Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the process already planned by our university regarding virtual mobility. Thus, to complement other initiatives already in progress, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has developed its Virtual Mobility Program for extension courses (PMV). The initiative aims to strengthen relations with our foreign partners in order to offer an international environment and contribute to the academic intercultural education of future global citizens.

Within a plurilingual and multilingual linguistic policy, each course has its own language, such as Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian and French. The 2021 edition also includes a course in LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language), which is taught in English.  It should be noted that the courses are taught asynchronously, which will allow students to participate at a time that is most convenient for them. The courses are aimed at our regularly enrolled students, students from partner institutions and the external community.

The main benefits for a student taking part on this type of initiative are: global learning for all and integrated into the curriculum; applied learning; development of skills needed for the 21st century; intercultural awareness and competence development; interdisciplinary application of knowledge; diversity and inclusion; scalable and low cost internationalization; and high impact practice for teaching and learning.

The 10 courses offered take place from June to August 2021, and two classes of each course are planned. For more information about the application period and the program content, please consult https://pmv-sinter.ufsc.br/.

 SOURCE: https://noticias.ufsc.br/2021/04/ufsc-desenvolve-programa-de-cursos-virtuais-de-extensao-em-linguas-estrangeiras/