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Glendon College

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.