Watauga Global Community is dedicated and structured to develop students' expertise in the skills to evaluate and integrate relevant and quality information from different knowledge sources through individual and collaborative processes. The program takes an integrative approach to living and learning, emphasizing the academic and social community through collaborative team teaching and shared co-curricular activities and modeling a way of being in which academic activity is changed by the living experience and living is informed by the academic experience. The curriculum and community create an atmosphere of discovery that leads to an awareness and understanding of local issues and their connections with global issues, blending academic accomplishments with an understanding of the responsibilities of community membership.

Dedicated to replicable curricular, pedagogical, and assessment experimentation, including new designs for community governance and programming, Watauga Global Community pursues its mission through a sequenced, interdisciplinary, experiential curriculum that requires students to integrate class content, community-based research, and multicultural immersion. This innovative curriculum, in conjunction with the academic and residential community, creates an atmosphere for the emergence of dynamic learning experiences through unique interactions among students and faculty.