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International Development Studies (INTD)
Location
Location
- Institute for the Study of International Development
- Peterson Hall
- 3460 McTavish Street, Room 126
- Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X9
- Telephone: 514-398-4804
- Fax: 514-398-2786
- Email: ids [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/ids
About International Development Studies
About International Development Studies
The International Development Studies (IDS) program is designed for those students who wish to take advantage of the resources available at À¦°óSMÉçÇø to pursue an interdisciplinary program of study focusing on the problems of the developing countries.
Most courses above the 200 level have prerequisites. Although these may be waived by instructors in some cases, students are urged to confirm their eligibility for courses when they prepare their programs of study. Note that certain courses (especially those in Management) may not be available owing to space limitations. Students should check the Class Schedule for confirmation as to which term courses are offered.
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- International Development Studies (INTD) Faculty
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration International Development Studies (18 credits)
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Major Concentration International Development Studies (36 credits)
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Honours International Development Studies (57 credits)
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Joint Honours Component International Development Studies (36 credits)
International Development Studies (INTD) Faculty
International Development Studies (INTD) Faculty
Program Chair |
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P. Oxhorn, Political Science (Director, Institute for the Study of International Development) |
Program Adviser |
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Lisa Stanischewski |
Program Committee |
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Oliver Coomes (Geography) |
Kathleen Fallon (Sociology) |
Myron Frankman (Economics) |
Franque Grimard (Economics) |
John Kurien (Economics) |
Matthew Lange (Sociology) |
Sonia Laszlo (Economics) |
Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert (History) |
Jon Unruh (Geography) |
Faculty Lecturer |
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P. Pushkar; B.A.(Delhi), M.A., M.Phil.(JNU), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration International Development Studies (18 credits)
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration International Development Studies.
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. At least 9 of the 18 credits must be at the 300-level or above.
2. Students may complete the minor concentration with no more than 9 credits in total from any one discipline.
Streams
6 credits from one of the four streams:
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Stream 2: States and Governance
Stream 3: Culture and Society
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Experience has shown that development requires economic growth and is shaped by the distribution of economic resources. At the same time, the globalized economy has created new opportunities and new challenges for sustained growth. Courses in this stream revolve around the factors contributing to sustained economic growth, the trade-offs associated with different ways of achieving it, and the distributional issues development inevitably raises. More generally, this stream is also concerned with understanding what "development" actually entails in different contexts.
Stream 2: States and Governance
The courses in this stream focus on how political institutions shape developmental processes. Some courses analyze states and recognize how some promote development by providing diverse developmental goods while others impede development by preying on their peoples. Other courses focus on regimes and consider how political rights and participation, or their absences, affect developmental processes. Finally, several courses consider factors that make possible effective states and regimes.
Stream 2 - Political Science
POLI 319 | (3) | Politics of Latin America |
POLI 322 | (3) | Political Change in South Asia |
POLI 323 | (3) | Developing Areas/China and Japan |
POLI 324 | (3) | Developing Areas/Africa |
POLI 340 | (3) | Developing Areas/Middle East |
POLI 345 | (3) | International Organizations |
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 349 | (3) | Foreign Policy: Asia |
POLI 369 | (3) | Politics of Southeast Asia |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 445 | (3) | International Political Economy: Monetary Relations |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 473 | (3) | Democracy and the Market |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
POLI 522 | (3) | Seminar: Developing Areas |
Stream 3: Culture and Society
The courses in this stream focus on how the social structures, history, and culture of populations affect developmental processes. Associations, class, gender, religion, race, and ethnicity, for example, all shape development in multiple and diverse ways. Moreover, present developmental processes oftentimes cannot be adequately understood without considering history. Culture, in turn, is increasingly recognized within development studies as both a determinant and a constitutive element of development. In exploring all three, the courses in this stream provide important insight into the complex and varied relationship between social context and development.
