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Nov 26, 2024
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2013-2014 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
International Development and Social Change Major
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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. Major Requirements
The IDSC major requires 12 credits, including five core courses, four electives around a particular theme or issue in international development and social change, one methods course, two skills courses, one internship or directed research project, and a culminating capstone seminar to be taken in the fall semester of your senior year.
Majors should try to finish their core classes in their first two years of study. By junior year, they should be taking more advanced seminars (200 level) with core faculty in their area of interest. Core Courses (5 credits)
- ID 125 - Tales from the Far Side: Third World Development and Underdevelopment in the Age of Globalization
- ID 120 - Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- ECON 128 - Introduction to Economic Development (Note: ECON 010 - Economics and the World Economy or an equivlaent is a prerequisite for ECON 128)
- Politics of Development (choose from a variety of electives)
- Environmental sustainability (choose from a variety of electives)
Area of Specialization (4 credits)
IDSC majors take at least four elective courses in an area of specialization. Students may follow established specializations that relate to international development and social change (e.g., Political Economy, Peace and Conflict, Gender, Global Health, Culture, Participatory and Community-based Approaches, Sustainability, or area studies) or they may design their own area of specialization with the approval of their IDSC advisor.
Two of these courses should be taken with core IDSC faculty, and at least two should be at the 200-level. Methods (1 credit)
The required methods class, ID 132 - Research Methods for International Development and Social Change , is usually offered during the fall semester. This course will prepare you for independent research during study abroad, your capstone, and your honors thesis. Hence, students are strongly encouraged to take ID 132 before beginning these endeavors.
Note: ID 132 does not fulfill the Formal Analysis (FA) requirement. Skills Courses (2 credits)
IDSC majors will take two skills courses in computers, statistics, GIS, cartography, conflict negotiation, service learning, a foreign language at the intermediate level and above (105 or higher), or any other skills relevant to careers in international development and social change. Internship or Field Research (1 credit)
Students may either take: Capstone Seminar (1 credit)
Honors Thesis (1 additional credit)?
Those wishing to graduate with honors register for ID 299 with a thesis supervisor in the second semester of senior year.
*IDSC majors must earn at least a C- in core and required courses to count toward the major. Honors
To graduate with Honors in the major and to be considered for admission into the accelerated BA/MA program in IDSC, a student must complete an original Honors Thesis on a topic of relevance to the field of international development and social change.
Eligibility
Majors who have maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average in IDSC major courses and a 3.25 overall grade point average are eligible to apply for an Honors Thesis. Admission to the Honors Thesis program does not automatically guarantee the awarding of Honors. Students must first satisfy a number of requirements:
- Identification of a faculty supervisor by March 1 of the junior year
- Application to the IDSC Honors Committee by April 15 of the junior year
- Presentation of a chapter and detailed outline of the entire thesis to the thesis supervisor at the end of fall semester of senior year
- Completion of the thesis during the spring semester of the senior year, with the approval of the thesis supervisor
- Oral defense of the completed thesis before the first and second (of which one must a core IDSC faculty member) during mid-spring semester.
- Presentation of the thesis at Academic Spree Day
The IDSC Undergraduate Coordinator and the IDSC Accelerated BA/MA Coordinator oversee the Honors program in consultation with the IDSC program faculty. Their roles are to evaluate applications to the program, coordinate procedures, and serve as a source of information to students and faculty participating in the program.
For further information on procedures and dates, please see the IDSC undergraduate handbook at: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/idce/id/ba/ The Double Major
Many students double major or major in IDSC and minor in related departments, such as Economics, Geography, Government (especially international relations), Sociology, and Women’s Studies. Up to two courses can be counted toward both majors. International Development and Social Change Internships
Internships provide an opportunity to gain insight and experience in development through work in government or nonprofit agencies. Recently, students have had overseas internships with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, the American Jewish World Service in El Salvador, the London Internship Program, and the World Health Organization in Geneva. Other interns have worked in the United States on national and international development issues with the Environmental Defense Fund, Grassroots International, Oxfam America, Habitat for Humanity, MassPIRG, Save the Children, Aid to Artisans, and Lutheran Community Services Refugee Program.
