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International Development (ID)

Interdisciplinary Program

International Development Studies, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

The International Development program provides students with an opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary and comparative studies of long-term change and international inequality.

A broad coverage of the process of international development, from the perspectives of history and social science, forms the basis for more in-depth study on such topics as economic development, the environment, gender, agriculture and rural life, politics and administration, and the Latin American region.

The primary participating departments are Economics, Geography, Political Science, and Sociology and Anthropology.

Area of Concentration (General Program)

A minimum of 5.00 credits is required, including:
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
IDEV*1000 [0.50] Understanding Development and Global Inequalities
IDEV*2500 [0.50] International Development Studies
POLS*2080 [0.50] Development and Underdevelopment
2.50 credits from the following Restricted Elective list, as indicated below. A minimum of 0.50 credits must be taken from each group and at least 1.50 credits must be taken at the 3000 level. Students are advised to check prerequisites for their desired upper level courses.
Geography
GEOG*2030 [0.50] Environment and Development
GEOG*3020 [0.50] Global Environmental Change
GEOG*3050 [0.50] Development and the City
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
Sociology/Anthropology
SOAN*3240 [0.50] Gender & Global Inequality I
SOAN*3250 [0.50] Social Change in Latin America
SOAN*3680 [0.50] Perspectives on Development
Economics or Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
ECON*2100 [0.50] Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
ECON*2650 [0.50] Introductory Development Economics
ECON*3730 [0.50] The Origins of International Inequality
FARE*1300 [0.50] Poverty, Food & Hunger
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food and International Development
Political Science and History
HIST*2340 [0.50] Slavery and Migrations in the Atlantic World, 1500-1850
HIST*2890 [0.50] Early Islamic World
HIST*2910 [0.50] Modern Asia
HIST*2920 [0.50] Republican Latin America
HIST*3070 [0.50] Modern India
HIST*3150 [0.50] History and Culture of Mexico
HIST*3320 [0.50] Modern China
HIST*3360 [0.50] History and Culture of Brazil
HIST*3410 [0.50] Religion in 19th-Century Africa
HIST*3580 [0.50] Women's History in Asia
HIST*3590 [0.50] Ancient & Medieval India
HIST*3830 [0.50] Modern Middle East
HIST*3910 [0.50] Religion in Africa Since 1900
POLS*3000 [0.50] Politics of Africa
POLS*3060 [0.50] Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
POLS*3080 [0.50] Politics of Latin America
POLS*3160 [0.50] Women and Politics in the Third World
POLS*3320 [0.50] Politics of Aid & Development
POLS*3490 [0.50] Conflict and Conflict Resolution
POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy and Administration
POLS*3790 [0.50] International Political Economy
POLS*3890 [0.50] Government and Politics of India

Major (Honours Program)

A minimum of 12.50 credits is required, including:

  • 2.50 credits in IDEV core course requirements

  • 5.00 credits in additional core requirements

  • 5.00 credits in one of seven areas of emphasis

Students must select an area of emphasis by the end of the 4th semester of university study.

International Development students are encouraged to acquire at least one additional modern language and to work or study abroad.

Students wishing to substitute courses in the major with independent study courses in ID (IDEV*3200, IDEV*4190, IDEV*4200) or with courses taken abroad should consult with the International Development advisor.

To help with planning and course selection, International Development students are encouraged to consult the Course planning guide on the IDS website http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca.

1. International Development core requirements (IDEV) – 2.50 credits
IDEV*1000 [0.50] Understanding Development and Global Inequalities
IDEV*2500 [0.50] International Development Studies
IDEV*4500 [1.00] International Development Seminar
One of:
IDEV*3010 [0.50] Case Studies in International Development
0.50 credits from relevant semester abroad, exchange program or experience abroad for credit, as approved by International Development advisor.
2. Additional core requirements – 5.00 credits
ANTH*1150 [0.50] Introduction to Anthropology
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
ECON*2650 [0.50] Introductory Development Economics
GEOG*2030 [0.50] Environment and Development
GEOG*3050 [0.50] Development and the City
POLS*2080 [0.50] Development and Underdevelopment
One of:
HIST*2930 [0.50] Women and Cultural Change
SOAN*2400 [0.50] Introduction to Gender Systems
WMST*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Women's Studies
WMST*2000 [0.50] Women and Representation
One of:
EDRD*4020 [0.50] Rural Extension in Change and Development
FARE*1300 [0.50] Poverty, Food & Hunger
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food and International Development
SOC*2080 [0.50] Rural Sociology
One of:
POLS*3320 [0.50] Politics of Aid & Development
POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy and Administration
POLS*3790 [0.50] International Political Economy
3. Area of emphasis – 5.00 credits

