2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

International Development and Social Change Minor


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, post disaster reconstruction in Sri Lanka and Puerto Rico, reproductive health in Senegal, land use planning and climate change in Bolivia, 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 units:

International Development and Social Change Faculty


Program


David Bell, Ed.D.,

Ramón Borges-Méndez Ph.DNigel Brissett, Ph.D.

Cynthia Caron, Ph. D.

Ed Carr, Ph. D.

Anita Häusermann Fábos, Ph. D.

Jude Fernando, Ph. D.

Ellen Foley, Ph. D.

Denise Humphries Bebbington

Ken MacLean, Ph. D.

Laurie Ross, Ph. D.

International Development and Social Change Courses


Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

Courses