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International Development 4000Y – Advanced topics in development theory and research
Critical perspectives on selected issues in the field of development. Prerequisite: 14 credits including IDST 2000Y (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.
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 university credits, including IDST 2000Y (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 2000Y (200) or permission of the instructor.
Winnie Lem
International Development – Geography 4130H – Global metropolis
An examination of cities and urbanization in a global context. The course explores: the metropolis and the global economy; urban inequalities; poverty; work; violence; marginalization; housing, environment and urban struggles. Comparative case studies are used. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including IDST 2000Y (200) or GEOG – CAST 2710H (271H) or permission of 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 2000Y (200) and permission of the instructor or chair required before registration.
Paul Shaffer
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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 1.0 IDST or POST or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of the instructor.
LTA
International Development – Canadian Studies – Politics 4240Y – Canada, globalization 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 1.0 IDST or CAST or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.
Hasmet Uluorta
International Development – Politics - Administrative Studies 4255H – Globalization and the politics of work
Work is a central feature of everyday lives structuring not only who we are but also life chances. But what do we mean by work and how does intensifying globalization affect our understanding of it? Topics include work generation theories, comparative national strategies and policies, power, production, and social reproduction. Prerequisite: 2.0 POST credits at the 2000-level or 5.0 ADMN credits or 14.0 university credits including IDST 2000Y (200) or permission of instructor.
International Development – Politics 4260H - Global Governance and Social Justice
This course will provide an in-depth discussion of the relationship between global governance and social justice. Particular attention will be paid to global institutions such as the UN and the World Bank to highlight issues of social justice on a global scale. Prerequisite: 14 university credits, including either IDST 2000Y (200) or POST - PHIL 2350Y (235) or POST 2230Y (223) or permission of the instructor.
Feyzi Baban
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.
International Development – Politics - 4280Y Government and Politics in the Middle East
This course examines the main issues and actors (state and non-state) of the contemporary Middle East. It focuses on the importance of political, social, economic and ideological factors in the context of such issues as the resilience of authoritarianism, gender, the rise of civil society and the resurgence of Islamic activism. Prerequisite: 14 university credits, including 1.0 IDST or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor. Students may take only one of IDST-POST 4280Y or 4281H for credit.
Feyzi Baban
International Development 4512 - Global Health
Analyzes some of the critical global health issues and challenges that face humanity in the new century, and the manner in which global instituions are addressing those issues. Interdiciplinary in scope, the course draws on scholarship form global public health, political econmy, biopolitics and human rights. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits includingeither IDST 2000 or both ANTH 2001H and 2002H or 1.0 SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of the instructor
LTA
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.
International Development - Anthropology 4750H - Perspectives on Ethnicity
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 2000Y (200) or IDST 2000Y (200) or permission of instructor. Excludes IDST-ANTH 475H.
Chris Beyers
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 2001H or ANTH 2002H (or 2000Y or 200) or IDST 2000Y (200) or permission of the instructor.
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International Development – Anthropology – Indigenous Studies 4770H – Anthropology of Colonialism
Provides an historical anthropological exploration of colonialism. Drawing on case studies from Eurasia, North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, it focuses on the colonial construction of categories of language, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, and how such cultural categories have been transformed and/or reproduced in the postcolonial present. Prerequisite: ANTH 2001H (or 2000Y or 200). Co-requisite: ANTH 3991H (or 3990Y or 399). Excludes ANTH 477H
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International Development 4800Y, 4801H, 4802H – Research Practicum
Under the direct supervision of a departmental faculty member, research activities are undertaken within the faculty member’s ongoing research program. Open to Honours students in International Development Studies with 14.0 university credits, a minimum 80% cumulative average in all IDST courses completed, permission of instructor, and permission of department chair
LTA
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.
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