Choose one of the following seven areas:

  • Economic and Business Development

  • Environment and Development

  • Gender and Development

  • Historical Perspectives in Development

  • Latin American Studies

  • Political Economy and Administrative Change

  • Rural and Agricultural Development

Areas of Emphasis

Economic and Business Development
ACCT*1220 [0.50] Introductory Financial Accounting
ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics *
ECON*2410 [0.50] Intermediate Macroeconomics *
ECON*2740 [0.50] Economic Statistics *
Two of:
ECON*4720 [0.50] Topics in Economic History
ECON*4830 [0.50] Economic Development
ECON*4880 [0.50] Topics in International Economics
ECON*4890 [0.50] History of Economic Thought
ECON*4900 [0.50] Special Study in Economics
ECON*4930 [0.50] Environmental Economics
FARE*4290 [0.50] Land Economics
FARE*4310 [0.50] Resource Economics

1.50 additional credits at the 2000 level or above in ECON or FARE, at least 0.50 being in ECON and at least 1.00 being at the 3000 level or above.

0.50 additional credits with a regional focus at the 2000 level or above in ANTH, GEOG, HIST, IDEV, ISS, POLS, SOAN or SOC. See the Course planning guide on http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ for a list of appropriate courses.

* Entry into ECON*2310, ECON*2410 and ECON*2740 requires a 1000-level MATH course.

Environment and Development
GEOG*1220 [0.50] Human Impact on the Environment
GEOG*1350 [0.50] Earth: Hazards and Global Change
GEOG*2210 [0.50] Environment and Resources
GEOG*2260 [0.50] Applied Human Geography
GEOG*3210 [0.50] Management of the Biophysical Environment
One of:
ECON*2100 [0.50] Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
FARE*2700 [0.50] Survey of Natural Resource Economics
HIST*2250 [0.50] Environment and History
HIST*3460 [0.50] Natural Disasters in Global History
PHIL*2070 [0.50] Philosophy of the Environment
POLS*3370 [0.50] Environmental Politics and Governance
SOC*2280 [0.50] Society and Environment
SOC*3380 [0.50] Society and Nature
Two of:
GEOG*2110 [0.50] Climate and the Biophysical Environment
GEOG*2480 [0.50] Mapping and GIS
GEOG*3020 [0.50] Global Environmental Change
GEOG*3090 [0.50] Gender and Environment
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
GEOG*3490 [0.50] Tourism and Environment
GEOG*3600 [0.50] Geography of a Selected Region
Two of:
GEOG*3480 [0.50] GIS and Spatial Analysis
GEOG*4200 [0.50] Social Life of Cities
GEOG*4210 [0.50] Environmental Governance
GEOG*4220 [0.50] Local Environmental Management
GEOG*4230 [0.50] Environmental Impact Assessment
GEOG*4390 [0.50] Seminar in Rural Geography
GEOG*4480 [1.00] Applied Geomatics
Gender and Development
ANTH*2160 [0.50] Social Anthropology
SOAN*2120 [0.50] Introductory Methods
SOAN*3240 [0.50] Gender & Global Inequality I
SOAN*4230 [0.50] Gender & Global Inequality II
One of the following not taken as part of the core:
ANTH*2230 [0.50] Regional Ethnography
SOC*2080 [0.50] Rural Sociology
One of:
SOAN*3070 [0.50] Qualitative and Observational Methods
SOAN*3120 [0.50] Quantitative Methods
One of:
ANTH*3690 [0.50] Engaging Anthropological Theory
ANTH*3770 [0.50] Kinship, Family, and Power
SOAN*3100 [0.50] Gender Perspectives on Families and Households
Two of the following not taken as part of the core, at least 0.50 credits being at the 3000 level:
ENGL*2880 [0.50] Women in Literature
GEOG*3090 [0.50] Gender and Environment
HIST*2240 [0.50] Women, War and Nation
HIST*2930 [0.50] Women and Cultural Change
HIST*3020 [0.50] Sexuality and Gender in History
HIST*3580 [0.50] Women's History in Asia
PHIL*2060 [0.50] Philosophy of Feminism I
POLS*2150 [0.50] Gender and Politics
POLS*3160 [0.50] Women and Politics in the Third World
POLS*3710 [0.50] Politics and Sexuality
WMST*2000 [0.50] Women and Representation
0.50 additional credits at the 4000 level in ANTH, SOAN, SOC.
Historical Perspectives in Development
HIST*1150 [0.50] The Modern World
HIST*2450 [0.50] The Practising Historian
One of:
HIST*1010 [0.50] Early Modern Europe
HIST*1050 [0.50] Invitation to History
HIST*1250 [0.50] Science and Technology in a Global Context
One of:
HIST*2240 [0.50] Women, War and Nation
HIST*2070 [0.50] World Religions
HIST*2250 [0.50] Environment and History
HIST*2340 [0.50] Slavery and Migrations in the Atlantic World, 1500-1850
HIST*2500 [0.50] Britain Since 1603
HIST*2890 [0.50] Early Islamic World
HIST*2910 [0.50] Modern Asia
HIST*2920 [0.50] Republican Latin America
Three of the following not taken as part of the core:
ECON*2420 [0.50] Canadian Economic History
ECON*3730 [0.50] The Origins of International Inequality
HIST*3070 [0.50] Modern India
HIST*3150 [0.50] History and Culture of Mexico
HIST*3270 [0.50] Revolution in the Modern World
HIST*3310 [0.50] Disease and History
HIST*3320 [0.50] Modern China
HIST*3360 [0.50] History and Culture of Brazil
HIST*3380 [0.50] British Imperialism in Asia and Africa
HIST*3410 [0.50] Religion in 19th-Century Africa
HIST*3460 [0.50] Natural Disasters in Global History
HIST*3470 [0.50] Independent Reading
HIST*3580 [0.50] Women's History in Asia
HIST*3590 [0.50] Ancient & Medieval India
HIST*3830 [0.50] Modern Middle East
HIST*3840 [0.50] Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923
HIST*3910 [0.50] Religion in Africa Since 1900

