Major

Global Studies: Development and Change

Advisors: Mary Finley-Brook (Geography), David Salisbury (Geography), and Jonathan Wight (Economics)

Note: Within the concentration, the eight units must be selected from three or more departments with no more than three units from a single department.

Eight units, including:

• ECON-211 Economic Development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

• Developmental Courses

  • At least three core unit courses, one from each of the following groups:

  • Group 1: Geographies

    • GEOG-320 Power, Space and Territory: Geographies of Political Change

    • GEOG-345/ENVR-345 Global Sustainability: Society, Economy, Nature

    • GEOG-370 Geographies of Economic Development and Globalization

  • Group 2: Politics and Policies

    • ECON-260 Economic Policy

    • ENVR-366 International Environmental Law

    • PLSC-347 Politics of Developing Nations

    • PLSC-351 Globalization

    • PLSC-356 International Political Economy

    • PLSC-360 International Development Policy

  • Group 3: Human Experience

    • ANTH-302 Medicine and Health from a Global/Anthropological Perspective

    • ANTH-303 Biopolitics in Medical Anthropology

    • ANTH-328 Anthropology of Human Rights

    • HIST-390 Food and Power in Africa and Asia

• Area Studies Courses

  • Three elective units covering at least two different 'developing' regions, selected from the regional courses or comparable courses of study abroad.

• Development Related Courses

  • Possible additional electives from courses listed above, selected topics, courses studied abroad, internships, independent study, or the following courses:

    • ANTH-300 Sexuality and Gender Across Culture

    • ANTH-303 Biopolitics in Medical Anthropology

    • ANTH-328 Anthropology of Human Rights

    • ECON-105 Introduction to Global Economics

    • ECON-230/ENVR-230 Environmental Economics

    • ECON-310 International Trade: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies

    • ECON-360 International Macroeconomics

    • GEOG-220/ENVR-220 Ecotourism

    • HIST-391 Transnational Social Reform

    • PLSC-359 Global Governance

    • SOC-306 Social Change in a Global Perspective

    • SOC-335 Feast and Famine: Inequalities in the Global Food System

All students concentrating in Development are encouraged, but not required, to conduct independent research, in consultation with their GS faculty advisor. Summer research may be eligible for University funding.