PJST 3200 - Global Poverty Facts Causes and Solutions

Institution:

Utah Valley University

Subject:

Peace and Justice Studies

Description:

Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 or instructor approval) and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): PHIL 2050 or PHIL 205G or instructor approval. Analyzes global poverty as a serious and pressing worldwide problem that kills over 33,000 people each day. Interrogates questions of why poverty exists, as well as what is or can be done to diminish or eliminate it. Presents sophisticated and empirically-based information regarding global malnutrition, conflict, migration, lack of employment and healthcare, etc. Uses the most recent research and research methodologies to investigate both the causes of poverty and the most promising solutions. Examines literature about various moral perspectives and how they speak to the moral duty (or its absence) to address poverty.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uvu.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 863-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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