International Development Studies Major

Program Requirements

• IDS 201 - Introduction to International Development OR
• SPHO 205

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• IDS 351 - National and Regional Development

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• IDS 355 - Community Development OR
• STHO 212 - Development Theory in Practice

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• IDS 395 - Senior Seminar in International Development Studies
• SOC 231 - Intercultural Communication

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• ENST 210 - Human Impacts on the Environment OR
• BIOL 364 - Global Health, Environment, and Sustainability

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• POLS 309 - International Organizations and Law OR
• POLS 322 - Global Democratization

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• Semester experience in a developing country

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• These economics courses have prerequisites which count as cognates* for the major

• ECON 236 - Emerging Economies
• ECON 237 - Regional Economies of the World
• ECON 337 - World Poverty and Economic Development

Total Semester Hours: 36

** Students with majors or minors in Political Science or International Relations may substitute POLS 209  for BUS 256