All International Development majors must undertake an internship for academic credit. Internships for credit must be supervised or sponsored by core ID faculty or affiliate IDCE faculty with the approval of your faculty adviser. You should register for ID 299 the semester during the internship to receive credit. If your internship is during the summer, you should register through COPACE. Study Abroad
Many international development students have learned about development issues first-hand through Study Abroad programs, such as those in Namibia and the Dominican Republic. Students have also studied abroad on related programs at the University of East Anglia in England, with the School for Field Studies in Mexico and Costa Rica, and with the School for International Training in Nepal, Mali and Morocco. Please contact the Study Abroad office at Clark for information on study-abroad options. You should discuss your study-abroad plans in advance with your major adviser to maximize your learning experience. For more information, visit www.clarku.edu/offices/studyabroad/. International Development and Social Change Faculty
Program
Kiran Asher, Ph.D.
David Bell, Ed.D.
Ramon Borges-Mendez, Ph.D.
Anita Häusermann Fábos, Ph.D.
Jude Fernando, Ph.D.
William Fisher, Ph.D.
Ellen Foley, Ph.D.
Ken MacLean, 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
Ruth Allen, M.A.
Elisa Martinez, M.A.
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
- BIOL 201 - Ecology of Atlantic Shores
- ECON 108 - International Economics: Trade and Finance
- ECON 128 - Intro to Economic Development
- ECON 247 - Economics of Population
- EN 171 - International Perspectives on Environmental Problems and Policies
- EN 265 - Risk Analysis: Policy and Methods
- GEOG 016 - Introduction to Economic Geography
- GEOG 087 - Introduction to Environmental Information Science
- GEOG 107 - Miracles of Asia: Economic Growth in Global Contexts
- GEOG 127 - Political Economy of Development
- GEOG 179 - Global and Local Environmental Justice
- GEOG 237 - Feminism, Nature and Culture
- GEOG 256 - Global Economic Geographies
- GEOG 257 - Internet Geography: Socioeconomic Impacts of Information Technologies
- GEOG 260 - Quantitative Environmental Modeling
- GEOG 271 - Groundwater Hydrology and Management
- GEOG 280 - Urban Ecology: Cities as Ecosystems
- GEOG 281 - Tropical Ecology
- GEOG 282 - Advanced Remote Sensing
- HIST 181 - Chinese Civilization
- HIST 182 - Modern China
- HIST 282 - Chinese Women in Literature and Society
- HIST 288 - Exploring Public History
- ID 011 - Making a Difference
- ID 052 - Global Change, Regional Challenges
- ID 070 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
- ID 101 - Introduction to Peace Studies
- ID 103 - Africa and the World
- ID 112 - Leading Issues in Sustainable Development
- ID 120 - Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- ID 121 - Culture, Health, and Development: What Makes Us Sick?
- ID 125 - Tales from the Far Side: Third World Development and Underdevelopment in the Age of Globalization
- ID 130 - Intro to Economic Development
- ID 131 - Local Action/Global Change: The Urban Context
- ID 132 - Research Methods for International Development and Social Change
- ID 133 - Law and Culture
- ID 137 - Race and Ethnicity Across Borders: Comparing the Local and Global
- ID 140 - Francophone Literature and Film
- ID 155 - The Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
- ID 160 - Health and Disease in Developing World
- ID 161 - Global Cultures and Identities
- ID 170 - Ecology and Economy in the Tropics
- ID 172 - Islands in the Stream: Puerto Rico and the French Antilles
- ID 173 - Introduction to Latin-American Politics/Lecture, Discussion
- ID 176 - Comparative Economic Systems
- ID 180 - International Organizations
- ID 182 - Are We Modern Yet?
- ID 186 - South Africa: History and Contemporary Politics
- ID 190 - Intro to Geographic Information Systems
- ID 192 - Political Economy of Asia
- ID 204 - International and Comparative Analysis of Community Development
- ID 205 - Risks and Rumor in Global Health
- ID 206 - Peasants, Rural Development and Agrarian Change
- ID 207 - Culture, Health, and Power: Introduction to Medical Anthropology.
