GDEV 5502

Dev in Action: Spring Break Faculty-Led Study Trip

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment preference given to: Global Development majors. 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.

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.

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