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| Global Commerce in Culture and Society | |
| GCCS 3010 | Global Commerce: Theories and Perspectives (3) |
| Theories and cases studies concerning social, cultural and historical aspects of business, trade, finance, organizations, property systems, regulation and work. How are economic institutions and systems of exchange shaped by social and cultural contexts that they affect in turn? What alternative ways of organizing commerce are suggested by world comparative and historical study? | |
| GCCS 3100 | Studying Global Commerce (3) |
| This is one of the two introductory core courses in the GCCS major. It surveys academic research on topics that are salient to contemporary global commerce: the global and the local; illicit trade; the body across borders; global labor; technology and digital infrastructures; trade and physical infrastructures; companies and climate change; global economic governance; and social goals in the international division of labor. | |
| GCCS 3559 | New Course in Global Studies - GCCS (3) |
| New or one-time offerings at the 3000 level in Global Commerce in Culture and Society. Please see Global Studies Program website for full topic descriptions. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GCCS 4991 | Fourth-year Seminar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course, Global Commerce in Culture and Society students will complete a 25-page research paper, as the culminating work of the major. Each student will choose readings relevant to his or her project and present them to the class, leading the discussion. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 |
| Global Development Studies | |
| GDS 2020 | Global Culture, Commerce, and Travel (3) |
| 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 2559 | New Course in Global Development Studies (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies. Course was offered January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, 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) |
| Theoretical approaches to global development from anthropology, economics, environmental sciences, history, politics, and sociology, and analysis of selected case studies. Prerequisite: the student must be a GDS major in order to enroll. Instructor permission. | |
| GDS 3020 | Global Development, Theories and Case Studies, Part Two (3) |
| 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 AND the student must be a GDS major in order to enroll. Instructor Permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GDS 3050 | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship (3) |
| 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) |
| 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. Prerequisite: Instructor permission AND the student must be a GDS major in order to enroll. | |
| GDS 3110 | Engaged Learning for Global/Local Development (3) |
| Students are required to enroll in both semesters of this year-long course. The spring semester of this course on engaged learning in global/local development is designed to support students who are already working with non-university colleagues. We continue reading in the theory and practice of community engagement, trouble shoot community-based activities, and begin evaluating student learning and our impacts on those with whom we are working. | |
| GDS 3111 | Technology and Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Global History (3) |
| 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) |
| 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. | |
| GDS 3113 | A Buddhist Approach to Development (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Buddhism takes an ethical and practical view of how individuals and societies can develop toward greater equity, sustainability, and satisfaction. This course will investigate, from a Buddhist perspective and practicing Vipassana meditation, the state of development in the developed and developing world, in Buddhist and Western societies, with emphasis on the role of the individual, personal choice, and personal growth. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 |
| GDS 3114 | Science, Technology and Development (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course will survey the history of scientific and technical interventions in development, as well as examine the factors that shape the outcomes of contemporary practices. We will look at science and technology in two broad areas in which UVA has considerable expertise: the built environment and public health. |
| GDS 3250 | MotherLands: Landscapes of Hunger, Futures of Plenty (3) |
| 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 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies. Course was offered Fall 2022, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| GDS 3820 | Global Ethics & Climate Change (3) |
| 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. | |
| GDS 4510 | State, Society, & Development (3) |
