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International Development Studies
Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements,
all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major
or minor.
Students in all international development studies
degree options will complete a specified number of required core
courses at the 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 levels. Some of the degree
options require the completion of at least one introductory area
studies course, intended to familiarize students with the social,
political, economic, and cultural dynamics of one region in the
developing world. Students will also be required to complete a
specified number of additional optional courses offered in various
academic units at the 3000 and 4000 levels, chosen from at least
two of the following areas of concentration:
- culture
- diasporas and migration
- environment
- gender
- political economy
- politics, governance, and policy
Area Requirements
Students will choose their optional courses
in areas of concentration from the following list with the approval
of the program coordinator. (Other courses may be substituted with
the approval of the program coordinator.)
Area 1) Culture
- AS/EN 3440 6.0 Post-Colonial Writing in
Canada
- AS/EN 4231 3.0 Post-Colonial Literature:
Derek Walcott
- AS/HUMA 3310 6.0 The Writer and Folk Culture
in the Afro-Caribbean
- AS/HUMA 4310 6.0 Topics in Religion and
Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
- AS/SOSC 3480 6.0 Culture, Democracy, and
Development in Africa
- AS/SOSC 4310 3.0 Issues in International
Communication: Introduction
- AS/SOSC 4311 3.0 Issues in International
Communication: Current Topics
- AS/SOSC 4510 6.0 African Popular Culture
- AK/HUMA 3660 3.0/3660 6.0 African Canadian
Voices
- FA/FILM 3610 3.0 Studies in National Cinemas
Area 2: Diasporas and Migration
- AS/ANTH 3250 6.0 China and the Chinese
Diaspora
- AS/GEOG 4170 3.0 Geographical Perspectives
on Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in Modern Cities
- AS/POLS 3065 3.0 Political Culture of
Race and Racism
- AS/SOCI 3430 6.0 Ethnicity, Identity,
and Politics
- AS/SOCI 3450 6.0 The Sociology of 'Race'
and Racism
- AS/SOCI 4350 3.0 International Migration
- AS/SOCI 4390 3.0 International Migration:
Immigration, the State and Transnationalism
- AS/SOCI 4430 3.0 Canada and Refugees
- AS/SOSC 3270 6.0 The Caribbean Experience
in Multi-Cultural Canada
- AK/HIST 3240 6.0 The Immigrant Experience
in Canada
- AK/HIST 3940 6.0 Global Migration and
Diaspora Cultures
- AK/POLS 3620 6.0 Racism and Colonialism
- AK/SOSC 3350 6.0 Ethnic Communities
in Canada
- AK/SOSC 3370 6.0 Immigrant Women in
Canada
Area 3) Environment
- AS/ANTH 3190 6.0 Nutritional Anthropology:
Food and Eating
- AS/GEOG 3090 3.0 The African Environment
- AS/GEOG 4370 3.0 The Geography of Third
World Development
- AS/HIST 4240 6.0 Human Economy and Natural
Environment in Preindustrial Europe
- AS/SOCI 3710 6.0 Environmental Sociology
- AS/SOSC 3730 6.0 Comparative Urban Development
- AK/GEOG 3400 6.0 The Geographical Study
of Populations
- AK/GEOG 3470 3.0 Geography of Nutrition
- ES/ENVS 3310 3.0 Environment and Development
- ES/ENVS 3340 3.0 Global Environmental
Politics
- ES/ENVS 4111 3.0 Biodiversity
- ES/ENVS 4210 3.0 World Population Issues
and Problems
- ES/ENVS 4220 3.0 Urbanization in Developing
Countries
- EN/ENVS 4311 3.0 Global Justice and
Environment
Area 4) Gender
- AS/HUMA 3940 6.0 The Feminine in Chinese
Culture
- AS/SOCI 4450 6.0 Women in Development
- AS/SOSC 4170 6.0 Gender Relations in
the Third World
- AK/AS/GL/WMST 3502 6.0 Diversities of
Women: Gender, Race and Class in a Western Context
- AK/AS/GL/WMST 3503 6.0 Contemporary
Global Feminist Issues
- AK/AS/GL/WMST 3512 6.0 Gender and the
Law: International Perspectives
- AK/AS/GL/WMST 4506 3.0 Colonialisms
and Women's History
- ES/ENVS 4320 3.0 Gender and Development
Area 5) Political Economy
- AS/ECON 3150 3.0 International Trade
I
- AS/ECON 3310 3.0 Development Economics
I
- AS/ECON 3320 3.0 Development Economics
II
- AS/ECON 4129 3.0 International Trade
Policy and Economic Integration
- AS/ECON 4190 3.0 International Trade
II
- AS/ECON 4619 3.0 Economic Planning and
Development in India
- AS/GEOG 3130 3.0 The Global Economy
- AS/POLS 3270 3.0 Global Political Economy
I: Theory and Approaches
- AS/POLS 3275 3.0 Global Political Economy
II: Issues and Problems Since 1945
- AS/POLS 3710 3.0 The Political Economy
of the Newly Industrialized Countries
- AS/POLS 4285 3.0 Topics in the International
Political Economy of Eastern Asia
- AS/POLS 4295 3.0 Political Economy of
Global Finance
- AS/POLS 4770 3.0 Political Economy of
Development
- AS/SOSC 3241 3.0 Labour and Globalization
II: Comparative Perspectives
- AS/SOSC 3410 6.0 Political Economy of
Latin America and the Caribbean
- AS/SOSC 3540 6.0 The Political Economy
of Food
- AK/ECON 3550 3.0 Economics of Developing
Countries I
- AK/ECON 3560 3.0 Economics of Developing
Countries II
- AK/ECON 3570 3.0 International Economics
I
- AK/ECON 3580 3.0 International Economics
II
- AK/POLS 3400 3.0 Political Economy of
Industrial Democracies
- AK/SOSC 3510 6.0 Globalization: Wealth,
Poverty, and the New World Order
- GL/POLS 4680 6.0 Political Economy of
the Asia Pacific Region
Area 6) Politics, Governance, and Policy
- AS/HIST 3710 6.0 Ideology, Politics,
and Revolution in the Caribbean
- AS/POLS 3200 3.0 Global Conflict and
Security I
- AS/POLS 3210 3.0 Global Conflict and
Security II
- AS/POLS 3510 3.0 China: The Path to
Modernization and Democracy
- AS/POLS 3515 3.0 China: 20th Century
Superpower?