Stream 3 - Anthropology
ANTH 209 | (3) | Anthropology of Religion |
ANTH 301 | (3) | Nomadic Pastoralists |
ANTH 318 | (3) | Globalization and Religion |
ANTH 322 | (3) | Social Change in Modern Africa |
ANTH 326 | (3) | Anthropology of Latin America |
ANTH 327 | (3) | Peoples of South Asia |
ANTH 329 | (3) | Modern Chinese Society and Change |
ANTH 341 | (3) | Women in Cross-cultural Perspective |
ANTH 342 | (3) | Gender, Inequality and the State |
ANTH 422 | (3) | Contemporary Latin American Culture & Society |
ANTH 500 | (3) | Chinese Diversity and Diaspora |
Stream 3 - History
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the Political Science course list for Stream 3.
HIST 197 | (3) | FYS: Race in Latin America |
HIST 200 | (3) | Introduction to African History |
HIST 201 | (3) | Modern African History |
HIST 213 | (3) | World History, 1300-2000 |
HIST 218 | (3) | Modern East Asian History |
HIST 309 | (3) | History of Latin America to 1825 |
HIST 338 | (3) | Twentieth-Century China |
HIST 339 | (3) | Arab-Israeli Conflict |
HIST 360 | (3) | Latin America since 1825 |
HIST 366 | (3) | Themes in Latin American History 1 |
HIST 382 | (3) | History of South Africa |
HIST 419 | (3) | Central America |
HIST 448 | (3) | Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East |
HIST 528 | (3) | Indian Ocean World Slave Trade |
Stream 3 - Islamic Studies
ISLA 200 | (3) | Islamic Civilization |
ISLA 210 | (3) | Muslim Societies |
ISLA 345 | (3) | Science and Civilization in Islam |
ISLA 355 | (3) | Modern History of the Middle East |
ISLA 360 | (3) | Islam and Politics |
ISLA 365 | (3) | Middle East Since the 1970's |
ISLA 383 | (3) | Central Questions in Islamic Law |
ISLA 411 | (3) | History: Middle-East 1918-1945 |
ISLA 415 | (3) | Modern Iran: Anthropological Approach |
ISLA 421 | (3) | Islam in South Asia: 1757 to Present |
Stream 3 - Political Science
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the History course list for Stream 3.
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 435 | (3) | Identity and Inequality |
POLI 442 | (3) | International Relations of Ethnic Conflict |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Within development studies, the environment has long been recognized as a vital determinant of development. More recently, many scholars have changed their environmental focus to emphasize sustainability. The courses in this stream recognize both: some courses consider how the environment can be exploited to promote human well-being while others consider how the environment must be respected to render development sustainable. Together, they highlight the delicate balance that must be attained between humans and their environments to make possible sustainable livelihoods.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Major Concentration International Development Studies (36 credits)
Course selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. In their complete program (36 credits), students can take a maximum of 12 credits from any one discipline and must complete a minimum of 9 credits from two disciplines.
2. At least 18 of the 36 credits must be at the 300-level or above.
3. In the final year (U3), no program courses may be taken below the 300-level.
Introductory
6 credits from the following introductory courses (only one course from each discipline may be counted):
ANTH 202 | (3) | Comparative Cultures |
ANTH 212 | (3) | Anthropology of Development |
GEOG 210 | (3) | Global Places and Peoples |
GEOG 216 | (3) | Geography of the World Economy |
POLI 227 | (3) | Developing Areas/Introduction |
SOCI 254 | (3) | Development and Underdevelopment |
Streams
15 credits from one of the four streams:
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Stream 2: States and Governance
Stream 3: Culture and Society
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Experience has shown that development requires economic growth and is shaped by the distribution of economic resources. At the same time, the globalized economy has created new opportunities and new challenges for sustained growth. Courses in this stream revolve around the factors contributing to sustained economic growth, the trade-offs associated with different ways of achieving it, and the distributional issues development inevitably raises. More generally, this stream is also concerned with understanding what "development" actually entails in different contexts.
Stream 2: States and Governance
The courses in this stream focus on how political institutions shape developmental processes. Some courses analyze states and recognize how some promote development by providing diverse developmental goods while others impede development by preying on their peoples. Other courses focus on regimes and consider how political rights and participation, or their absences, affect developmental processes. Finally, several courses consider factors that make possible effective states and regimes.