| This seminar offers an examination of the state, civil society, and citizens, focusing on the ways in which these actors and institutions interact to shape economic, human, and political development. The course introduces theories of the state, civil society, and citizenship, and examines the linkages between these spheres, applying these theories to substantive issues and policy arenas. Course was offered Spring 2020 | |
| GDS 4559 | New Course in Global Development Studies (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Global Development Studies. | |
| GDS 4825 | Development Practice: Social Enterprises in Bangladesh (3) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | 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 Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 |
| GDS 4991 | Fourth-Year Seminar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this seminar, GDS majors complete their GDS research paper. Prerequisite: Instructor permission AND the student must be a GDS major in order to enroll. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| GDS 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Independent Study. Prerequisites: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, 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 |
| Global Studies-Global Studies | |
| GSGS 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and GSGSosophical Inquiry. | |
| GSGS 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and GSGSieties of the World. | |
| GSGS 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to GSGSorical Perspectives. | |
| GSGS 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to GSGSial and Economic Systems. | |
| GSGS 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, GSGSematical, and GSGSical Inquiry | |
| GSGS 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| GSGS 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and GSGSiety | |
| GSGS 2000 | Introduction to Global Studies (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course introduces students to critical global economic and cultural issues and examines globalization at a variety of scales of analysis (planetary, regional, national, individual). The goal is to provide understanding of the main conceptual approaches to global studies and thus enhance their ability to understand and evaluate important real-world issues and problems. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GSGS 2010 | Global Commerce in Culture (3) |
| A liberal arts perspective on commerce, or business, as a part of modern American (and global) culture. | |
| GSGS 2210 | Epidemics, Pandemics, and History (3) |
| Covers epidemic diseases such as plague, cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS in world history since 1500. | |
| GSGS 2211 | Environment, Health, and Development in Africa (3) |
| This course explores the changing relationships between people in Africa, their environments, and global neighbors since 1900. Issues covered include imperialism, conservation, the Green Revolution, HIV/AIDS, petroleum, Chinese investments, and recent viral epidemics. Course focus is on Africa, but issues are global and comparative, and learning therefore applicable to other places. | |
| GSGS 2310 | Intercultural Communication: Italy in Sienese and Sicilian Contexts (3) |
| Students will learn the theory and acquire skills necessary to conscientiously negotiate a variety of cross-cultural situations. Based on the student's direct experience in two Italian cities, Siena (Tuscany) and Catania (Sicily), the course engages students in a) developing a critical awareness of Italian regional and urban identities, b) reappraising their own culture in light of others, and c) analyzing the nature of cross-cultural encounter. | |
| GSGS 2400 | Mass Migration and Global Development (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course explores migration's relation to global development initiatives. When do migrants "count" in development projects, and when do they not? What kinds of political, social, and economic claims are migrants permitted to make on their own terms, and when are these claims mediated by development and humanitarian initiatives? Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024 |
| GSGS 2530 | ISO: Study Abroad Topics Course (1 - 6) |
| Various topics taught through study-abroad programs at UVA. | |
| GSGS 2559 | New Course in Global Studies (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| GSGS 3030 | Global Cultural Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course analyzes our global cultural condition from a dual historical perspective and follows a development stretching over the last 60 years, beginning with the period just after WW II and continuing to the present day. Of central concern will be the varieties of cultural expression across regions of the world and their relation to a rapidly changing social history, drawing upon events that occur during the semester. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 |
| GSGS 3100 | Critical Conceptions of the Global (3) |
