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Global Poverty & Practice Minor

Abbreviation: 
GPP

The Global Poverty and Practice Minor trains students in the study and analysis of global poverty. Launched in 2007, it provides the theoretical frameworks, methods and skills, and creative opportunities necessary for students to participate in forms of practice that engage global poverty in imaginative and practical ways. The Minor explores the ethics of global citizenship and the role that UC Berkeley undergraduates play in understanding and addressing some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to undertake the Minor and investigate the ways in which the requirements supplement the major field of study

Minor Requirements
Lower Division: 

None

Foreign Language: 

None

Upper Division: 

5 courses + Field Experience

Core Courses: 2 upper-division courses which provide foundational understanding of development, poverty, and inequality.

  • GPP 115: Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium
  • IAS 105: The Ethics, Methods, and Pragmatics of Global Practice

Directed Electives: twupper-division courses, one chosen from each of the twcategories listed below. Consult the GPP Minor Handbook for relevant course list.

  • Global and Area Studies
  • Sectors and Methods

Practice: an individualized global engagement field experience, and a formal reflection course. Consult the GPP Minor Handbook for details.

Completing the Minor: 

For more information on completing the GPP Minor, please consult the GPP Minor Handbook, the GPP Minor Declaration Form, or contact a Global Poverty and Practice advisor at the Blum Center for Developing Economies (
GPPMinor@berkeley.edu).

More information: 

This description is for introductory purposes only. Students interested in completing a minor in GPP should consult the GPP Minor Handbook and the GPP website (http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/global-poverty-education/global-poverty-minor).