Stream 2 - Political Science
POLI 319 | (3) | Politics of Latin America |
POLI 322 | (3) | Political Change in South Asia |
POLI 323 | (3) | Developing Areas/China and Japan |
POLI 324 | (3) | Developing Areas/Africa |
POLI 340 | (3) | Developing Areas/Middle East |
POLI 345 | (3) | International Organizations |
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 349 | (3) | Foreign Policy: Asia |
POLI 369 | (3) | Politics of Southeast Asia |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 445 | (3) | International Political Economy: Monetary Relations |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 473 | (3) | Democracy and the Market |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
POLI 522 | (3) | Seminar: Developing Areas |
Stream 3: Culture and Society
The courses in this stream focus on how the social structures, history, and culture of populations affect developmental processes. Associations, class, gender, religion, race, and ethnicity, for example, all shape development in multiple and diverse ways. Moreover, present developmental processes oftentimes cannot be adequately understood without considering history. Culture, in turn, is increasingly recognized within development studies as both a determinant and a constitutive element of development. In exploring all three, the courses in this stream provide important insight into the complex and varied relationship between social context and development.
Stream 3 - Anthropology
ANTH 209 | (3) | Anthropology of Religion |
ANTH 301 | (3) | Nomadic Pastoralists |
ANTH 318 | (3) | Globalization and Religion |
ANTH 322 | (3) | Social Change in Modern Africa |
ANTH 326 | (3) | Anthropology of Latin America |
ANTH 327 | (3) | Peoples of South Asia |
ANTH 329 | (3) | Modern Chinese Society and Change |
ANTH 341 | (3) | Women in Cross-cultural Perspective |
ANTH 342 | (3) | Gender, Inequality and the State |
ANTH 422 | (3) | Contemporary Latin American Culture & Society |
ANTH 500 | (3) | Chinese Diversity and Diaspora |
Stream 3 - History
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the Political Science course list for Stream 3.
HIST 197 | (3) | FYS: Race in Latin America |
HIST 200 | (3) | Introduction to African History |
HIST 201 | (3) | Modern African History |
HIST 213 | (3) | World History, 1300-2000 |
HIST 218 | (3) | Modern East Asian History |
HIST 309 | (3) | History of Latin America to 1825 |
HIST 338 | (3) | Twentieth-Century China |
HIST 339 | (3) | Arab-Israeli Conflict |
HIST 360 | (3) | Latin America since 1825 |
HIST 366 | (3) | Themes in Latin American History 1 |
HIST 382 | (3) | History of South Africa |
HIST 419 | (3) | Central America |
HIST 448 | (3) | Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East |
HIST 528 | (3) | Indian Ocean World Slave Trade |
Stream 3 - Islamic Studies
ISLA 200 | (3) | Islamic Civilization |
ISLA 210 | (3) | Muslim Societies |
ISLA 345 | (3) | Science and Civilization in Islam |
ISLA 355 | (3) | Modern History of the Middle East |
ISLA 360 | (3) | Islam and Politics |
ISLA 365 | (3) | Middle East Since the 1970's |
ISLA 383 | (3) | Central Questions in Islamic Law |
ISLA 411 | (3) | History: Middle-East 1918-1945 |
ISLA 415 | (3) | Modern Iran: Anthropological Approach |
ISLA 421 | (3) | Islam in South Asia: 1757 to Present |
Stream 3 - Political Science
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the History course list for Stream 3.
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 435 | (3) | Identity and Inequality |
POLI 442 | (3) | International Relations of Ethnic Conflict |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Within development studies, the environment has long been recognized as a vital determinant of development. More recently, many scholars have changed their environmental focus to emphasize sustainability. The courses in this stream recognize both: some courses consider how the environment can be exploited to promote human well-being while others consider how the environment must be respected to render development sustainable. Together, they highlight the delicate balance that must be attained between humans and their environments to make possible sustainable livelihoods.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Honours International Development Studies (57 credits)
Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in their program courses and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. In their complete program (57 credits), students can take a maximum of 18 credits from any one discipline, and a minimum of 12 credits from a second discipline.