1.00 additional credits at the 4000-level in HIST.

0.50 additional credits with a regional focus at the 2000 level or above in ANTH, GEOG, IDEV, ISS, POLS, SOAN or SOC. See the Course planning guide on http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ for a list of appropriate courses.

Latin American Studies
SPAN*2000 [0.50] Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN*2010 [0.50] Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN*3500 [0.50] Advanced Spanish I
One of:
POLS*3180 [0.50] Research Methods I: Political Inquiry and Methods
SOAN*2120 [0.50] Introductory Methods
Three of:
SPAN*2990 [0.50] Hispanic Literary Studies *
SPAN*3080 [0.50] Spanish American Culture
HIST*2920 [0.50] Republican Latin America
HIST*3150 [0.50] History and Culture of Mexico
HIST*3360 [0.50] History and Culture of Brazil
HUMN*3300 [0.50] Latin American Studies in the Humanities
ISS*3300 [0.50] Latin American Studies in the Social Sciences
POLS*3080 [0.50] Politics of Latin America
SOAN*3250 [0.50] Social Change in Latin America

0.50 additional credits in SPAN at the 3000 level*

1.00 additional credits at the 4000 level in SPAN or in ANTH, HIST, IDEV, POLS, SOAN, SOC with a focus on Latin America or the Caribbean. See the Course planning guide on http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ for a list of appropriate courses.

*Note:SPAN*2990 or permission of the instructor is required for 3rd year literature courses.

Political Economy and Administrative Change
POLS*3180 [0.50] Research Methods I: Political Inquiry and Methods
Two of:
POLS*2000 [0.50] Political Theory
POLS*2100 [0.50] Comparative Politics
POLS*2200 [0.50] International Relations
Two of the following not taken as part of the core:
ECON*2100 [0.50] Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON*2720 [0.50] Business History
ECON*3730 [0.50] The Origins of International Inequality
ECON*4720 [0.50] Topics in Economic History
ECON*4830 [0.50] Economic Development
ECON*4890 [0.50] History of Economic Thought
FARE*2700 [0.50] Survey of Natural Resource Economics
FARE*3170 [0.50] Cost-Benefit Analysis
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food and International Development
FARE*4210 [0.50] World Agriculture, Food Security and Economic Development
FARE*4290 [0.50] Land Economics
FARE*4310 [0.50] Resource Economics
1.00 additional credits in POLS at the 3000-level, not taken as part of the core.
1.00 additional credits in POLS at the 4000 level
0.50 additional credits with a regional focus at the 2000 or 3000 level in HIST or POLS. See the Course planning guide on http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ for a list of appropriate courses.
Rural and Agricultural Development
AGR*2150 [0.50] Plant Agriculture for International Development
SOAN*2120 [0.50] Introductory Methods
One of the following not taken as part of the core:
ANTH*2160 [0.50] Social Anthropology
FARE*1300 [0.50] Poverty, Food & Hunger
FARE*2700 [0.50] Survey of Natural Resource Economics
SOC*2080 [0.50] Rural Sociology
One of:
FARE*3170 [0.50] Cost-Benefit Analysis
SOAN*3070 [0.50] Qualitative and Observational Methods
SOAN*3120 [0.50] Quantitative Methods
Two of the following not taken as part of the core:
ANTH*3690 [0.50] Engaging Anthropological Theory
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food and International Development
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
SOAN*3240 [0.50] Gender & Global Inequality I
SOAN*3250 [0.50] Social Change in Latin America
SOAN*3680 [0.50] Perspectives on Development
SOC*3380 [0.50] Society and Nature
Any EDRD courses at the 3000 level or above.
1.00 additional credits in AGR, BIOL, BOT, CROP, ENVS, HORT, NRS or OAGR, at least 0.50 being at the 3000-level or above. See the Course planning guide on http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ for a list of appropriate courses.
1.00 additional credits in ANTH, FARE, SOAN or SOC at the 4000 level.

Minor (Honours Program)

A minimum of 5.00 credits is required, including:
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
IDEV*1000 [0.50] Understanding Development and Global Inequalities
IDEV*2500 [0.50] International Development Studies
POLS*2080 [0.50] Development and Underdevelopment
2.50 credits from the following Restricted Elective list, as indicated below. A minimum of 0.50 credits must be taken from each group and at least 1.50 credits must be taken at the 3000 level. Students are advised to check prerequisites for their desired upper level courses.
Geography
GEOG*2030 [0.50] Environment and Development
GEOG*3020 [0.50] Global Environmental Change
GEOG*3050 [0.50] Development and the City
GEOG*3320 [0.50] Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
Sociology/Anthropology
SOAN*3240 [0.50] Gender & Global Inequality I
SOAN*3250 [0.50] Social Change in Latin America
SOAN*3680 [0.50] Perspectives on Development
Economics or Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
ECON*2100 [0.50] Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
ECON*2650 [0.50] Introductory Development Economics
ECON*3730 [0.50] The Origins of International Inequality
FARE*1300 [0.50] Poverty, Food & Hunger
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food and International Development
Political Science and History
HIST*2340 [0.50] Slavery and Migrations in the Atlantic World, 1500-1850
HIST*2890 [0.50] Early Islamic World
HIST*2910 [0.50] Modern Asia
HIST*2920 [0.50] Republican Latin America
HIST*3070 [0.50] Modern India
HIST*3150 [0.50] History and Culture of Mexico
HIST*3320 [0.50] Modern China
HIST*3360 [0.50] History and Culture of Brazil
HIST*3410 [0.50] Religion in 19th-Century Africa
HIST*3580 [0.50] Women's History in Asia
HIST*3590 [0.50] Ancient & Medieval India
HIST*3830 [0.50] Modern Middle East
HIST*3910 [0.50] Religion in Africa Since 1900
POLS*3000 [0.50] Politics of Africa
POLS*3060 [0.50] Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
POLS*3080 [0.50] Politics of Latin America
POLS*3160 [0.50] Women and Politics in the Third World
POLS*3320 [0.50] Politics of Aid & Development
POLS*3490 [0.50] Conflict and Conflict Resolution
POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy and Administration
POLS*3790 [0.50] International Political Economy
POLS*3890 [0.50] Government and Politics of India
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