2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

International Development and Social Change Minor


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International Development and Social Change Overview


Undergraduate Program

In the International Development and Social Change program, students learn from people who are actively engaged in vital world issues, for example, globalization, nationalism, displacement of indigenous people in India, food scarcity in Ethiopia, black social movements in Colombia, and social justice and education in South Africa. The program begins by building a foundation to help students to understand and think critically about the social, political, economic and cultural dynamics shaping the world. Courses provide important insights on how the developed and developing worlds are linked historically and at present. Clark University is one of the few universities in the nation to offer a liberal-arts major in international development.

Beyond the classroom—in workshops, panels, and informal gatherings—international development and social change majors learn from faculty, as well as from undergraduate and graduate students, with field experience from around the world. Students have the opportunity to expand this knowledge with hands-on experience through internships and field research.

As a major in this program, you will be part of a diverse student body and discover a program that offers intellectual excitement, insightful perspectives and stimulating ideas. International development students explore strategic political action by developing an awareness of the complexities and contradictions of global power relations. You will learn the history of social change around the world from professors who have been involved in social change in Asia, South America and Africa. Students in this major become thinkers and doers who are prepared to tackle the challenges of development in the 21st century.

For more information, please visit the International Development and Social Change Department’s website.

Minor Requirements


A minor in International Development consists of six credits: one core course (ID 125 - Tales from the Far Side: Contemporary Dilemmas in Development  or ID 120 - Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology ), one skills course, and at least four courses in an area of specialization, of which no more than two credits can be from an internship or study abroad. 

International Development and Social Change Faculty


Program


David Bell, Ed.D.

Ramón Borges-Méndez, Ph. D.

Cynthia Caron, Ph. D.

Ed Carr, Ph. D.

Anita Häusermann Fábos, Ph. D.

Jude Fernando, Ph. D.

William Fisher, Ph. D.

Ellen Foley, Ph. D.

Ken MacLean, Ph. D.

Laurie Ross, Ph. D.

Adjunct


Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D.
Joseph de Rivera, Ph.D.
Jody Emel, Ph.D.
Odile Ferly, Ph.D.
Jacqueline Geoghegan, Ph.D.
Amy Ickowitz, Ph.D.
James T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Richard Peet, Ph.D.
Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.
Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D.
Paul Ropp, Ph.D.
Srinivasan Sitaraman, Ph.D.
Valerie Sperling, Ph.D.
Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
 

Department Instructors


Dodi Swope

Research


Cynthia Enloe, Ph.D.
Richard Ford, Ph.D.
Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Ph.D.

Visiting


Marianne Sarkis, Ph.D.
Nigel Brissett, Ph.D.

International Development and Social Change Courses


Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

Courses


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