2. At least 30 of the 57 credits must be at the 300-level or above; 9 credits of these must be at the 400-level or above. Students may complete fieldwork, or an honours thesis, or an honours thesis with fieldwork (INTD 490 or INTD 491 or INTD 492) as part of the 400-level requirements of their stream.
3. In the final year (U3), no program courses may be taken below the 300-level.
Introductory
6 credits from the following introductory courses (only one course from each discipline may be counted):
ANTH 202 | (3) | Comparative Cultures |
ANTH 212 | (3) | Anthropology of Development |
GEOG 210 | (3) | Global Places and Peoples |
GEOG 216 | (3) | Geography of the World Economy |
POLI 227 | (3) | Developing Areas/Introduction |
SOCI 254 | (3) | Development and Underdevelopment |
3 - 6 credits from the following Method courses selected in consultation with the International Development Studies adviser.
Note: Students taking 6 credits select either ECON 227D1/D2 or SOCI 350 and SOCI 461.
ANTH 344 | (3) | Quantitative Approaches to Anthropology |
ECON 227D1 | (3) | Economic Statistics |
ECON 227D2 | (3) | Economic Statistics |
POLI 311 | (3) | Techniques of Empirical Research |
SOCI 350 | (3) | Statistics in Social Research |
SOCI 461 | (3) | Quantitative Data Analysis |
SOCI 477 | (3) | Qualitative Methods in Sociology |
6 - 9 credits of Language courses.
Students are required to master a language appropriate to an area of the developing world in which they have a particular interest. Among the languages that are included are: Arabic, Chinese, French as a Second Language, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili and Urdu. Other language options can be approved by the adviser. Students who already have second language capability have the option to do: 6-9 credits of another language; or additional courses taught in that language.
Streams
24 credits from one of the four IDS streams:
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Stream 2: States and Governance
Stream 3: Culture and Society
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Experience has shown that development requires economic growth and is shaped by the distribution of economic resources. At the same time, the globalized economy has created new opportunities and new challenges for sustained growth. Courses in this stream revolve around the factors contributing to sustained economic growth, the trade-offs associated with different ways of achieving it, and the distributional issues development inevitably raises. More generally, this stream is also concerned with understanding what "development" actually entails in different contexts.
Stream 2: States and Governance
The courses in this stream focus on how political institutions shape developmental processes. Some courses analyze states and recognize how some promote development by providing diverse developmental goods while others impede development by preying on their peoples. Other courses focus on regimes and consider how political rights and participation, or their absences, affect developmental processes. Finally, several courses consider factors that make possible effective states and regimes.
Stream 2 - Political Science
POLI 319 | (3) | Politics of Latin America |
POLI 322 | (3) | Political Change in South Asia |
POLI 323 | (3) | Developing Areas/China and Japan |
POLI 324 | (3) | Developing Areas/Africa |
POLI 340 | (3) | Developing Areas/Middle East |
POLI 345 | (3) | International Organizations |
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 349 | (3) | Foreign Policy: Asia |
POLI 369 | (3) | Politics of Southeast Asia |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 445 | (3) | International Political Economy: Monetary Relations |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 473 | (3) | Democracy and the Market |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
POLI 522 | (3) | Seminar: Developing Areas |
Stream 3: Culture and Society
The courses in this stream focus on how the social structures, history, and culture of populations affect developmental processes. Associations, class, gender, religion, race, and ethnicity, for example, all shape development in multiple and diverse ways. Moreover, present developmental processes oftentimes cannot be adequately understood without considering history. Culture, in turn, is increasingly recognized within development studies as both a determinant and a constitutive element of development. In exploring all three, the courses in this stream provide important insight into the complex and varied relationship between social context and development.
Stream 3 - Anthropology
ANTH 209 | (3) | Anthropology of Religion |
ANTH 301 | (3) | Nomadic Pastoralists |
ANTH 318 | (3) | Globalization and Religion |
ANTH 322 | (3) | Social Change in Modern Africa |
ANTH 326 | (3) | Anthropology of Latin America |
ANTH 327 | (3) | Peoples of South Asia |
ANTH 329 | (3) | Modern Chinese Society and Change |
ANTH 341 | (3) | Women in Cross-cultural Perspective |
ANTH 342 | (3) | Gender, Inequality and the State |
ANTH 422 | (3) | Contemporary Latin American Culture & Society |
ANTH 500 | (3) | Chinese Diversity and Diaspora |
Stream 3 - History
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the Political Science course list for Stream 3.
