The Global Poverty minor develops an awareness and understanding of the dimensions of global poverty, its causes and consequences, and the scope of policies aimed at poverty alleviation.
Students will discover how incentives, resources, and social and political institutions influence the incidence of poverty across and within countries. Students in the minor will explore the relationships between poverty and determinants of human welfare such as hunger, health, education and environmental quality.
We welcome students of all majors to declare this as a minor.
Declaring the Minor
You must declare a minor no later than one full academic year before graduation.
If you would like to enroll in the minor, please follow the following steps:
1) Complete the Interest form. *The interest form requires a signature from your major college.
2) Schedule an advising appointment with the Assistant Director.
3) After meeting with the Assistant Director, return completed interest form to the AGNR Dean's Office in 0107 Symons.
Minor Requirements
Five (5) courses with a fifteen (15) credit minimum total, with at least one Global Poverty signature course and at least one Global Perspectives signature course. No more than six (6) credits can overlap with a major.
Course Choices
One (1) Global Poverty Signature course
AREC 345: Global Poverty and Economic Development
AREC 365: World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies
One (1) Global Perspectives Signature course
ANTH 265
GEOG 330
GVPT 200
GVPT 280
GVPT 282
GVPT 289A, 289J, OR 289L
GVPT 306
GVPT 309
GVPT 354
GVPT 359
GVPT 409J
GVPT 409K
ENES 269
ENES 316
ENES 464
ENES 472
ENES 474
BSST 242
BSST 330
BSST 331
BSST 334
BSST 335
BSST 340
BSST 360
BSST 370
BSST 372
Three (3) Electives
NOTE: a course cannot be used to satisfy two requirements, i.e. a course taken to satisfy either of the signature requirements above cannot be used as an elective. However, some of the courses above can be used as electives as per the list below after signature course requirements are satisfied.
GEOG 130: Developing Countries*
GEOG 330: As the World Turns: Society and Sustainability in a Time of Great Change
GEOG 423: Latin America
AREC 345: Global Poverty and Economic Development
AREC 365: World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies
AREC 360: Global Agriculture - Developing Extension Education & Agriculture Technologies in Africa
ANTH 265: Anthropology of Global Health
ECON 314: Economic History, Development, and Policy
ECON 315: Economic Development of Underdeveloped Areas
ECON 317: Global Economic Policies
ECON 375: Economics of Poverty and Discrimination
ECON 416: Theory of Economic Development
ECON 418: Economic Development of Selected Areas
ENST 100: International Crop Production
FMSC 381: Poverty, Affluence, and Families
GVPT 200: International Political Relations
GVPT 282: Politics and the Developing World
GVPT 289A: Appetite for Change-Politics and Globalization of Food
GVPT 306: Global Environmental Politics
GVPT 350: International Relations of the Third World
GVPT 354: International Development and Conflict Management
HIST 496: Africa Since Independence
HONR228N: Evaluating Global Development Assistance
HONR228R: Parenting and Poverty: The Effects of Growing up Poor on Children's Development
NFSC 425: International Nutrition
Important Notes
- Students who declared the Global Poverty minor in Spring 2018 or before may use GEOG 130 to satisfy the Global Studies Signature/Perspectives course requirement. GEOG 130 will only count as an elective and NOT a Global Studies Perspectives course for students who declare Fall 2018 and after.
- A maximum of two (2) courses total can be below the 300-level.
- A maximum of one (1) experiential learning course (internship or study abroad) can count towards the Global Poverty minor.
- Many of these courses listed require prerequisites. It is the student's responsibility to ensure familiarity with pre-requisites for a course.
- Other courses can be considered as electives with advisor approval.
