GCCS 3010 –  Theories and Perspectives

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?

001

TR 11:00AM-12:15PM | CAB 032 

Laura Goldblatt

GCCS 3559 –  Studying Global Business

TR 02:00PM-3:15PM | CAB 332

Pierre-Christian Fink

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.

Future course number: GCCS 3100

GDS 3010 – Global Development Theory I

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.

001

TR 11:00AM-12:15PM | CAB 389 

Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner

GDS 3100 –  Development on the Ground

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.

001

TR 09:30PM-10:45PM | CAB 389 

David Edmunds

GSVS 2150 – Global Sustainability

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.

001

TR 11:00AM-12:15PM | MIN 125 

Phoebe Crisman 

GSVS 3310 – Sustainability Policy

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.

001

TR 02:00PM-03:15PM | GIB 211 

Spencer Phillips 

GSSJ 3010 – Global Security and Justice

This is the foundation course for students admitted to the Global Studies-Security and Justice track of Global Studies.

001

MW 02:00PM-03:15PM | GIL 245 

Peter Furia

PHS 3130 –  Introduction to Health Research Methods

Much of what we know about human health & health-related behavior is based on quant & qual research. This course involves students in the research process from start to finish, including formulating a research question; conducting a background literature review; choosing a study design; developing data collection tools; recruiting a study population; collecting data; assuring data quality; analyzing data; & interpreting & presenting results. Instructor permission.

001

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM | Multistory (Old) Hospital C1 

Aaron Pannone

PHS 3825 –  Global Public Health: Challenges and Innovations

Undoubtedly, we've made important advances in global health, but there's still a long way to go. What factors determine health? What threats do we face today? What issues should we be working to change? We will explore these questions & more through a variety of interactive lectures & small group activities centered on 4 major themes: History & Trends, Determinants of Health, Culture, & Communication. Instructor Permission.

001

T 02:00PM-04:30PM | Multistory (Old) Hospital C1 

TBD

PHS 4050 –  Public Health Policy

Explores the legitimacy, design, & implementation of a variety of policies aiming to promote public health & reduce the social burden of disease & injury. Highlights the challenge posed by public health's pop-based perspective to traditional ind-centered, autonomy-driven approaches to bioethics & const. law. Other themes center on conflicts between PH & pub morality & the relationship between PH and social justice. Instructor Permission.

001

TR 12:30PM-01:45PM | CHM 206 

Kathryn Quissell

GDS 4951 – University Museums Internship 

F 10:00AM-12:30PM | FHL 208 

Melissa Love 

This is the second semester internship at either the Fralin Museum of Art or Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum. 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. Please see information at https://art.as.virginia.edu/course-descriptions and https://globalstudies.as.virginia.edu/# 

Crosslisted with ARTH 4951

GSSJ 3420 – Migration and Social Movements

TR 12:30PM-01:45PM | CAB 309

Levi Vonk

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.

GSVS 2050 – Sustainable Energy Systems 

TR 03:30PM-04:45PM | MEC 205 

James Groves 

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. 

GSVS 4100 – Evidence for (Sustainability) Policy

TR 12:30PM-01:45PM | CAB 368 

Spencer Phillips 

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.

PHS 3050 – Fundamentals of Public Health 

TR 12:30PM-01:45PM | MPH C1 

Paige Hornsby

Public health is multidisciplinary, universally relevant, & constantly evolving. In this survey course, we learn about past & current public health issues & explore the core disciplines of public health through a combination of lectures & small group discussion of documentaries & case studies. We develop an appreciation of how public health knowledge relates to our lives & learn about career opportunities.

PHS 3102 – Introduction to Public Health Research: Population Data Analysis

R 06:00PM-08:30PM | CHM 204

Rajesh Balkrishnan

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge & skills needed to use population data to answer research questions. Students will utilize SPSS to access, evaluate, & interpret public health data. The course will give students an opportunity to generate hypotheses & variables to measure health problems. The course will also describe how the public health infrastructure is used to collect, process, maintain & disseminate data. Instructor Permission

PHS 3104 – Introduction to Epidemiology

MW 2:00PM-3:15PM | MHP C1

Jean Eby

This course is an introduction to epidemiology at the undergraduate level. Using epidemiology as a framework, class participants are challenged to engage more thoughtfully with many of the big issues facing the world today. The course emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and the scientific method, collaboration in teams, and ethical principles and reasoning in this process.

