Course Listing

A comparative and historical introduction to the basic ideas in international development studies, including the areas of global poverty and inequality; colonialism and decolonization; modernization, social change, and globalization; population and conflict; environment and climate change; and international development assistance. Excludes IDST 1000Y.

An introduction to the basic issues in contemporary international development studies, including the areas of gender and social class; food and agriculture; industrialization and trade; forms of social provisioning; and civil society and democracy. These issues are examined from a comparative perspective, and illustrated using a case study. Excludes IDST 1000Y.

An overview of the global business environment and the contemporary corporate production networks that shape the process of international development. Using extensive case studies, issues covered include the globalization of the business environment, the organization of transnational corporations, their production networks, and their social and environmental effects.

Cross-listed: ADMN-1030H

An examination of the strengths and limitations of the major perspectives that have informed the study of international development. Selected case studies and monographs are used to illustrate theory-building, analytical models, and sound empirical research. Prerequisite: IDST 1001H and 1002H (or 1000Y) or 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.

The course assesses the benefits and shortcomings of social entrepreneurship and innovation in the Global South. To do so, it combines analysis of conceptual and thematic issues with detailed, critical examination of case studies related to microfinance and e-banking, climate change and green energy, health care and education, agro-ecology, and social protection. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: ADMN-2030H

An analysis of the intersectional gender relations that shape political, socio-economic, and cultural issues and struggles for sustainable development across the globe. Introduces students to feminist political economy and ecology frameworks and pathways to gender justice and human rights. Prerequisite: 0.5 IDST, GESO, or WMST credit at the 1000 level, or permission of instructor. Equivalent to WMST 2251H.

Cross-listed: GESO-2251H

Traces the legacies of the heritage which is central to black cultures in the Americas. Those sold from Africa brought skills to replicate communities as well as religious traditions like voodoo. Despite savage efforts to erase them, diasporic populations resisted, maintaining their identities despite sustained violence and trauma. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits or permission of the chair.

Cross-listed: HIST-2422H

Topics include Native resistance, colonial domination, slavery, independence, neo-colonialism, nation building, dictatorship, and revolutionary change. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits or permission of the chair. Students may take only one of HIST-IDST 2470Y or 2471H for credit.

Cross-listed: HIST-2471H

An interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of the impact of transformations in the world food system on contemporary agrarian societies. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST-ANTH 2210Y.

Cross-listed: SOCI-2500H, GEOG-2500H, SAFS-2500H, ANTH-2500H

An examination of the impact of processes of commodification, market integration, and globalization on the social organization of food-producing rural communities in developing countries. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST-ANTH 2210Y.

Cross-listed: SOCI-2600H, ANTH-2600H, SAFS-2600H

An analysis of the concept of citizenship and rights and their role in social and political transformation. Includes social justice and citizenship struggles; critical perspectives on power and various citizenship regimes; and their implementation on national and global levels. Prerequisite: IDST 2000Y or SOCI 2110H (or 2100Y) or CRIM 2616H or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: SOCI-3120H

A survey of the history, philosophical foundations, critical social theories, and mechanisms for the implementation of international human rights, as well as of some of the main controversies regarding specific kinds of human rights. Topics include women's rights and capabilities; culture and rights; economic and social rights; refugees and displacement; multinationals and international human rights activism. Prerequisite: IDST 2000Y, SOCI 2110H (or 2100Y), or CRIM 2616H or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: SOCI-3121H

An exploration of contemporary development and underdevelopment through documentaries, feature films, and ethnographic cinema, which focuses on the lived experiences of people who struggle with and against global inequalities, marginalization, urban poverty, alienation, and gender inequality. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST 3130Y.

An examination of the theoretical and conceptual debates that centre on the causes and consequences of international migration. Transnationalism, gender, citizenship, identity, social and spatial inequalities, labour markets, migrant livelihoods, politics, and social exclusion are all explored. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits including IDST 1001H and 1002H, or 1.0 SOCI credit at the 2000 level or beyond. Excludes IDST 4120H.

Cross-listed: SOCI-3150H

An examination of the historical development of the global political economy and of key debates in the field. Focuses on the ideas that underpin different political-economic systems, the relationship between domestic and international political economy, finance and trade, and the political economy of warfare. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or POST credit or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: POST-3220H

Barbados, like many islands in the West Indies, is facing a variety of challenges, such as overfishing, pollution, and loss of coral reefs and other habitats. This field course introduces students to the challenges faced by Barbados and other islands, as well as potential solutions. This ERSC course may be taken as ERST with the permission of the instructor. Students pay a course fee in addition to travel costs. Prerequisite: ERSC 2230H (2210H) or ERST-CAST 2520H or IDST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: ERSC-3230H

Examines the main issues and state and non-state actors of the contemporary Middle East, with a focus on political, social, economic, and ideological factors. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or POST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of the instructor. Excludes IDST-POST 4280Y, 4281H.

