GDEV 3502

Dev in Action: Spring Break Faculty-Led Study Trip

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course is the shell course for the spring courses that includes a faculty-led Spring Break practicum within the Global Development department. In these courses, students spend 10 class sessions gaining familiarity with a particular global development challenge (i.e., hunger & sustainable food production, inequality across the life course, environmental challenges & solutions, etc.) and a particular geographic context through readings, lectures, and in-class discussions. The course continues during an intensive Spring-break field study trip, and concludes with post-fieldwork analysis, reflection, and follow-up during the last 5 weeks of the semester.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Global Development majors.

Fees Course fee varies based on trip/location. Each section has a program fee that covers travel, lodging, and meals, and Global Development students may be eligible for needs-based financial support from the GDEV department (see individual section notes for more details). The tuition costs are all included in the Spring term.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

Outcomes

• Describe the state of a set of development challenges in a specified context.
• Map the range of actors and institutions working to address this challenge.
• Evaluate the impact of various global and/or local development related policies, strategies, and interventions in selected countries.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and understanding by engaging respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrate adaptability and resilience in unfamiliar and changing environments, recognizing these as essential skills in the field of global development.

When Offered Spring.

Comments If the program is jointly run with another department (i.e. PLSCI) each department will hold half of the seats for their students during pre-enrollment.

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