GPP Minor Requirements

The Global Poverty and Practice Minor is organized around core and elective course requirements in addition to the practice which is comprised of a field experience and a reflection course. The requirements must be completed in the following sequence: GPP/CP 115 -> GPP/IAS 105 -> Practice Experience -> Reflection Course. Elective courses may be taken at any time during that sequence, but will most benefit students if taken prior to the practice experience.

Required Core Sequence

Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium (GPP/CP 115)
Students will participate in the key theoretical debates about global poverty and inequality. This course will teach students about different models of poverty alleviation and methods for evaluating such models and practices. (4 units, offered fall semester)

The Ethics, Methods and Pragmatics of Global Practice (GPP/IAS 105)
Open to declared GPP Minor students only
This course will expose students to a diversity of methodological frameworks and techniques and will also allow students to discuss, reflect upon, and debate the ethics of global citizenship. Students will work on projects and assignments that support preparation for their Minor practice experience. (4 units, offered fall and spring semester)

Practice
An individualized global engagement practice experience is the signature element of the minor, providing an opportunity for students to connect the theory and practice of poverty and its alleviation. This practice experience can take place domestically or internationally.

The minimum time expected for the practice experience is 200 hours in the field. Field work completed prior to a student beginning GPP/IAS 105, while valuable to the overall educational experience, will not be considered for the Minor’s practice requirement.

Reflection Course
The experiential learning in the Global Poverty and Practice Minor is expressed through a reflection course, which can be completed in a group seminar (GPP/IAS 196) led by the GPP Program, or a thesis course in the major field of study along with a thesis related to the student's practice experience.(3 units, offered fall and spring semester)

2 Directed Electives

Global and Area Studies
This directed elective prepares students for exploring poverty and poverty alleviation in a specific geographical or global context (in which poverty and poverty alleviation must be understood).

Sectors and Methods
This directed elective trains students on the specific issues and skills associated with the many domains of poverty analysis and alleviation.

*Students whose major field of study is in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) or the College of Natural Resources should note that these colleges allow only one course to overlap between a Major and Minor. Students in other colleges (e.g. CED, Engineering, Chemistry, Haas) should check with their major advisor for course overlap restrictions.

**All courses must be upper division and taken for a letter grade.

Note: While language courses do not fulfill either of the elective requirements, we highly encourage students to take advantage of the many language courses offered at Cal to ensure they can adequately communicate with members of the community they will be working with for their intended practice experience.