College	University of Amsterdam^d and Free University Amsterdam^d	Amsterdam	2 (Hazard and Risk Management; Intro. GIS)	Science; Social Science; Humanities
University College Utrecht	Utrecht University^d	Utrecht	4 (Urban Geography; Field Study; Human Geography; Development Studies)^e	Science; Social Science; Humanities
University College Roosevelt	Utrecht University	Middelburg	5 (Intro. Human Geography; Global Cities; Environment and Society; Power and Space)	Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences; Science
University College Leeuwarden	Groningen University	Leeuwarden	N/A	Politics; Philosophy; Economics; Psychology
University College Maastricht	Maastricht University	Maastricht	0	Science; Social Science; Humanities
University College Tilburg	Tilburg University^d	Nijmegen	0	Humanities; Business and Management; Social Sciences; European Law; Cognition and Neuroscience
University College Twente	University of Twente	Enschede	N/A	Science and Math; Social Science; Humanities

^a According to the Network of University Colleges in the Netherlands.

^b Other universities offer liberal arts and science programmes but are not considered university colleges.

^c Includes formal geography courses as well as thematic courses (based on readings and Ph.D. of instructor); N/A = opens autumn 2017 (curriculum not established).

^d Includes a Ph.D. in geography at parent institution.

^e Includes geography track (sequence of courses).

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