39 courses with the subject GSGS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GSGS 2000Introduction to Global Studies3
Effective Date 02/15/2024 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 2559 topic #13 Introduction to Global Studies
Effective Date 01/28/2025 This course will introduce students to the multifaceted worlds of Islam, through an interdisciplinary survey of its diverse instantiations across more than1400 years of history, and geographies that span the globe. Drawing on the resources we have at UVA across multiple departments, students will be offered a pluralistic engagement into social, artistic, intellectual, economic and political worlds infused with Islamic sensibilities and ethics.
GSGS 2310Intercultural Communication: Italy in Sienese and Sicilian Contexts3
Effective Date 08/01/2016 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.
Effective Date 09/28/2023 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? Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 2559 topic #14 Mass Migration & Global Development
Effective Date 05/01/2026 Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UVA Game Change courses explore global social and political transformation through sport. Education abroad site locations vary by year.
Effective Date 03/12/2025 This course covers social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of inequality both within and between countries. We will discuss how systems like slavery, colonialism, and capitalism have entrenched unequal power relations across the globe; how structures of inequality are produced, legitimated, and reproduced at national and international scales; and how individuals experience and negotiate these structures.
Effective Date 01/01/2018 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.
Effective Date 02/10/2021 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 2559 #8 Conceptions of the Global
Effective Date 10/03/2017 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.
Effective Date 12/06/2017 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 3117Dynamics of Great Power: View from the South3
Effective Date 02/15/2024 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 3559 topic #45 Dynamics of Great Powers: View from the South
Effective Date 02/15/2024 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 3559 topic #44 Space, Place and Global Development
GSGS 3120Engineering, Public Health, & Development: An Interdisciplinary Exploration3
Effective Date 02/05/2018 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 3220Making Culture Visible While Studying Abroad (During Abroad)1
Effective Date 05/01/2015 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.
GSGS 3240Working with/across Cultures in International Internships1
Effective Date 05/01/2024 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.
Effective Date 05/01/2024 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.
GSGS 3250Global Perspectives of Development Experience in Morocco2
Effective Date 05/01/2021 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 3559 #32 Global Development in Morocco
GSGS 3330Ecological Economics: Economics as if People and Thermodynamics Mattered3
Effective Date 10/25/2022 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 3559 topic #42 Ecological Economics
GSGS 3350Dot Orgs: Getting Results in the Real World3
Effective Date 02/15/2024 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 3559 topic #43 Dot Org
Effective Date 08/01/2025 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 3590Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE) Global Health Practice1
Effective Date 01/01/2026 CGHE supports ethical, community based engagement to explore health in a global context. Students in this course will understand the importance of social determinants, cultural context, history, and economy on constructing health and health disparities; explore the relevance or impact of multiple disciplines on health; develop critical thinking through supported research engagement; engage directly with community partners as learners and as peers.
Effective Date 08/01/2022 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.
Effective Date 09/21/2021 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.
Effective Date 02/16/2023 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 4559 #14 Appl Rsrch in Global Studies
GSGS 4310Navigating the African Investment Landscape - Climate Impact3
Effective Date 03/24/2023 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? Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 4559 topic #10 Investing in Africa
Effective Date 10/10/2024 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 4510eGlobal: Sustainable Engagement in Rwanda1
Effective Date 02/14/2025 This two-part program will pair students in Rwanda studying at the University of Global Health Equity with UVA students to investigate global health topics relevant to both countries. In groups of four, students work over the course of the year on a research topic of their choice. eGlobal provides a faculty-supported platform for UVA students to engage in meaningful long-term engagement with international peers.
GSGS 4520Global Partnership Essentials: Theoretical and Practical Global Engagement1
Effective Date 02/22/2025 This two semester course aims to prepare students for effective and culturally appropriate engagement in Global Health activities by providing a background in Global Health theory, key issues, and culturally appropriate practice. Discussion 1-2 landmark articles and case studies focused on Global Health, using the Partners in Health Engage Curriculum supplemented with other relevant articles authored by global partners and UVA faculty.
GSGS 4610Thinking in (Global) Systems: Modeling Complexity for Understanding3
Effective Date 01/01/2026 Life, including ecosystems, social interactions, and policy interventions are complex, and while some simplification of reality to try to make sense of it all is necessary, simplistic thinking and modeling can lead to market, policy, and other actions doomed to fail. This course dives into the complexity inherent in global systems and uses software tools to build models that help us build understanding and more effective solutions.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 Understanding how location, proximity, and connectivity define global challenges like environmental protection, managing migration, and fostering sustainable economic development is essential for the design of effective solutions. In this course, students will build that understanding through spatial analysis using geographic information systems (GIS) technology and gain the ability to map (literally) pathways to future improvement. Requisites Students cannot enroll if they have previously completed GSVS 4559 Topic #8 GIS for Global Sustainability