| This course examines leading schools of thought in Global Studies from a critical perspective. Students will engage with foundational political, social, and cultural concepts that underpin contemporary economic, cultural, and political institutions of power. The course brings together material from anthropology, political theory, and cultural studies. | |
| GSGS 3110 | US Military Experience and International Development (3) |
| This course examines the US military tradition of humanitarian aid, civil reconstruction, and economic/rural development, through case studies from the last two decades. We study the history, policies, and doctrines that made this work possible, but our primary focus will be to ask and, collaborating with practitioners, learn methods, ethics, precedents, and insights for international development from this largely neglected tradition. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| GSGS 3111 | Global Studies Epistemology, Methodology & Methods (3) |
| Epistemologies, methodologies and methods currently used in Global research as well as emerging alternatives. We will examine: pressures for knowledge production that is co-authored with non-academic actors; historical and contemporary uses of research methods by global actors; the differing audiences for research that our students speak to across global spaces; and interest in knowledge that contributes more directly to social action. | |
| GSGS 3112 | Global Perspectives on Corruption (3) |
| This course takes an ethnographically informed approach to the question of how to understand corruption by examining practices of and perspectives on corruption from across the globe - including the so-called Global North. It aims to encourage students to 1) critically assess assumptions at the heart of international anti-corruption discourses; 2) examine tensions between global discourses of corruption and local practices; 3) compare and contrast corruption between different localities. | |
| GSGS 3115 | Work, Women's Work and Women Workers in South Asia (3) |
| What is 'work'? Are women seen as 'workers'? Are there women who do not 'work'? What is the history of paid, less paid, and unpaid work? This course focuses on new trends in the relationship between gender, class and work; and will reveal emerging possibilities in knowledge and practice through changes or reversal in the gender order and its impact on work and its relationship with capital. | |
| GSGS 3116 | Social Movements and Development (3) |
| This course examines debates about social movements and development, from workers responding to changes in their sphere of work, to communities responding to the seizure of land, water or other resources. Issues will include displacement, migration, trafficking, labor rights, environmental damage; gender, class and caste aspects of movements; human rights of marginalized groups; the role of the state and non-state organizations. | |
| GSGS 3117 | Dynamics of Great Power: View from the South (3) |
| How do developing countries in the global South navigate the emergence of renewed great power competition? This class will explore the impact of European & non-Euro imperialism on large parts of the developing World. We will seek to answer this question by looking at the engagement of countries & actors in the global South with established and emerging powers in an increasingly multi-polar World. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GSGS 3118 | Space, Place and Global Development (3) |
| Geography matters! We'll explore theories & cases to better understand issues as the struggle over the ocean/other public commons, the role of sacred spaces in Indigenous communities, how migrants make a place for themselves in their new homes, economic resilience and how capital, goods and people circulate in the economy, and more. This is a good introduction to themes raised in Global Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GSGS 3120 | Engineering, Public Health, & Development: An Interdisciplinary Exploration (3) |
| Real-world problems are inherently interdisciplinary. This course explores how public health, development, and engineering intertwine in efforts to improve daily life in Guatemala. We will investigate community projects of the UVA-Guatemala Initiative, and we will compare these with the work of other NGOs to understand better how ethical collaboration can make a difference in people's lives. We will be joined by Guatemalan students. | |
| GSGS 3210 | Making Culture Visible While Studying Abroad (Pre-departure) (0.5) |
| 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 timeframes and locations. First of three-course sequence. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| GSGS 3220 | Making Culture Visible While Studying Abroad (During Abroad) (1) |
| 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 timeframes and locations. Second of 3-course sequence. Course was offered Fall 2019 | |
| GSGS 3230 | Making Culture Visible While Studying Abroad (After Return) (0.5) |
| 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 timeframes and locations. Third of three-course sequence. | |
