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Poverty Studies

Overview of The Poverty Studies Minor

To satisfy the requirement for the minor in Poverty Studies, the student must complete:

PVS 101: Introduction to Poverty Studies

This course covers the explorations of poverty from multiple perspectives: the definition, scope, and measurement of poverty; experiences and effects of living in poverty; individual and structural causes; rights, claims, and obligations regarding poverty; successes and failures in the alleviation of poverty; current proposals for addressing poverty.

A Poverty Studies Internship

  • Must deal directly with people living in poverty
  • Must be completed as an 8-10 week full-time summer experience
  • Normally will be undertaken after successful completion of PVS 101 and prior to the beginning of the junior year.
  • Sites must be approved by the PVS Coordinator and Furman's Internship Program Director

At least five additional courses from the list below:

  • With no more than two from any one discipline
  • At least one course from either economics or political science
  • No more than one May Experience may contribute to minor requirements
PVS Qualified Courses:

Below is the most recent list of courses that count toward the Poverty Studies Minor. For course descriptions, see listings under individual departments in the Course Catalog. On occasion, special topics courses are offered that also satisfy the requirements for the minor. For a list of the PVS-qualified courses being offered in any given semester, see the "Course Listings" on the Academic Records website. (Under "Department" choose "Poverty Studies").


AST-250 Human Development in Contemporary Asia
AST-282 Poverty, Gender and Development in India
ECN-233 Economics of Gender
ECN-237
 Economics of Poverty and Inequality
ECN-243
Economic Growth and Development
EDU-111
Perspectives on American Education
EDU-115 (May X) Depiction of Schools on Film
FRN-445
African Novel in French
HST-142
Modern Latin America
HST-145
History of Africa
HST-233
American Immigration History
HST-308 Childhood and Child Welfare in the Modern World
HST-352
Travel Study in Latin America
MLL-245
African Literature
MLL-280 (May X) Social Justice and Immigration
PHL-171 (May X) Themes in Global Justice
PHL-260 Latin American Philosophy
PHL-270
Africana Philosophies
PHL-304
Ethics of Globalization
PHL-310 Social and Political Philosophy
PSC-204
Civil Rights and the U.S. Constitution
PSC-205
Public Policy in the United States
PSC-208
Urban Politics
PSC-211
Racial and Ethnic Politics
PSC-223
 Politics of Developing Nations
PSC-224
Politics of Africa
PSC-226
Politics of China
PSC-228
Politics of South Asia
PSC-229
Politics of Asia
PSC-230
Politics of Latin America
PSC-256
International Political Economy
PSC-515 (May X) Poverty and the Law
PSY-280 Poverty and Child Development
PVS-101 Introduction to Poverty Studies
PVS-102 (May X)
 Living in Poverty
REL-340
Faith and Ethics
SOC-223
Urban Community
SOC-241
Social Class in America
SOC-243
Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC-260
Global Health Inequalities
SOC-260A Global Health Inequalities: Latin America
SPN-240 Latin American Civilization

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