30 courses with the subject POV, 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.
POV 1001Poverty and Human Capability: An Interdisciplinary Introduction3
has not completed POV 1003 FDR: Humanities (HU) Credits: 3 An exploration of the nature, scope, causes, effects and possible remedies for poverty as a social, moral, political and policy, economic, legal, psychological, religious, and biological problem. The course focuses on domestic poverty but also considers poverty as a global problem.
POV 1002Introduction to Community-Based Poverty Studies1
POV 1001 Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 Sustained critical reflection on pivotal issues in poverty studies based on supervised volunteer work, journals, and weekly discussions and papers related to the readings in 1001.
POV 1003Poverty and Human Capability: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Fieldwork3
This weekly seminar introduces students to one of the most promising, if controversial, approaches to the responsible life: Effective Altruism or “Doing the Most Good.” Participants will meet weekly to discuss some of the main questions related to effective altruism and some of the main objections to the movement. Because our focus is on doing the most good, the course will focus on applying the course ideas to our own personal, professional, and civic lives, both now and in the future.
This course provides students with the preparation and instruction necessary to become respectful and effective student leaders in the Blue Ridge Mile Clinic, a collaboration with Virginia’s Drive to Work Program and the local courts. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the systemic and unique individual challenges facing some of our local community members in the process of re-instating or obtaining a driver’s license following an encounter with the court system.
Instructor consent Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 This course is offered to members of the Bonner Program at Washington and Lee and provides structured learning activities related to students’ local internships and related leadership training. Students commit to 8-10 hours of service per week through this internship model.
POV 1001 FDR: Humanities (HU) Credits: 3 What role, if any, should the increasingly common, yet contested, concepts of “equity” and “empathy” play in understanding and addressing poverty and inequality in ways that respect the dignity of every person? This course asks students to define, examine, and evaluate both concepts as tools for working toward a more just world. Students will apply the concepts to an inequity or inequality important to them.
POV 2800Poverty Law3
Historical and contemporary policy debates about poverty in the United States. Topics include the constitutional treatment of poverty, as well as the legal and policy treatment of questions of access to specific social goods, such as housing, health care, education, and legal services. Coverage of those topics include a look at the federalism dimensions of the legal approach to poverty in the United States. We also examine the intersection of the criminal justice system and poverty and touch on international perspectives on poverty.
Instructor consent Credits: 1 Students engage in a course of independent study in a topic relevant to poverty and human capability studies under the guidance of a Shepherd core or affiliate faculty member and with the permission of the Director of the Shepherd Program.
POV 4002Independent Study in Poverty and Human Capability Studies2
Instructor consent Credits: 2 Students engage in a course of independent study in a topic relevant to poverty and human capability studies under the guidance of a Shepherd core or affiliate faculty member and with the permission of the Director of the Shepherd Program. The two-credit option requires two hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
POV 4003Independent Study in Poverty and Human Capability Studies3
Instructor consent Credits: 3 Students engage in a course of independent study in a topic relevant to poverty and human capability studies under the guidance of a Shepherd core or affiliate faculty member and with the permission of the Director of the Shepherd Program. The three-credit option requires three hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent.
POV 4203Poverty and Human Capability: A Research Seminar3
Instructor consent Credits: 0 Supervised work with agencies in business and economic development, community organizing, education, environmental advocacy, health care, law, religious ministry, and social services that engage impoverished persons and communities. Eight weeks of full-time work is preceded by an orientation to prepare the interns to reflect critically on what they have learned. W&L students work with students from other participating colleges.
POV 4901Senior Symposium in Poverty and Human Capability Studies1
The Shepherd Program weaves together empirical and ethical perspectives on matters related to poverty and human dignity. This culminating colloquium brings together senior POV minors from a variety of majors to reflect together on our transdisciplinary coursework and community engagement. By revisiting themes and questions previously encountered, but with the benefit of what we have learned in the interim, we will consolidate and advance our learning in poverty studies.
