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 faculty 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 currently. 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 courses/units:

• 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: GEOG 110  GEOG 190  GEOG 296  SOC 294  ID 237  PSYC 210  EN 242  MCA 281  HIST 120  CYES 250  ECON 160  ECON 232  or a Language course at the Intermediate level or above
• four courses in an area of specialization, of which no more than two courses/units can be from an internship or study abroad

International Development and Social Change Faculty

International Development and Social Change Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years