HIST 197 | (3) | FYS: Race in Latin America |
HIST 200 | (3) | Introduction to African History |
HIST 201 | (3) | Modern African History |
HIST 213 | (3) | World History, 1300-2000 |
HIST 218 | (3) | Modern East Asian History |
HIST 309 | (3) | History of Latin America to 1825 |
HIST 338 | (3) | Twentieth-Century China |
HIST 339 | (3) | Arab-Israeli Conflict |
HIST 360 | (3) | Latin America since 1825 |
HIST 366 | (3) | Themes in Latin American History 1 |
HIST 382 | (3) | History of South Africa |
HIST 419 | (3) | Central America |
HIST 448 | (3) | Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East |
HIST 528 | (3) | Indian Ocean World Slave Trade |
Stream 3 - Islamic Studies
ISLA 200 | (3) | Islamic Civilization |
ISLA 210 | (3) | Muslim Societies |
ISLA 345 | (3) | Science and Civilization in Islam |
ISLA 355 | (3) | Modern History of the Middle East |
ISLA 360 | (3) | Islam and Politics |
ISLA 365 | (3) | Middle East Since the 1970's |
ISLA 383 | (3) | Central Questions in Islamic Law |
ISLA 411 | (3) | History: Middle-East 1918-1945 |
ISLA 415 | (3) | Modern Iran: Anthropological Approach |
ISLA 421 | (3) | Islam in South Asia: 1757 to Present |
Stream 3 - Political Science
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the History course list for Stream 3.
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 435 | (3) | Identity and Inequality |
POLI 442 | (3) | International Relations of Ethnic Conflict |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Within development studies, the environment has long been recognized as a vital determinant of development. More recently, many scholars have changed their environmental focus to emphasize sustainability. The courses in this stream recognize both: some courses consider how the environment can be exploited to promote human well-being while others consider how the environment must be respected to render development sustainable. Together, they highlight the delicate balance that must be attained between humans and their environments to make possible sustainable livelihoods.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Joint Honours Component International Development Studies (36 credits)
Students wishing to study at the Honours level in two disciplines can combine Joint Honours Program components in any two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs."Â
Joint Honours students should consult an adviser in each department to discuss their course selection and their interdisciplinary honours thesis (if applicable).
Joint Honours students are expected to maintain a program GPA of 3.30 and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. At least 24 of the 36 credits must be at the 300-level or above. 9 credits must be at the 400-level or above.
2. In the final year (U3), no program courses may be taken below the 300-level.
Introductory
6 credits from the following introductory courses (only one course from each discipline may be counted):
ANTH 202 | (3) | Comparative Cultures |
ANTH 212 | (3) | Anthropology of Development |
GEOG 210 | (3) | Global Places and Peoples |
GEOG 216 | (3) | Geography of the World Economy |
POLI 227 | (3) | Developing Areas/Introduction |
SOCI 254 | (3) | Development and Underdevelopment |
Streams
12 credits from one of the four IDS streams with at least three disciplines within the stream:
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Stream 2: States and Governance
Stream 3: Culture and Society
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Stream 1: Economic Development and Living Standards
Experience has shown that development requires economic growth and is shaped by the distribution of economic resources. At the same time, the globalized economy has created new opportunities and new challenges for sustained growth. Courses in this stream revolve around the factors contributing to sustained economic growth, the trade-offs associated with different ways of achieving it, and the distributional issues development inevitably raises. More generally, this stream is also concerned with understanding what "development" actually entails in different contexts.
Stream 2: States and Governance
The courses in this stream focus on how political institutions shape developmental processes. Some courses analyze states and recognize how some promote development by providing diverse developmental goods while others impede development by preying on their peoples. Other courses focus on regimes and consider how political rights and participation, or their absences, affect developmental processes. Finally, several courses consider factors that make possible effective states and regimes.