Cross-listed: POST-3281H

Explores hegemonic war, which is characterized with major shifts in the international distribution of power. Focusing on select cases from antiquity to the present, the aim is to garner insight on whether a hegemonic war between China and the US will occur and, if so, what the consequences might be. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: POST-3290H

Examines alternative models of growth and development, sectoral problems of LDCs (agriculture, education, health, environmental issues, etc.), planning strategies for economic development, and the diversity of the development experience. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ECON 1010H and 1020H.

Cross-listed: ECON-3310H, ADMN-3310H

The world economy and the place of less developed nations in an increasingly interdependent global system. Topics include a market-friendly strategy for the poor; globalization and its impacts; the growing literature on foreign aid and debt; the oil crisis; water scarcity and the potential for international water conflicts. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ECON 1010H and 1020H.

Cross-listed: ECON-3330H, ADMN-3330H

An examination of major issues, including the gradual British colonial conquest of the Xhosa people in the Cape, the Boer trek into the interior, African military resistance to colonial expansion, and the impact of mineral discoveries. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of the chair.

Cross-listed: HIST-3401H

Themes include the Union of South Africa in 1910, the development of African nationalism and trade unions, the rise of the Apartheid state from 1948, wars of liberation in Angola and Mozambique, the Rhodesian crisis, South Africa's campaign to destabilize the Frontline States in the 1980s, and post-Apartheid issues. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of the chair.

Cross-listed: HIST-3402H

Critically examines the uses of media for development, with a focus on hyperlocal news, journalistic empires from the Global South, global audiences, media infrastructures, environmental monitoring, and the politics of e-waste. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits. Students may take only one of CUST-IDST 3032Y or 3532H for credit.

Cross-listed: CUST-3532H, MDST-3532H

Examines environmental issues and conflicts in developing countries, applying a critical political ecology perspective to a range of current topics, including oil production, biodiversity conservation, and resource conflicts. There is also a special focus on agriculture and food systems. Prerequisite: IDST 2000Y or ERST-POST 2100H or ERST-CAST 2520H or POST 2200Y. Excludes ERST-IDST-POST 3601Y.

Cross-listed: ERST-3602H, SAFS-3602H, POST-3602H

Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details, see Community-Based Research Program (p. 265). Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits with a cumulative average of 75%.

Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details, see Community-Based Research Program (p. 265). Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits with a cumulative average of 75%.

Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details, see Community-Based Research Program (p. 265). Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits with a cumulative average of 75%.

The historical dimensions of socio-cultural diversity in sub-Saharan Africa are examined, along with the changing economic relationship of the area with the global economy; the politics of sub-regional conflict and continental and regional integration; trends towards democratization; and the strengthening of civil society. Offered only in Ghana.

Contemporary Ghana is examined in the light of its historical background and its patterns of stratification, religion, ethnicity and gender. Processes of structural change, including economic policy, social and political movements are explored. Excludes IDST 378. (Offered only in Ghana.)

The social, political, and economic conditions that encourage or block micro-level improvements are examined, as are the role of women's organizations and other local institutions and their relations with local District Assemblies and other government authorities. Offered only in Ghana.

The theory and practice of community development, with an extensive field placement. Offered only in Ecuador and Ghana.

Focuses on how globalization is transforming intersectional gender dynamics that underpin relationships between and within states, markets, civil society, and households. Introduces students to feminist perspectives on the global political economy, focusing on specific issues such as international trade agreements, labour, security, migration, health, environment, and human rights. Prerequisite: 1.0 IDST, POST, GESO/WMST, or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or beyond, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST-POST 3880Y, 4881H.

Cross-listed: POST-3881H, GESO-3881H

A critical exploration of key classical and contemporary issues in international development studies. Prerequisite: A minimum 75% cumulative average and 14.0 university credits including IDST 2000Y or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST 3000Y.

IDST 4010Y is a single credit, IDST 4020D is a double credit. A specific scholarly project on a welldefined topic. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits, a minimum 80% average in IDST courses, permission of department chair, and permission of instructor.

IDST 4010Y is a single credit, IDST 4020D is a double credit. A specific scholarly project on a welldefined topic. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits, a minimum 80% average in IDST courses, permission of department chair, and permission of instructor.

An examination of schools of thought in economics as applied to issues of international development. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 credit from IDST 1001H, 1002H, or IDST-ADMN 1030H. or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST 3100Y.

An advanced introduction to debates over the origins, nature, and spread of capitalism. Highlights capitalism's relationship to development, the environment, gender, identity, and politics. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including IDST 2000Y or SOCI 3111H or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST 4110H.

