Global Development Studies (GDST) at Trent offers both single and joint major honours degrees, as well as a joint major general degree. 

The Human Rights & Global Justice program (HURI) takes an interdisciplinary approach to global and international dimensions of human rights, their dynamics, and reach, as well as their diverse forms and expressions in local, regional, and national settings. 

Global Justice and Development Studies at Trent offers a unique year abroad program that provides students the opportunity to spend a full academic year or semester in Ghana as well as a semester abroad program in Bolivia.