International Development

University of Guelph

1996-97 Undergraduate Calendar

X--Degree Programs

International Development

Interdisciplinary Program

Coordinator: Ext 8966, Room 704 MacKinnon Building

The International Development program is intended to provide students with an opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary and comparative studies on the problems of modernization, change and development.

A broad coverage of the process of international development, from the perspectives of history and social science, forms the basis for more in-depth study on such topics as economic growth, biophysical environment and development, women in the development process, rural and agricultural development, and political development and administrative change.

The primary participating departments are Economics, Geography, Political Studies, and Sociology and Anthropology.

Honours Program Major

A minimum of 26 courses is required:

Fifteen core courses and one of five areas of emphasis (11 courses): Economic Growth and Development, Women in the Development Process, Rural and Agricultural Development, Biophysical Environment and Development, and Political Development and Administrative Change. With the permission of the International Studies Undergraduate Committee, students may replace a course required for 1 of the areas of emphasis with 85-320 Individual Work/Study in International Development.

Core requirements

12-115 Anthropology

36-110 Introductory Macroeconomics

36-120 Introductory Microeconomics

36-265 Introduction to the Economics of Developing Countries

36-274 Economic Statistics *

* One of:

45-246 Analysis in Geography

78-365 The Systematic Study of Politics

86-212 Introductory Methods

38-306 International Communication

38-402 Rural Extension in Change and Development

45-205 Third World Urbanization

45-257 A Geography of the Third World

49-101 Europe in the Age of Expansion

78-208 Development and Underdevelopment

78-367 Comparative Public Policy and Administration

78-379 The Political Economy of International Relations

85-201 Introduction to International Development **

85-220 Introduction to Women's Studies

85-450 International Development Seminar

One regional course from:

44-329 Black Francophone Literature ***

45-351 China

45-360 Geography of a Selected Region

49-211 The Colonial Americas: A Comparative History

49-292 Republican Latin America

49-295 Black History

49-341 The History of Pre-Colonial Africa

49-391 Africa Since 1800

78-300 Politics of Africa

78-308 Politics of Latin America

78-369 Politics of Asia

85-200 Asia

88-330 Modern Spanish American Prose ***

88-406 The Contemporary Spanish American Novel ***

*Students choosing the Economic Growth and Development area of emphasis must take 36-274

**Students must complete this course before semester 5.

*** Students taking these courses must be able to read Spanish or French.

Areas of Emphases

Women in the Development Process

12-216 Social Antropology

12-377 Kinship and Social Organization

49-280 The History of the Modern Family

49-293 Topics in the History of Women

85-405 Gender and Knowledge

86-110 Sociology

86-308 Social Planning

86-310 Sociology of the Family

86-320 Technology and Society *

86-341 Individual and Society *

86-340 Sociology of Gender Roles

86-422 Canadian Rural and Native Women

86-424 Women in the Development Process

*With the approval of the coordinator, students may replace this with an independent study or reading course on an appropriate topic from any department of the Colleges of Arts or Social Science, or from OAC.

With the approval of the CIDS undergraduate advisor, students may replace a restricted elective with 85-320 Individual Work/Study in International Development.

Content:

Economic Growth and Development

Women in the Development Process

Rural and Agricultural Development

Biophysical Environment and Development

Political Development and Administrative Change

Rural and Agricultural Development

01-400 Seminar in International Agriculture

12-216 Social Antropology

45-332 Agricultural Systems and Location

45-420 Economic Geography and Regional Development

45-432 Rural Land Use

86-330 Community Development

86-368 Development and Underdevelopment

87-201 Soil Science

*One of:

01-250 Field Trip in International Agriculture

02-401 Rural Development Policy

02-472 Special Study in Agricultural Economics

49-462 Seminar in North American Rural History

86-421 Advanced Topics in Rural Sociology

Two of the following not taken as part of the core:

02-421 World Agriculture and Economic Development

38-306 International Communication

38-402 Rural Extension in Change and Development

One of:

10-350 Tropical Livestock Production

29-325 Tropical Crop Production

53-438 Tropical and Sub-Tropical Horticultural Crops

* With the approval of the coordinator, students may replace this with an independent study or reading course on an appropriate topic from any department of the Colleges of Arts or Social Sciences, or from OAC.

With the approval of the CIDS undergraduate advisor, students may replace a restricted elective with 85-320 Individual Work/Study in International Development.

Biophysical Environment and Development

01-400 Seminar in International Agriculture

45-332 Agricultural Systems and Location

45-122 Human Impact on the Environment

45-130 Introduction to the Biophysical Environment

45-200 Geomorphology

87-201 Soil Science

45-211 Climate and the Biophysical Environment

45-248 Cartographic Methods

45-311 Biotic and Natural Resources

45-321 Management of the Biophysical Environment

45-348 Principles of Computer Cartography and GIS

45-411 Environmental Systems Analysis

One of:

02-270 Survey of Natural Resource Economics

36-210 Economic Growth and Environmental Quality

78-337 Environmental Policy Formation and Administration

With the approval of the CIDS undergraduate advisor, students may replace a restricted elective with 85-320 Individual Work/Study in International Development.

Content:

Economic Growth and Development

Women in the Development Process

Rural and Agricultural Development

Biophysical Environment and Development

Political Development and Administrative Change

02-421 World Agriculture and Economic Development *

53-438 Tropical and Sub-Tropical Horticultural Crops *

78-150 World Politics

78-210 Comparative Politics: The Contemporary State

78-220 International Relations

78-225 Public Administration

One of the following courses not taken as part of the core:

38-300 Program Development and Evaluation

78-337 Environmental Policy Formation and Administration

78-475 Theories and Problems in Comparative Politics

One of the following courses not taken as part of the core:

45-351 China

45-360 Geography of a Selected Region

49-211 The Colonial Americas: A Comparative History

49-239 Imperial and Soviet Russia Since 1800

49-251 The Emergence of Modern European Society 1789-1945

49-292 Republican Latin America

49-295 Black History

49-341 The History of Pre-Colonial Africa

49-391 Africa Since 1800

85-200 Asia

49-456 Topics in Revolution

78-346 Communism and Post-Communism

Two of the following courses not taken as part of the core:

78-300 Politics of Africa

78-308 Politics of Latin America

78-369 Politics of Asia

One of the following courses not taken as part of the core:

78-367 Comparative Public Policy and Administration

78-379 The Political Economy of International Relations

* With the approval of the coordinator, students may replace this with an independent study or reading course on an appropriate topic from any department of the Colleges of Arts or Social Sciences, or OAC.

With the approval of the CIDS undergraduate advisor, students may replace a restricted elective with 85-320 Individual Work/Study in International Development.