Cross-listed: SOCI-4111H

An examination of cities and urbanization in a global context. Explores the metropolis and the global economy, urban inequalities, poverty, work, violence, marginalization, housing, the environment, and urban struggles. Comparative case studies are used. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or GEOG credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: GEOG-4130H

This course focuses on the history of the relationship between fossil capitalism and development and probes the dominant frames through which the current environmental crises are understood, and the movements creating solutions to the status quo. It invites students to work cooperatively and independently in small groups to identify alternatives. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 2.0 IDST credits or permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed: ERST-4150Y

An examination of applied research methods in the context of program evaluation. Assessment of a community-based project occurs in the second term. Open only to Honours students in International Development Studies. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including IDST 2000Y and permission of instructor or department chair required before registration. Excludes IDST 4221Y.

An examination of global social movements and their impact on the process of globalization, such as Occupy Wall Street, the Anti-Globalization movement, the Zapatista Uprising, and Via Campesina, among others. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or POST or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: POST-4230H, SOCI-4230H

Canada's place within twentieth- and twenty-first-century globalization, along with its North-South policies and practices, are examined. Topics include Fordism and post-Fordism, global production and social reproduction, environment, inequality, dissent, development assistance, and the roles of Canadian business and civil society in international development. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or CAST or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: POST-4240Y, CAST-4240Y

This course focuses on the ethical and moral complexities raised by displacement and forced migration. Students examine the social, economic, and political factors associated with Canada's refugee sponsorship programs. Attention is given to media representations of refugees. Topics include resilience, parenting in a war context, and refugee education. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, CAST, IDST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level, and an additional 2.0 credits at the 3000 level of which at least 1.0 must be from POST, IDST, CAST, or SOCI, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2011H, 2012H, CAST 2245H, IDST 3150H, SOCI 3661H.

Cross-listed: POST-4252H, CAST-4252H, SOCI-4252H

Work is a central feature of everyday lives, structuring not only who we are but also our life chances. But what do we mean by work (e.g., paid, unpaid, care, part-time, gigs)? How does globalization and technological change work? Topics include work generation theories, power, production, and social reproduction. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, IDST and/or ADMN credit at the 2000 level; or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: POST-4255H, ADMN-4255H, SOCI-4255H

Provides an in-depth discussion of the relationship between global governance and social justice. Particular attention is paid to global institutions such as the UN and the World Bank to highlight issues of social justice on a global scale. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: POST-4260H

Examines the question of whether the international order can be democratized and be accountable to the people impacted by them. It begins with an analysis of how inter-state hierarchies operate. Global governance institutions are examined focusing on whether they exacerbate or attenuate domination and submission. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST credit, or permission of instructor. Excludes POST-IDST 4270Y.

Cross-listed: POST-4272H

Analyzes some of the critical global health issues and challenges that face humanity in the new century, and the manner in which global institutions are addressing those issues. Interdisciplinary in scope, the course draws on scholarship from global public health, political economy, biopolitics, and human rights. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or ANTH or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: SOCI-4512H, ANTH-4512H

Focuses on perspectives, actors, institutions, and economic relationships as they relate to global environmental policy and instruments. The aim is to provide students with a solid understanding of linkages between the global political system and the natural environment. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits. Recommended: One of ERST-IDST-POST 3602H or 3603H (or 3601Y) or POST 2200Y.

Cross-listed: ERST-4610H, SAFS-4610H, POST-4610H

Examines intersections of gender with "race," ethnicity, sexuality, and class. The implications of intersectional perspectives for how we understand gender equality strategies and outcomes are considered. Specific topics are determined yearly, and may be different in Peterborough and Durham. For details, see trentu.ca/sociology/courses.php/4610. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits, including one of SOCI-GESO-WMST 2430H or 3430H or 3440H, and 2.0 credits at the 3000 level.

Cross-listed: SOCI-4630H, GESO-4630H

This course focuses on the role that civil society organizations play in welcoming newcomers. Students are placed in research projects with migrant organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization to investigate a question relevant to refugee settlement in the area. For details, see Community-Based Research Program (p. 437). Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits with a cumulative average of 75%. Excludes IDST 3700Y, 3710H, 3720H, 3701Y, 3711H, 3722H.

An examination of ethnic consciousness and identity formation through theoretical and ethnographic case studies in a variety of settings. Identity construction in relation to the processes of development is explored, as is the articulation and comparison of ethnicity with gender, class, kinship, nationalism, and other markers of social and cultural difference. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including ANTH 2001H or 2002H (or 2000Y), IDST 2000Y or SOCI 3661H, or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: ANTH-4750H, SOCI-4750H

Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits and permission of department chair and instructor.

Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits and permission of department chair and instructor.

Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits and permission of department chair and instructor.