| GSGS 3240 | Working with/across Cultures in International Internships (1 - 3) |
| This course provides an academic framework (based in experiential learning theory) for students who are engaging in internships in diverse locations abroad. Students will develop familiarity with and critically reflect upon the anthropological concept of culture in shaping experiences of work and voluntary global mobility. Readings will complement experiential assignments in which students will reflect upon and analyze local contexts. | |
| GSGS 3245 | Interning Abroad, Virtually (1) |
| This course provides an academic framework for students who are engaging in virtual internships with organizations located outside the US. Students will develop familiarity with broader trends in remote and cross-cultural work while also analyzing the global connections which define their geographically distributed labor. Theory- and research-based readings will complement experiential and reflective assignments. Course was offered Summer 2022 | |
| GSGS 3250 | Global Perspectives of Development Experience in Morocco (2) |
| Students will be introduced to social theories that have informed development policies and movements around the globe since World War II and then will explore Moroccan approaches to social change and meeting local people's development needs. Additionally, students will gain understanding of and practice employing participatory methods in the realization of development projects. | |
| GSGS 3330 | Ecological Economics: Economics as if People and Thermodynamics Mattered (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Ecological Economics augments standard economics by stressing the coevolution of natural systems with human institutions, including markets, and elevating sustainability and justice (not merely efficiency) as essential societal goals. In this course, students examine ecological-economic relationships, outcomes, challenges, and solutions, in the context of local and global agricultural, resource, environmental, and development issues. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| GSGS 3350 | Dot Orgs: Getting Results in the Real World (3) |
| Non-governmental organizations are essential in the work of building a sustainable, just, and aesthetically pleasant world. In this course, we examine the history and role of NGOs, explore the legal and institutional frameworks that govern them, and exercise skills in planning, budgeting, fundraising, and communications. Students study existing NGOs as examples and propose and plan for the launch of a new NGO to address unmet societal needs. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GSGS 3365 | Conscious Social Change: Contemplation and Innovation for Social Change (3) |
| This course offers an experiential social venture incubator integrating mindfulness-based leadership and contemplative practices and social entrepreneurship tools. Students will work in teams to develop a business plan for a real or hypothetical social-purpose venture. Daily contemplative practice, interactive personal leadership work and dialogue will allow students to explore both the inner and external dimensions of becoming change leaders. Course was offered January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2016, January 2015 | |
| GSGS 3410 | Migrant Women's Political Activism: Global Perspectives (3) |
| This course examines the tools, ideas, and practices of migrant-women led political activism and engagement both historically and in the present-day. We look at the ways in which women throughout the world have organized and mobilized around a range of causes and ideas, from wage equality to decolonization to racial justice. We ask what such efforts can teach us about political participation in situations of uncertainty today. | |
| GSGS 3510 | Living and Working Abroad (6) |
| This class will provide students with a study abroad experience which consists of an understanding of the place in which they study, a "boot camp" experience around a certain skill, and reflection work that connects the boot camp and a lab/internship to their liberal arts degree. | |
| GSGS 3530 | ISO: Study Abroad Topics Course (1 - 6) |
| Various topics offered through study abroad at UVA. | |
| GSGS 3550 | Topics in Global Studies (3) |
| Various topics offered in Global Studies. See department website for full course descriptions. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024 | |
| GSGS 3559 | New Course in Global Studies (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015 |
| GSGS 3675 | Museums and Cultural Representation in Quebec (3) |
| In this J-term course, we visit museums in Montreal and Quebec City to examine the politics of cultural representation, asking how various kinds of group identity are exhibited in art, history, and anthropology museums. Daily museum visits are accompanied by readings and lectures. | |
| GSGS 3676 | Global Engagement at Home & Abroad (3) |
