Turning now to our current goals of internationalizing the curriculum. I note that far more than any other human endeavor science is international in scope. Scientists across the globe speak a common language - the language of science. Thus it is not especially relevant to speak of internationalizing the scientific curriculum. The laws of physics in the United States are the same as those in Mongolia or those in Ghana.
Scientists form an international community.
One of our faculty has conducted scientific research in a number of countries ranging from Vietnam to Europe to Australia. Every three years astronomers from all over the world gather for a meeting of the International Astronomical Union. Here the results of astronomical research of all forms are shared. This existing international flavor of science makes it difficult to propose courses which explicitly address differences in current science across the globe. We can and do however include in many of our discussions the historical development of science where the western and non-western cultures have traveled roads with great similarities and great differences.