Stream 2 - Political Science
POLI 319 | (3) | Politics of Latin America |
POLI 322 | (3) | Political Change in South Asia |
POLI 323 | (3) | Developing Areas/China and Japan |
POLI 324 | (3) | Developing Areas/Africa |
POLI 340 | (3) | Developing Areas/Middle East |
POLI 345 | (3) | International Organizations |
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 349 | (3) | Foreign Policy: Asia |
POLI 369 | (3) | Politics of Southeast Asia |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 445 | (3) | International Political Economy: Monetary Relations |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 473 | (3) | Democracy and the Market |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
POLI 522 | (3) | Seminar: Developing Areas |
Stream 3: Culture and Society
The courses in this stream focus on how the social structures, history, and culture of populations affect developmental processes. Associations, class, gender, religion, race, and ethnicity, for example, all shape development in multiple and diverse ways. Moreover, present developmental processes oftentimes cannot be adequately understood without considering history. Culture, in turn, is increasingly recognized within development studies as both a determinant and a constitutive element of development. In exploring all three, the courses in this stream provide important insight into the complex and varied relationship between social context and development.
Stream 3 - Anthropology
ANTH 209 | (3) | Anthropology of Religion |
ANTH 301 | (3) | Nomadic Pastoralists |
ANTH 318 | (3) | Globalization and Religion |
ANTH 322 | (3) | Social Change in Modern Africa |
ANTH 326 | (3) | Anthropology of Latin America |
ANTH 327 | (3) | Peoples of South Asia |
ANTH 329 | (3) | Modern Chinese Society and Change |
ANTH 341 | (3) | Women in Cross-cultural Perspective |
ANTH 342 | (3) | Gender, Inequality and the State |
ANTH 422 | (3) | Contemporary Latin American Culture & Society |
ANTH 500 | (3) | Chinese Diversity and Diaspora |
Stream 3 - History
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the Political Science course list for Stream 3.
HIST 197 | (3) | FYS: Race in Latin America |
HIST 200 | (3) | Introduction to African History |
HIST 201 | (3) | Modern African History |
HIST 213 | (3) | World History, 1300-2000 |
HIST 218 | (3) | Modern East Asian History |
HIST 309 | (3) | History of Latin America to 1825 |
HIST 338 | (3) | Twentieth-Century China |
HIST 339 | (3) | Arab-Israeli Conflict |
HIST 360 | (3) | Latin America since 1825 |
HIST 366 | (3) | Themes in Latin American History 1 |
HIST 382 | (3) | History of South Africa |
HIST 419 | (3) | Central America |
HIST 448 | (3) | Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East |
HIST 528 | (3) | Indian Ocean World Slave Trade |
Stream 3 - Islamic Studies
ISLA 200 | (3) | Islamic Civilization |
ISLA 210 | (3) | Muslim Societies |
ISLA 345 | (3) | Science and Civilization in Islam |
ISLA 355 | (3) | Modern History of the Middle East |
ISLA 360 | (3) | Islam and Politics |
ISLA 365 | (3) | Middle East Since the 1970's |
ISLA 383 | (3) | Central Questions in Islamic Law |
ISLA 411 | (3) | History: Middle-East 1918-1945 |
ISLA 415 | (3) | Modern Iran: Anthropological Approach |
ISLA 421 | (3) | Islam in South Asia: 1757 to Present |
Stream 3 - Political Science
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 toward Stream 3 but not both. See the History course list for Stream 3.
POLI 347 | (3) | Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace |
POLI 423 | (3) | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism |
POLI 435 | (3) | Identity and Inequality |
POLI 442 | (3) | International Relations of Ethnic Conflict |
POLI 450 | (3) | Peacebuilding |
POLI 474 | (3) | Inequality and Development |
Stream 4: Environment and Agricultural Resources
Within development studies, the environment has long been recognized as a vital determinant of development. More recently, many scholars have changed their environmental focus to emphasize sustainability. The courses in this stream recognize both: some courses consider how the environment can be exploited to promote human well-being while others consider how the environment must be respected to render development sustainable. Together, they highlight the delicate balance that must be attained between humans and their environments to make possible sustainable livelihoods.