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 IDS Courses at the 4000-LevelInternational Development 4000Y – Advanced topics in development theory and research Critical perspectives on selected issues in the field of development. Prerequisite: 14 credits including IDST 200 or permission of the instructor. International Development 4010Y/4020D – Honours thesis IDST 4010 is a single credit, IDST 4020D is a double credit. A specific scholarly project on a well-defined topic. Prerequisite: 14 credits and minimum A- (80%) average in International Development Studies courses and permission of the chair and the instructor. Staff International Development – Anthropology 4070Y – Politics, economy and culture Anthropological approaches to the study of politics and the economy in non-industrial and industrial societies with an emphasis on the symbolic, ritual and social dimensions of these endeavours. The change and transformation of local economic and political units in the context of contemporary state organization and transnational economic systems. Prerequisite: 9 credits including ANTH 200, IDST 200 or permission of the instructor. See Anthropology for instructor International Development 4110H - Capitalism An advanced introduction to debates over the origins, nature, and spread of capitalism. The class highlights capitalism’s relationship to development, the environment, gender, identity and politics. Prerequisite: 14 credits including International Development 200 or permission of the instructor.
International Development 4120H - Global migration An examination of the theoretical and conceptual debates that center on the causes and consequences of international migration. Some issues to be explored include: transnationalism, gender, citizenship, identity; social and spatial inequalities, labour markets, migrant livelihoods, politics and social exclusion. Pre-requisite: 14 credits including IDST 200 or permission of the instructor. International Development 4220Y – Assessment of development projects An examination of techniques for analyzing and assessing development projects focusing on selected case studies of Canadian projects for development assistance abroad. Project evaluation placement in second term. Open only to students Honours degree in International Development Studies. Prerequisite: 14 credits including IDST 200 and permission of the instructor or chair required before registration. Chris BeyersRead about two students' experiences in IDST 422, including their field work in Sri Lanka. International Development – Politics 4230H – Global civil society An examination of the reactions by agents of “global civil society” to the process of economic globalization and its impact on the developing world. Prerequisite: 14 credits including one of IDST 200 or POST 220, 223 or 240 or permission of the instructor. International Development – Canadian Studies – Politics 4240Y – Canada and international development Examines Canada’s socio-cultural diversity and place within the global political economy, and its North-South policies and practices. Topics include immigration and multiculturalism, foreign policy, human security, peacekeeping, development assistance (including gender, democratization, and human rights), trade and the roles of Canadian business and civil society in international development. Prerequisite: 14 credits including one of IDST 200, CAST – ERST – GEOG – INDG 204, POST 220, 223 or POST 240 or permission of the instructor. Excludes 424H. International Development – Politics 4250H – Topics in global political economy: Money and finance An examination of contemporary debates concerning the relationship between global inequality and the global political and economic order. Topics vary yearly Prerequisite: 14 credits including IDST – POST 322H or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2010-2011.)
International Development – Politics 4270– Democracy and the global order This course examines the meaning and the prospects for democracy in the age of globalization in light of the constraints and opportunities for democratic institutions and practices imposed by the international order, the global market, political culture and ideology. Excludes POST-IDST 427H. See Politics for instructor. International Development – Politics – Environmental & Resource Science/Studies 4610H – Global environmental policy The course focuses on perspectives, actors, institutions and economic relationships as they relate to global environmental policy. The aim is to provide students with a solid understanding of linkages between the global political system and the natural environment. Recommended: one of ERST – IDST – POST 360, ERST – CAST – POST 460H or POST 220. Prerequisite: 10 credits. See ERS for instructor International Development – Sociology 4700H – Religion and social movements An examination of the religious movements generated by social upheaval in contemporary developing contexts, with particular attention given to new forms of religious organization and the revitalization of popular religion. Prerequisite: 14 credits including SOCI 210 or IDST 200 or permission of the instructor. Staff International Development – Anthropology 4750H – Perspectives on ethnicity Examination of ethnic consciousness and identity formation through theoretical and ethnographic case studies in a variety of settings. Identity construction in relation to process of development. Articulation and comparison of ethnicity with gender, class, kinship, nationalism and other markers of social and cultural difference. Prerequisite: 14 credits including ANTH 200 or IDST 200 or permission of the instructor. International Development – Anthropology 4760H – Family and modernity An examination of the dynamics of the family and its relation to development. Themes considered include historical change in family form, marriage patterns, gender relations and social hierarchy; the role of kin and family in economic change Prerequisite: 14 credits including IDST 200 or ANTH 200 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2010-2011.) International Development 4900Y, 4910H, 4920H – Reading courses in International Development Open to students in Honours program in International Development Studies. Prerequisite: 14 credits and permission of the chair and the instructor. Staff |