International Development Studies Major

Program Requirements

• IDS 201 - Introduction to International Development

• OR SPHO 205 - Poverty and Development 

• SOC 231 - Intercultural Communication
• IDS 351 - National and Regional Development
• IDS 355 - Community Development

• OR STHO 212 - Development Theory in Practice 

• IDS 395 - Senior Seminar in International Development Studies
• ENST 210 - Human Impacts on the Environment

• OR BIOL 364 - Global Health, Environment, and Sustainability 

• POLS 309 - International Organizations and Law

• OR POLS 322 - Global Democratization 

• ECON 236 - Emerging Economies

• OR ECON 237 - Regional Economies of the World  

  OR ECON 337 - World Poverty and Economic Development  

  (These courses have prerequisites that also count as cognates for the major, below.)

• semester experience in a developing country

Total Semester Hours: 36

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