- AS/POLS 3550 3.0 The Politics of Central
America
- AS/POLS 3555 3.0 The Politics of South
America
- AS/POLS 3560 6.0 Politics of the Third
World
- AS/POLS 3570 3.0 Africa: The Politics
of Continental Crisis
- AS/POLS 4540 6.0 Caribbean Politics
- AS/POLS 4575 3.0 The Politics of Southern
Africa
- AS/POLS 4595 3.0 Southeast Asia in the
New Global Order
- AS/SOCI 3330 6.0 Politics and Society
in Latin America
- AK/POLS 3600 6.0 Peasants and the State
- AK/POLS 4060 6.0 Colonialism and Development
- GL/POLS 3220 6.0 Comparative Political
Systems: Developing Areas
- GL/POLS 3615 6.0 International and Transnational
Organizations
Specialized Honours BA Program
Students will take at least 60 credits including
the following:
- AS/SOSC 1430 9.0;
- AS/SOSC 2800 6.0;
- six credits chosen from the following: AS/HUMA
1400 9.0, AS/HUMA 2310 9.0, AS/SOSC 2480 9.0, AS/SOSC 2460 6.0,
or AS/SOSC 2435 6.0;
- AS/SOSC 3800 6.0;
- 18 credits, including at least six credits
in each of three areas of concentration;
- AS/SOSC 4600 6.0;
- 12 credits at the 4000 level in two of the
three areas of concentration.
Honours BA Program
Students will take at least 48 credits including
the following:
- AS/SOSC 1430 9.0;
- AS/SOSC 2800 6.0;
- six credits chosen from the following: AS/HUMA
1400 9.0, AS/HUMA 2310 9.0, AS/SOSC 2480 9.0, AS/SOSC 2460 6.0,
AS/SOSC 2435 6.0;
- AS/SOSC 3800 6.0;
- 12 credits, including at least six credits
in each of two areas of concentration;
- AS/SOSC 4600 6.0;
- six credits at the 4000 level in one of the
two areas of concentration.
Honours Double Major BA Program
The Honours BA program described above may be
pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program
in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or
with a major in earth and atmospheric science or physics and astronomy
in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.
Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Program
International development studies may be linked
with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the
Faculty of Arts. Students must take at least 36 credits in international
development studies and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary
program. Courses taken to meet international development studies
requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the
interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary
programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level,
including at least six credits in international development studies
and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details
of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major
Interdisciplinary BA programs.
The 36 credits in international development
studies must include the following:
- AS/SOSC 1430 9.0;
- AS/SOSC 2800 6.0;
- AS/SOSC 3800 6.0;
- 12 credits, including at least six credits
in each of two areas of concentration;
- AS/SOSC 4600 6.0.
Honours Major/Minor BA Program
The Honours BA Program in International Development
Studies described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours
Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental
Studies, Fine Arts, or with a minor in biology, chemistry, or physics
and astronomy in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.
Honours Minor BA Program
The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with
an Honours BA program in the Faculty of Arts.
The Honours Minor in international development
studies comprises at least 30 credits including the following:
- AS/SOSC 1430 9.0;
- AS/SOSC 2800 6.0;
- AS/SOSC 3800 6.0;
- 12 credits, including at least six credits
in each of two areas of concentration, and including at least
six credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that,
in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take
a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at
least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours major or Specialized
Honours major.
BA Program
Students will take at least 30 credits including
the following:
- AS/SOSC 1430 9.0;
- AS/SOSC 2800 6.0;
- AS/SOSC 3800 6.0;
- 12 credits, including at least six credits
in each of two areas of concentration, and including at least
six credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.
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