Note: Students may also petition to have a course not on this list count towards the certificate plan of study. Students must articulate a justification in their petition as to how the course would complement the Certificate in International Development Studies.
Society and Development
The challenges and opportunities of economic development for a diversity of social groups are the focus of this area of inquiry.
- ACE 451 Agriculture in International Development
- ANTH 423 Economic Anthropology
- ANTH 466 Class, Culture, and Society
- GGIS 204 Cities of the World
- GGIS 210 Contemporary Social & Environmental Problems
- GGIS 384 Population Geography
- GGIS 455 Geography of Sub Saharan Africa
- LER 200 Globalization and Workers
- LER 330 Comparative Labor Relations
- SOC 261 Gender Transnational Perspective
- SOC 350 Technology and Society
- SOC 364 Impacts of Globalization
- SOC 484 African Urbanization
- SOCW 321 Social Entrepreneurship & Social Change
Environment and Development
This area explores the interrelationships between environment and development at the global, national, and local levels.
- ACE 310 Natural Resource Economics
- ACE 411 Environment & Development
- ENSU 310 Renewable & Alternative Energy
- ESE 482 Challenges of Sustainability
- GGIS 496 Climate & Social Vulnerability
- NRES 287 Environment & Society
- NRES 426 Renewable Energy Policy
- NRES 439 Environment & Sustainable Development
- UP 446 Sustainable Planning Seminar
Political Economy and Development
Courses in this area focus on the interactive effects of economic and political forces that shape development processes.
- ACE 254 Economic Systems in Africa
- ACE 454 Economic Development of Tropical Africa
- ECON 202 Economic Statistics I
- ECON 411 Public Sector Economics
- ECON 452 The Latin American Economies
- ECON 462 Macroeconomic Policy
- GGIS 410 Geography of Development and Underdevelopment
- HIST 411 20th Century African Intellectual History
- PS 241 Comparative Politics in Developing Nations
- PS 340 Politics of International Development
- PS 356 Comparative Political Economy
- PS 382 International Political Economy
- PS 455 Political Economy, Societal Welfare, and Democracy
- UP 445 Economic Development Planning
Institutions and Development
This area examines the interplay of public, private, and civic institutions and their effects on development outcomes.