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| Global Development Studies | |
| GDS 1100 | Useful Knowledge in the Local & Global Community (3.00) |
| This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the theory, practice, and ethics of socially engaged scholarship at UVA. | |
| GDS 1559 | New Course in Global Development Studies (1.00 - 4.00) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies | |
| GDS 2020 | Global Culture, Commerce, and Travel (3.00) |
| This introductory social science course develops a cultural understanding of global commerce and travel. We begin with the anthropological notion of cultures and languages as keys to human diversity. We then look at some of the ways different cultures are connected today through international business, including the business of travel. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| GDS 2100 | Developing Community-Based Projects (3.00) |
| This course is designed to provide students with the theory, methods, and competencies needed to develop meaningful community-based scholarly projects. One class each week will be devoted to topic areas and readings meant to prepare students to design and implement community-based projects. The second class each week will be workshop based and geared towards developing project teams and working on project proposals. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GDS 2291 | Global Culture and Public Health (3.00) |
| This course considers the forces that influence the distribution of health and illness in different societies, with attention to increasing global interconnectedness. We will examine the roles of individuals, institutions, communities, corporations and states in improving public health, asking how effective public health and development efforts to improve global health have been and how they might be re-imagined. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| GDS 2559 | New Course in Global Development Studies (1.00 - 6.00) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies. Course was offered January 2015, January 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| GDS 3010 | Global Development, Theories and Case Studies, Part One (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | Theoretical approaches to global development from anthropology, economics, environmental sciences, history, politics, and sociology, and analysis of selected case studies. Instructor permission. |
| GDS 3020 | Global Development, Theories and Case Studies, Part Two (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | Theoretical approaches to global development from anthropology, economics, environmental sciences, history, politics, and sociology, and analysis of selected case studies. This is the second course in a two-semester sequence. Prerequisite: GDS 3010. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| GDS 3050 | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship (3.00) |
| Social entrepreneurship is an approach to creating system-level change through the application of entrepreneurial thinking to social ventures, non-profit organizations, government institutions, and NGOs to create economic, environmental, and social value for multiple stakeholders. Students will survey a range of social-entrepreneurial approaches from the non-profit to the for-profit. | |
| GDS 3100 | Development on the Ground (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | Examines the protocols of planning for and conducting development projects and the research associated with them both locally and internationally. Special attention to the ethical obligations inherent in development work and the dynamics of collaborating with local communities. |
| GDS 3111 | Technology and Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Global History (3.00) |
| An interdisciplinary, historical exploration of the globalization of sociotechnical systems over the past 500 years. How have various cultures responded to imported technologies and the organizations and values that accompany them? What can this teach us about our own "technological ideology" today? | |
| GDS 3112 | Ecology and Globalization in the Age of European Expansion (3.00) |
| Grounded in the field of environmental history, this course examines the ways in which enviornmental changes and perceptions of nature have interacted with socio-economic structures and processes associated with the expansion of Europe since the 15th century. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GDS 3113 | A Buddhist Approach to Development (4.00) |
| The proposed course has the same description as above but will include an additional hour for group meditation, film presentations, anonymous journal discussion, and final project planning. | |
| GDS 3220 | Making Culture Visible While Studying Abroad (1.00) |
| The course offers a flexible structure for students studying abroad to learn to be intentional, self-reflective, and curious in how they transact and engage across cultures. It consists of independent assignments organized around methods used by social scientists to understand different cultures and worldviews. It is intended as a supplement to education abroad and can be adapted to different time frames and locations. | |
| GDS 3250 | MotherLands: Landscapes of Hunger, Futures of Plenty (3.00) |
| This course explores the legacy of the "hidden wounds" left upon the landscape by plantation slavery along with the visionary work of ecofeminist scholars and activists daring to imagine an alternative future. Readings, guest lectures, and field trips illumine the ways in which gender, race, and power are encoded in historical, cultural, and physical landscapes associated with planting/extraction regimes such as tobacco, mining, sugar, and corn. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| GDS 3559 | New Course in Global Development Studies (1.00 - 6.00) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies. | |
| GDS 3820 | Global Ethics & Climate Change (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | This seminar takes up questions of responsibility and fairness posed by climate change as ways into a search for shared ground across moral traditions. It investigates the ethical dimensions of climate change as a way to consider broad frameworks for developing responsibilities across national, cultural, and religious borders. Course was offered Fall 2014 |
| GDS 4559 | New Course in Global Development Studies (1.00 - 6.00) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| GDS 4825 | Development Practice: Social Enterprises in Bangladesh (3.00) |
| Examines the critical role that Non-Governmental Organizations can play in economic development. Our classroom will be Bangladesh in South Asia, a poor country, but one with inspiring success stories in lifting people out of poverty. We will visit and analyze microfinance institutions, large social enterprises, village health clinics, schools,fish hatcheries, crafts production facilities, and small enterprises in the countryside. | |
| GDS 4951 | University Museums Internship (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | This is the first semester internship at either UVA Art Museum or Kluge Ruhe. Students will work approximately 100 hours per semester in the museum, and will participate in three training sessions and three academic seminars. Instructor Permission, by application; deadline May 1. Please see information at www.virginia.edu/art/arthistory/courses and www.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/globaldevelopment |
| GDS 4952 | University Museums Internship (3.00) |
| This is the second semester internship at either UVA Art Museum or Kluge Ruhe. Students will work approximately 100 hours per semester in the museum, and will participate in three training sessions and three academic seminars. ARTH/GDS 4951 and instructor permission, by application; deadline May 1. Please see information at www.virginia.edu/art/arthistory/courses and www.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/globaldevelopment | |
| GDS 4961 | Critical Issues in Education Abroad (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | Students will learn about the history, demographics, and current trends in student mobility, while analyzing and contextualizing their own experience of studying abroad. Through the practicum component, students will gain first-hand exposure to the operations of an education abroad office at a major university and developing skills needed to enhance their job-related qualifications with an international perspective and intercultural knowledge. Prerequisite: Completed a study abroad program, Instructor Permission |
| GDS 4962 | Critical Issues in International Education (3.00) |
| Building on the focus of personal experience of studying abroad from the fall semester course, students will shift focus to a macrolevel lens of education abroad and the overall field of international education. Students will examine issues around national and institutional policy, comparative mobility trends, and evolving frontiers in education abroad while continuing their practicum in the International Studies Office. Prerequisite: Completed a study abroad program, Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| GDS 4991 | Fourth-Year Seminar (3.00) |
| In this seminar, GDS majors complete their GDS research paper. | |
| GDS 4993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 6.00) |
| Offered Fall 2015 | Independent Study. Prerequisites: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |