International Development Studies
Foundation Courses, Development Core, Methods Core
Foundation Courses (15 credit hours)
All students in the International Development Program are required to take the following foundation courses:
GEOG 529 World Economic Geography - 5 credits (first quarter)
INST 610B Pro-seminar: Fundamentals of Development - 5 credits (first quarter only)
INST 690 Colloquium in Development – 5 credits (1 credit colloquium class each quarter after the first quarter).
Methods Core (minimum 10 credit hours)
Emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of analytical skills and research and planning methodologies through selected courses in order to allow the student to effectively and critically address the complexity of problems facing developing countries. A minimum of 10 credit hours will be selected from Methods Courses.
Dept., Course #, Title, Credits
ANTH 556 Seminar in Methodology and Field Research
ECON 501 STATISTICAL FOUNDATION 5
ECON 502 SAS for Data Analysis 5
ECON 503 Microeconomics 5
ECON 504 Macroeconomics 5
ECON 638 APPLIED ECONOMETRICS 5
EDRE 501 Introduction to Research Methods 5
EDRE 750 INTRO TO QUAL METHOD 4
EDRE 752 ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS 5
GEOG 561 CARTOGRAPHY II 5
GEOG 566 Remote Sensing 5*
GEOG 570 GIS Applications 5
GEOG 571 Quantitative Methods 5
GEOG 576 FIELD METHODS 5
GEOG 578 Principles of GIS 5
POLS 582 Quantitative Political Analysis 5
PSY 520 Elementary Statistics 5
SOCI 654 Social Research Methods 5
SOCI 550 DATA ANALYSIS 5
TCOM 602 Quantitative Research 5
TCOM 603 Qualitative Research 5
INCO 701 Research Designs in Communication 5
Others as offered
*Remote Sensing may count as a methods course for students pursuing the Environment and Development concentration in order to meet the requirements for a GIS certificate.
Development Core (minimum 15 credit hours)
Dept., Course #, Title, Credits
AAS 530 Social Theories of Underdevelopment 5
ANTH 571 Ethnology 5
ECON 512 ECONOMICS OF POVERTY 5
ECON 540 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 5
ECON 550 Economics of Development 5
EDCS 508 Poverty, Education, and Int’l Development 5
GEOG 528 MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 5
GEOG 680 Theories of Development 5
GEOG 680C Seminar: Gender and Development 5
GEOG 688 SEMINAR: RESOURCE MANAGEMT 5
INST 601 SEM ON DEVELOPMENT 5
POLS 540 Politics of Developing Areas 5
SOCI 565 Social Change 5
SOC 613 Poverty and Inequality 5
TCOM 665 COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOP 5
Others as offered