- ID 209 - Beyond Victims and Guardian Angels: Third World Women, Gender and Development
- ID 213 - Computer Programming for GIS
- ID 214 - Applying Anthropology: From Field Work to Action
- ID 217 - International Political Economy
- ID 219 - Politics and Development in Southern Africa
- ID 221 - Education and Development
- ID 222 - Economy and Environment
- ID 225 - Political Economy, Geography, and Culture in South Asia-A Survey
- ID 227 - Ideologies of Race in Development
- ID 228 - Economic Development
- ID 230 - Africa’s Development in Global Context
- ID 234 - The Age of Atlantic Revolutions
- ID 235 - Trafficking: Globalization and Its Illicit Commodities
- ID 236 - The Atlantic World
- ID 237 - Program Evaluation for Youth and Community Development Initiatives
- ID 243 - Seeing Like a Humanitarian Agency
- ID 245 - Culture, Politics, and International Development
- ID 248 - Gender and Health
- ID 250 - Aid and Empire
- ID 251 - Nongovernment Organizations: Catalysts for Development
- ID 252 - Conflict in Sudan and the Horn of Africa
- ID 253 - Social Movements, Globalization, and the State
- ID 256 - Open Source Internet GIS and Mapping
- ID 258 - Controlling Capitalism
- ID 259 - Religion, Identity and Violence in a Globalizing World
- ID 261 - Roots and Routes: Immigrants, Diasporas and Travel
- ID 262 - Famine and Food Security
- ID 263 - Youth for Community and Development
- ID 264 - Advanced Topics in Development Theory
- ID 265 - Global Issues in Education
- ID 266 - Principles of Negotiation and Mediation: An Overview of Conflict Resolution Approaches
- ID 268 - Global Ethnographies: Ethnographers in the Making for the 21st Century
- ID 269 - Capitalism, Nature Development
- ID 271 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
- ID 272 - Environment and Justice in Latin America
- ID 279 - 20th-Century Latin America
- ID 285 - States of Violence: Culture, Trauma, and Identity in Asia
- ID 287 - Critical Cartographies: Mapping Culture, History, and Power
- ID 289 - Development Policy
- ID 290 - Senior Capstone Seminar
- ID 291 - Displacement and Development in the Contemporary World.
- ID 294 - Environment, Culture and Development
- ID 295 - Globalization and Democracy
- ID 296 - Advance Vector GIS
- ID 297 - Honors Thesis
- ID 298 - Internship
- ID 299 - Directed Study
- IDCE 30205 - Climate Change, Energy and Development
- IDCE 30206 - Technology and Sustainability: Perspectives from the Global South
- IDCE 30263 - The Climate System and Global Environmental Change
- IDCE 30293 - Youth and Community Development: Theory, Policy and Practice
- IDCE 305 - Qualitative Research Methods, Skills and Applications
- IDCE 324 - Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Geography
- IDCE 332 - Sustainable Development Assessment and Planning
- IDCE 392 - GIS & Accuracy Assessment
- PSCI 102 - Political Science Fiction
- PSCI 117 - Revolution and Political Violence
- PSCI 177 - Transitions to Democracy
- PSCI 201 - The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa
- PSCI 208 - Comparative Politics of Women
- PSCI 211 - International Cooperation
- PSCI 216 - Comparative Environmental Politics
- PSCI 240 - Human Rights and International Politics
- PSCI 283 - Global AIDS: The Pandemic in Comparative Perspective
- PSCI 286 - Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics - Capstone Seminar
- PSCI 289 - Advanced Topics in International Relations - Capstone Seminar
- PSCI 290 - U.S. - Latin American Relations - Capstone Seminar
- SOC 255 - The Creation of Nationalism, Nationalist Cultures and Symbols
- SOC 288 - Globalization: Fashion and Foul Play
- UDSC 232 - Population, Environment and Development
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