21 courses with the subject GSVS, 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.
Effective Date 12/03/2018 New course in Global Environments and Sustainability
Effective Date 08/01/2020 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.
Effective Date 01/01/2021 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.
Effective Date 01/01/2020 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.
Effective Date 08/01/2025 This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Environments and Sustainability, in Global Studies.
Effective Date 01/01/2022 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.
Effective Date 03/20/2019 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSVS 3559 topic 2 Sustainable Communities
Effective Date 01/01/2024 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.
Effective Date 08/01/2019 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.
Effective Date 01/01/2022 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 Requisites Third Year
Effective Date 08/01/2025 Students will survey the main currents of US & international sustainability 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSVS 3559 topic #13 Natural Resource Policy.
Effective Date 05/01/2026 Various topics offered by the Global Studies, Global Environments & Sustainability track.
Effective Date 08/01/2025 This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Environments and Sustainability, in Global Studies.
Effective Date 09/28/2023 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSVS 4559 topic #7 Ecosystem Services
Effective Date 08/01/2022 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken Anti-requisite GSVS 4559 topic #6 Sustainability Practicum
Effective Date 01/01/2026 Explore various topics in Global Studies Environments & Sustainability
Effective Date 10/06/2024 This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Environments and Sustainability, in Global Studies.
Effective Date 12/18/2024 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSVS 4559 topic #3 Ecological Econ Vietnam
Effective Date 02/16/2024 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. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken GSGS 4559 #14 Appl Rsrch in Global Studies
Effective Date 08/01/2026 This course is the required Capstone Seminar in the Global Sustainability track of Global Studies
Effective Date 08/01/2015 This course is an independent study to be arranged by student in consultation with faculty.
Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
