Global Development Minor

The Minor in Global Development will prepare students for global sustainable development fieldwork and fulfills the academic requirements of the UT Peace Corps Prep Program. Additional requirements to complete the UT Peace Corps Prep Program include hands-on experience in a US Peace Corps work sector, foreign language skills, and professional and leadership development.

The minor is available to all UT undergraduate students. More information on the minor and the UT Peace Corps Prep Program can be obtained on the Center for Global Engagement website or by contacting the UT Peace Corps Prep Coordinator, Adam Willcox (865-974-1557, awillcox@utk.edu). Students wishing to declare the minor must contact their assigned academic advisor. Students wishing to pursue their Peace Corps Prep Certificate in addition to the minor must contact the UT Peace Corps Prep Coordinator.

Minor Requirements

The minor consists of 18 hours, and includes training both in a specific US Peace Corps Work Sector and in Intercultural Competence. Some of the classes listed may have prerequisites. At least 9 credit hours must be completed at the 300 or 400 level.

Category 1 - Training and Experience in a Specific Peace Corps Work Sector

Leveraging concrete knowledge and skills is central to on-the-ground international development work. Through the Global Development Minor, you will begin to build a professional specialty, which should serve your career well whether or not you become a US Peace Corps Volunteer. You need to complete at least nine credit hours that align with a specific Peace Corps work sector. To complete the UT Peace Corps Prep Program and receive the certificate from the US Peace Corps, you also must accumulate a minimum of 50 hours of volunteer or work experience in the same sector. The Peace Corps work sectors include: Agriculture, Community Economic Development, Education, Environment, Health, and Youth in Development (https://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/what-volunteers-do). Note that Education is the US Peace Corps’ largest and broadest work sector, providing math, science, and English teachers to local communities.

You must first choose a work sector and then complete nine credit hours in that sector.

Agriculture:

All courses with prefixes AGNR, ALEC, ANSC, AREC, BSE, CSM, EPP, ESS, FDSC, FORS, PLSC

Community Economic Development:

All courses with prefixes ACCT, AREC, BAS, BUAD, CMST, COSC, ECON, ENT, FINC, IB, INMT, GRDS, MARK, MEDU, MGT, RMM, SCM, SOCI

Education:

All courses with prefixes BCMB, BIOL, CBE, CE, CHEM, COSC, ECE, EDDE, EDPY, EEB, EF, EI, ELI, ELPS, ENED, ENGL, IE, INTE, MATH, ME, MEDU, MSE, MICR, NE, PHYS, REED, SCED, SPED, SSCE, WLEL

Environment:

All courses with prefixes EEB, ESS, FORS, FWF, GEOG, GEOL, WFS

Health:

All courses with prefixes BCMB, FDSC, KNS, MICR, NURS, NUTR, PSYC, PUBH

Youth in Development:

All courses with prefixes CFS, COUN, ELPS, PSYC, RSM, SOWK, WGS

Category 2 - Intercultural Competence

Engaging thoughtfully and fluidly across cultures begins with one’s own self-awareness. With this learning objective, you will deepen your cultural agility through courses in which you learn about others while reflecting upon your own self in relation to others. The goal is for you to build your capacity to shift perspective and behavior around relevant cultural differences. To complete this category, you must complete one of two core classes and six credit hours of directed electives.

Complete one core course:

AGNR 180 - Global Dynamics: Food, Biodiversity, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *
GLBS 250 - Introduction to Global Studies 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 250 - Introduction to Global Studies 3 Credit Hours *

Complete six credit hours:

AFST 233 - Major Black Writers 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 235 - Introduction to African Studies 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 236 - Introduction to African Studies 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 333 - Black American Literature and Aesthetics 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 335 - African Literature 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 336 - Caribbean Literature 3 Credit Hours *
AFST 371 - African History to 1880 3 Credit Hours
AFST 372 - African History Since 1880 3 Credit Hours
AFST 452 - The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 Credit Hours
ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 130 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 319 - Caribbean Cultures and Societies 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 325 - Migration and Transnationalism 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 370 - Gender and Globalization 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 410 - Principles of Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 415 - Environmental Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 419 - Anthropology of Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
CSE 200 - Survey of International Education 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 233 - Major Black Writers 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 333 - Black American Literature and Aesthetics 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 335 - African Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 336 - Caribbean Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 423 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature 3 Credit Hours
ESS 120 - Soils and Civilizations 3 Credit Hours *
ESS 220 - Waters and Civilizations 3 Credit Hours *
FDSC 150 - History and Culture of Food 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 320 - Cultural Geography: Core Concepts 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 345 - People and Environment 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 373 - Cultural Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 375 - Society and Spaces of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
HIAF 371 - African History to 1880 3 Credit Hours
HIAF 372 - African History Since 1880 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 383 - Studies in Asian History 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 389 - Pre-Modern Chinese History 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 390 - Modern Chinese History 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 484 - Studies in Asian History 3 Credit Hours
HILA 255 - Early Latin American and Caribbean History 3 Credit Hours *
HILA 256 - Modern Latin American and Caribbean History 3 Credit Hours
HILA 360 - History of Early Latin America 3 Credit Hours
HILA 361 - History of Modern Latin America 3 Credit Hours
HIME 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours
HIME 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500 3 Credit Hours
HIME 370 - History of the Middle East in Global Context 3 Credit Hours
HIME 384 - Studies in Middle East History 3 Credit Hours
IB 409 - International Business 3 Credit Hours
JST 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050-1500 3 Credit Hours
JST 370 - History of the Middle East in Global Context 3 Credit Hours
LAC 251 - Early Latin American and Caribbean History 3 Credit Hours *
LAC 252 - Modern Latin American and Caribbean History 3 Credit Hours *
LAC 331 - Introduction to Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours
LAC 360 - History of Early Latin America 3 Credit Hours
LAC 361 - History of Modern Latin America 3 Credit Hours
LAC 373 - Cultural Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean 3 Credit Hours *
LAC 401 - Cultural Plurality and Institutional Changes in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
LAC 456 - Latin American Government and Politics 3 Credit Hours
MEST 366 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 600 – 1050 3 Credit Hours
MEST 369 - History of the Middle East and the Islamic World, ca. 1050 – 1500 3 Credit Hours
MEST 370 - History of the Middle East in Global Context 3 Credit Hours
MGT 472 - Managing People in the Global Environment 3 Credit Hours
NUTR 216 - World Foods 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 255 - Sustainability Ethics 5 Credit Hours
PHIL 256 - Social Justice 5 Credit Hours
PLSC 115 - Plants That Changed the World 3 Credit Hours *
POLS 265 - Introduction to International Relations 3 Credit Hours
POLS 370 - Contemporary International Problems 3 Credit Hours
POLS 452 - Foundations of African Politics: Dictators, Democratization, and Development 3 Credit Hours
POLS 456 - Development and Decay of Democracy in Latin America 3 Credit Hours *
REST 102 - The Comparison of World Religions 3 Credit Hours *
REST 232 - Religion and Society in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 232 - Religion and Society in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 375 - Gender in Society 3 Credit Hours *
SPAN 331 - Introduction to Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 401 - Cultural Plurality and Institutional Changes in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
WGS 200 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours *
WGS 370 - Gender and Globalization 3 Credit Hours *
WGS 375 - Gender in Society 3 Credit Hours *
All approved UT study abroad courses in countries who have hosted Peace Corps Volunteers
Credit-bearing international experiences volunteering or interning abroad in countries that have hosted US Peace Corps Volunteers
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements.

Undergraduates