GDEV 4940

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GDEV 4940
Special Topics in Global Development

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

The department teaches "trial" courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester, and are advertised by the department before the semester starts. Courses offered under the number will be approved by the department curriculum committee, and the same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Distribution Category (SBA-AG)

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GDEV 6940

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Food, Agriculture, and Environment

  •  3181 GDEV 4940   LEC 001

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    • W Fernow Hall G01
    • Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022

    • Tucker, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course is designed to acquaint you with major issues, challenges and promising innovations pertaining to global agriculture and food systems. There will be a special focus on agriculture, food systems and the environment in China, particularly its rural development and agrarian change in the past decades. Lectures and discussions will establish the global and regional contexts for sustainable agri-food systems and rural development. The course includes 4 themes: 1) Major Global Agricultural Systems; 2) Issues and Innovations in Food Systems; 3) Rural Development and Agrarian Change; 4) Approaches Towards Sustainability.

  • Topic: Food, Agriculture, and Environment

  • 17811 GDEV 4940   DIS 201

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    • T Warren Hall 113
    • Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022

    • Tucker, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Lat. Am. Migration to the U.S.

  • 19144 GDEV 4940   LEC 002

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Immigration from Latin America is the one of the most important and controversial issues in the United States today. The family separation crisis, the infamous border wall, and the Dream Act dominate political debate. Latinos—numbering more than 60 million in the U.S.—are a large, heterogeneous, and growing group with a unique social, political, and cultural history. This course will explore key current issues in immigration, as well as the history of Latin American migration to the U.S., with the aim of providing students the tools necessary to thoughtfully participate in current debates.