Course Details

Course offered Winter 2013

GEOG 331 AC: Global Poverty and Care (SSc)

GEOG 331 AC: Global Poverty and Care (SSc)

SLN 14485 (View UW registration info »)

Victoria Lawson (Geography; Honors Program)
Phone: 206-543-5196
Email: lawson@uw.edu

Credits: 5
Limit: 18 students

Students must also register for GEOG 331A lecture (SLN 14482). See Time Schedule for day/time information.

Add code required. Available as of October 29 in MGH 211.

Explores the causes and patterns of global poverty, and the urgent need for studies of care in both academic work and public policy. Considers the possibilities and challenges of caring across distance, and ways to respectfully engage with people in different places.

Please note this class links up with GH 101 ‘Introduction to Global Health: Disparities, Determinants, Policies and Outcomes’. Students are encouraged, but not required, to enroll in both.