| Exploring the diverse yet interconnected worlds of experience between Chinese and non-Chinese citizens of Hereford Residential College, the On Grounds component of the course explores the major cultural touchstones giving shape to American and Chinese societies over the last half of the 20th century. The Off-Grounds portion takes place in Shanghai and Suzhou to apply knowledge learned in the first portion of the course. | |
| GSGS 3690 | City and Modernity (4) |
| The course explores the theories, concepts and contradictions of urban modernity through an investigation of concrete cities. It examines the development of the modern city, including such varieties as the socialist, colonial and post colonial city. It also considers the ways in which globalization affects urban space and urban cultures around the world. | |
| GSGS 4010 | Multiculturalism and Settler Colonialism: Governing Difference (3) |
| This interdisciplinary seminar is a deep dive into the history of multiculturalism as a philosophy and a set of formal policies that have been at the forefront of contemporary Western settler colonial nation-states. We will examine the double-edged sword of multiculturalism: how it has on the one hand tried to overcome the violent legacies of settler colonialism and on the other hand, keeps settler colonial ideas & institutions alive. | |
| GSGS 4100 | Global Activism for Social Justice (3) |
| Each student or small group will develop a project, be matched with a Global Studies faculty mentor, identify relevant community groups, and spend the semester working on that project. Students will discuss ideas, formulate plans, identify tactics, and engage with important social justice literatures. Importantly, the course will engage with the project of activism itself, which has the potential to replicate systems of inequality. | |
| GSGS 4150 | State, Society, & Development (3) |
| This seminar offers an examination of the state, civil society, and citizens, focusing on the ways in which these actors and institutions interact to shape economic, human, and political development. The course introduces theories of the state, civil society, and citizenship, and examines the linkages between these spheres, applying these theories to substantive issues and policy arenas. | |
| GSGS 4200 | Applied Research in Global Studies (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course, students gain experience applying global perspectives, as well as research methods and techniques, to one of several real-world issues. Team-taught, the course allows students to choose a path that includes a methodological foundation, a deep dive into a particular method, a chance to practice a useful skills related to Global Studies professions, and culminating in the applied research project. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| GSGS 4310 | Navigating the African Investment Landscape - Climate Impact (3) |
| This course is designed to teach students about the investment landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa. We will deep dive specifically on opportunities for climate impact. Can we help address climate change by investing in new technologies, innovative business models and sustainable infrastructure? With relatively low contribution to global emissions to date, what responsibility should Africa have to reduce emissions? | |
| GSGS 4410 | The Body Migrant: Medical Anthropology (3) |
| In this course, we explore what actually makes a body¿biology, flesh and bone, technology, maybe even immigration documents? We¿ll think about how medicine sees the body¿what makes us ¿healthy¿ or ¿sick¿¿as well as when concepts like race, gender, and sexuality help us understand bodies¿ and when they don¿t. | |
| GSGS 4559 | New Course in Global Studies (1 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Summer 2015 |
| GSGS 4821 | The Culture of London Past and Present (1) |
| "The Culture of London: Past and Present" offers an interdisciplinary approach to metropolitan culture, as an historically embedded object of inquiry. Located in London, it runs for a month each year from early June to early July. Faculty members from the University direct, teach and lead the class; they are complemented by London-based specialists in architecture, art history, religious studies and contemporary politics. | |
| GSGS 4961 | Education Abroad Advising and Administration I (3) |
| Students learn about the history, demographics, current trends in student mobility, and the principles and practices in effective education abroad advising and administration. Students gain first-hand exposure to the operations of an education abroad office and acquire knowledge and develop skills needed to enter the field of education abroad advising and administration.
Prerequisite: Completed a study abroad program, Instructor Permission. | |
| GSGS 4962 | Education Abroad Advising and Administration II (3) |
| Students continue their examination of student mobility and principles and practices in effective education abroad advising and administration. Students gain first-hand exposure to the operations of an education abroad office and acquire knowledge and develop skills needed to enter the field of education abroad advising and administration.