PHS 3186 – Comp. Health Care Systems

MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM | CAB 107

Kathryn Quissell

Provides a background for students who may be interested in learning about challenges & opportunities for improvement in health status for citizens in all countries. Although at the operational level, each national system is unique, there are common characteristics that permeate the design & structure of most health care delivery sectors. The major health reform activities occurring in developed & developing countries will be highlighted.

PHS 3620 – Built Environment & Health Impact

MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | CAB 132

Schaeffer Somers

The planning & design of the built environment to promote public health & equity requires systems thinking & a trandisciplinary approach to research. Students will learn & apply collaborative research methods including scientific health literature review, diagramming concepts, & case study analysis to synthesize logic models as theoretical frameworks for projects & policy.

GSGS 2000 – Intro to Global Studies

MW 03:30PM-04:45PM | WNR 104 

Tessa Farmer

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.

GSGS 2400 – Mass Migration & Global Development 

TR 03:30PM-04:45PM | CMN G120 

Levi Vonk

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?

GSGS 3100 – Critical Conceptions of the Global 

R 03:30PM-06:00PM | CAB 232 

Sylvia Tidey 

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 3117 – Dynamics of Great Power: View from the South

TR 09:30AM-10:45PM | COC 115

Tayyab Safdar

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.

GSGS 3118 – Space, Place & Global Development

TR 05:00PM-06:15PM | CAB 489

David Edmunds

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.

GSGS 3350 – Dot Orgs: Getting Results in the Real World

MW 03:30PM-04:45PM | WNR 115

Spencer Phillips

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.

GSGS 3550 – Topics in Global Studies: Ecocinema in the Global South

MW 03:30PM-04:45PM | CAB 107

Rolando Vargas

A discussion on the production, research, and community engagement of ecocinema. We will study a selection of films produced in the last years to reflect and discuss climate change, environmental/man-made decisions, ecojustice, environmental racism, consumerism, and waste.

Combined with ARTH 3591

GSGS 3559 – 001: The Individual and the World

W 06:00PM-08:30PM | CAB 303

Peter Furia

This course explores the practicability of the ideal of cosmopolitanism (a.k.a. "global citizenship.") Students will read canonical texts by authors ranging from Lao Tzu to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, keep up with current events via a daily global news podcast, and, ultimately, complete a term project assessing the efficacy of citizen actions in regard to a global issue of personal interest.

GSGS 3559 – 003: eGlobal: Sustainable Engagement in Rwanda - Part I

Online Course | Flexible Schedule (1 credit)

eGlobal provides a way for UVA students to have meaningful long-term engagement with international peers. UVA students work with students from the University for Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda, in teams of four, to investigate global health topics relevant to both countries. The program provides a list of possible topics to work on for groups to choose from (although groups can also define their own topics). Estimated time commitment will be one hour per week on Zoom with the group, and about another hour per week for online research on the topic. The program runs the full academic year, and culminates in an online symposium where all groups present their research findings. For interested eGlobal groups options exist to publish their findings in Conflux, the University of Virginia global health journal.

Questions? Contact course coordinator, Haylee Ressa (qnx7rs@virginia.edu) 

GSGS 3559 – 004: Understanding "New Silk Roads"

MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | CAB 232

Tayyab Safdar

In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in speeches in Kazakhstan and Indonesia, highlighted invoked images of a prosperous and peaceful past linking different civilizations along ancient trade routes over the land and sea as part of the ‘Silk Road(s).’ Christened as the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) or the New Silk Roads, the Chinese-led initiative with a focus on improving connectivity and infrastructure has garnered significant interest since its launch. Most recently, China hosted leaders from the global South for the Third Belt & Road Forum. While the West was missing, the Forum was attended by leaders from several countries in the global South, plus Russia. But what is the BRI? Is it a strategic tool deployed by China for global domination as it ensnares countries in positions of economic servitude using economic tools? Or is it a ploy to alter the existing ‘rules-based’ international order? Or does it offer an alternative route to prosperity for developing countries that have eagerly signed up for the BRI? These are some important questions we will address in the course. Through the course, we'll develop a better understanding of the New Silk Roads, the actors involved, their incentives and the implications for Global Security and development.

GSGS 4100 – Global Activism for Social Justice

MW 02:00PM-03:15PM | CAB 209

David Edmunds

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

T 02:00PM-04:30PM | RTN 150

Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner

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 4559 – New Course: The Body Migrant

MW 03:30PM-04:45PM | RTN 150

Levi Vonk

The Body Migrant is a course that uses the field of medical anthropology to rethink what body is. Specifically, it tries to conceive of the body as composed not only of its biological or physical components, but also of “external organs”—such as passports and other technologies—that structure its ability to move through the world as such.