Prerequisite: Completion of GSGS 4961; Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017 | |
| GSGS 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with professor. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016 | |
| GS-Middle East and South Asia | |
| GSMS 3000T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 10) |
| Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit | |
| GSMS 3010 | The Global in Situ: Perspectives from the Middle East and South Asia (3) |
| The Middle East and South Asia as locations within the "Global South." This class will de-center Euro-American spaces and intellectual histories, and work toward a grounded re-centering of attention on place-particular histories and intellectual contributions. We will also examine what globalization, as concept and as a set of semi-coherent processes, has meant in particular local and regional spaces in the Middle East and South Asia. | |
| GSMS 3559 | New Course: GSMS (3) |
| New course in the subject of Global Studies - Middle East and South Asia. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021 | |
| GSMS 4991 | Fourth-year Seminar (3) |
| In this seminar, GSMS majors complete their GSMS research paper. | |
| GSMS 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| Independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with professor. Requires instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 | |
| Global Studies-Security and Justice | |
| GSSJ 3010 | Global Issues of Security and Justice (3) |
| This is the foundation course for students admitted to the Global Studies-Security and Justice track of Global Studies. | |
| GSSJ 3420 | Migration and Social Movements in the Americas (3) |
| This course will provide a political and economic history of how migration flows have affected societies and social movements in both North and South America. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| GSSJ 3559 | New Course in Global Security and Justice (3) |
| This lecture course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Security and Justice. | |
| GSSJ 3579 | New Practicum in Global Security and Justice (3) |
| This practicum course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Security and Justice. | |
| GSSJ 4100 | Refugee Mobilities, Border Zones, and Human Rights (3) |
| What is the experience of being displaced and looking for a better life? When a refugee reaches their 'final destination,' what is their experience of arrival? How are the movements, journeys and pathways of refugees cause for concern for the nation-state? This interdisciplinary course examines the relationship between refugee journeys (mobility), the hardships they confront (vulnerability), and the places in which these take place (border zones). | |
| GSSJ 4559 | New Seminar in Global Security and Justice (3) |
| This seminar course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Security and Justice. | |
| GSSJ 4991 | Capstone Seminar (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This is the capstone seminar for students in the Security and Justice track of Global Studies. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| GSSJ 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| This course is designed to allow Global Studies-Security and Justice majors to pursue independent study of relevant topics that go beyond the program's core, track and/or elective curricula. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 | |
| Global Studies-Environments and Sustainability | |
| GSVS 1000T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 10) |
| Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit | |
| GSVS 1559 | New course in Global Environments and Sustainability (1 - 3) |
| New course in Global Environments and Sustainability Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2016 | |
| GSVS 2000T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 10) |
| Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit | |
| GSVS 2050 | Sustainable Energy Systems (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course investigates a major source of human impact upon the Earth - energy consumption to fuel human activity. The course a) provides a cross-disciplinary perspective on the challenge of human-centered energy use, b) explains the historical origins of today's energy systems, c) describes current energy systems, d) examines the components of sustainable energy systems, and e) considers keys to their deployment. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016 |
| GSVS 2150 | Global Sustainability (3) |
| This integrated and interdisciplinary course provides foundational knowledge on the multifaceted aspects of both problems and solutions related to sustainability, and challenges participants to deepen their understanding of global sustainability issues through a real-world, collaborative Think Global/ Act Local project. | |
| GSVS 2210 | Religion, Ethics, & Global Environments (3) |
| This course interprets humanity's changing ecological relationships through religious and philosophical traditions. It takes up ethical questions presented by environmental problems, introduces frameworks for making sense of them, and examines the symbols and narratives that shape imaginations of nature. | |
| GSVS 2559 | New Course in Global Environments and Sustainability (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Environments and Sustainability, in Global Studies. | |
| GSVS 3000T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 10) |
| Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit | |
| GSVS 3010 | Sustainable Design Thinking I (3) |
| This course is a collaborative design thinking experience that emphasizes sustainability. Students work in self-selected teams through the first half of the design process, identifying a challenge and conceiving of a solution. The course emphasizes sustainability, multidisciplinary teamwork, and client-stakeholder engagement. Students define their own challenge space, conceive of their own solution, and articulate solution requirements. | |
| GSVS 3020 | Sustainable Design Thinking II (3) |
| This course is a collaborative design thinking experience that focus on sustainability. Students work in self-selected teams through the second half of the design process, prototyping and testing a sustainability-related concept and articulating a robust description of a solution ready for transfer to end-users. The course emphasizes multidisciplinary teamwork and client-stakeholder engagement. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021 | |
| GSVS 3110 | Sustainable Communities (3) |
| This seminar investigates the principles of sustainable community development--environmental quality, economic health, and social equity--as reflected in buildings, rural landscapes, towns, and cities. Through case studies, class activities and site visits, we will examine how communities impact and improve basic environmental-quality variables such as air and water quality, food supply, mobility, energy, and sense of place. | |
| GSVS 3150 | Sustainability Leadership from the Grounds Up (2) |
| In this experiential, workshop-based course, students will develop leadership skills in translating ideas into action, using UVA's Grounds as a living lab for sustainability - the campus as a sustainability classroom. Students will gain insight into a process in which individuals can catalyze change to solve global problems and advance strategic goals on a local level though a place-based, project-based, and human-centered approach. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| GSVS 3160 | The Politics of Food (3) |
| How and what we eat is basic to who we are as individuals, as a culture, and as a polity. This course looks at the production and consumption of food in a political context, focusing on controversies over agricultural subsidies, labeling requirements, taxation, farming practices, food safety, advertising and education. | |
| GSVS 3210 | The Global Context of Clean Energy Materials (3) |
| Clean energy (CE) systems require far more minerals than their fossil fuel-based counterparts, minerals sourced, refined, and disposed of globally. The course examines which minerals are needed for the CE transition and why. It considers social, economic, and environmental sustainability challenges from use of these materials and highlights the sociotechnical reality of sustainability, i.e., Success depends upon social and technical advance. 3rd year standing or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022 | |
| GSVS 3310 | Sustainability Policy at Home & Abroad (3) |
| Students will survey the main currents of US & international natural resource policy (air & water quality, endangered species protection, public land management, private land conservation), consider their origins in conservation thought, and learn to evaluate these policies via examples and assignments from current natural resource and environmental challenges. Students will learn about the actors and processes by which policy decisions are made. | |
| GSVS 3500 | Topics in Global Environments & Sustainability (3) |
| Various topics offered by the Global Studies, Global Environments & Sustainability track. | |
| GSVS 3559 | New Course in Global Environments and Sustainability (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Environments and Sustainability, in Global Studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016 | |
| GSVS 4020 | Ecosystem Services: How Nature Benefits People (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course, students will learn how to trace the "causal chains" from such actions/inactions to various ecosystem, social, and economic outcomes and to measure and value those outcomes. We will consider the philosophical/ethical underpinnings of the Ecosystem Services framework, use computer mapping and other software tools for evaluation, and review current applications of the framework by private and public sector entities. Course was offered Spring 2024 |
| GSVS 4100 | Evidence for (Sustainability) Policy (3) |
| The practicum uses problem-based learning to develop relevant facts and sound arguments surrounding local, national and global sustainability challenges. Working with live case studies in the U.S. and abroad, we will follow the steps from problem formation, through model building, data collection, and qualitative and quantitative analysis, and finally on to technical and advocacy communications grounded in our facts. | |
| GSVS 4500 | Topics in Global Studies Environments & Sustainability (3) |
| Explore various topics in Global Studies Environments & Sustainability | |
| GSVS 4559 | New Course in Global Environments & Sustainability (1 - 6) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Environments and Sustainability, in Global Studies. | |
| GSVS 4810 | Vietnam: An Ecological-Economic Exploration (3) |
| Ecological economics is the study of how human and natural systems interact to produce outcomes that are sustainable, just, and efficient. In this course, experiential learning and interaction with practitioners from the Mekong Delta to the capital Hanoi support applied research on how climate change, land reform, and agricultural, tourism, and industrial development connect with the health of ecosystems, and with the well-being of people. | |
| GSVS 4820 | Hanoi's Hong River: Climate, Development, and Rights to the City (3) |
| UVA students, working with Vietnamese counterparts and local experts, use problem-based learning to better understand the complex ecological-economic relationships between people and nature in Hanoi, Vietnam. We use problem-based learning to examine options for conservation, economic development, and improved quality of life while experiencing the rich culture of this ancient and vibrant city. | |
| GSVS 4991 | Capstone Seminar in Global Studies Environments and Sustainability (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course is the required Capstone Seminar in the Global Environments and Sustainability track of Global Studies Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 |
| GSVS 4993 | Independent Study in Environments and Sustainability (1 - 6) |
| This course is an independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with faculty. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |