Development Studies Courses

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DEVS Core Courses

Cross-listed Courses

DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DESIGNATED COURSES

Courses are three credits unless otherwise indicated. Departmental prerequisites will apply.

Anthropology

• ANTH 218 Anthropology of Health & Illness
• ANTH 223* Local and Global Livelihoods
• ANTH 234 Introduction to Indigenous Studies
• ANTH 310 Anthropology of Tourism
• ANTH 320* People and Development
• ANTH 323 Feminist Anthropology
• ANTH 332 L’nu (Mi’kmaq) Studies: Advanced Critical Issues in Indigenous Anthropology
• ANTH 415 Anthropology of HIV/AIDS
• ANTH 425 Power and Change
• ANTH 435 Advanced Indigenous Issues

Aquatic Resources

• AQUA 221 Issues in Resource Management
• AQUA 298 Selected Topics: Managing Water & UN SDGs

Art

• ART 300 A Cultural and Intellectual History of Canada
• ART 344 Issues in Contemporary Canadian Art

Biology

• BIOL 221 Issues in Resource Management
• BIOL 345 Communities and Ecosystems

Business Administration

• BSAD 352* Social Entrepreneurship
• BSAD 357 International Business
• BSAD 358 Business Ethics
• BSAD 366 Indigenous Business in Canada

Catholic Studies

• CATH 341 Social Justice and Catholic Tradition

Celtic Studies

• CELT 332 The Scots in North America

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• EESC 272 Understanding Climate Change
• EESC 273 Health and the Environment
• EESC 274 Health Impacts of Global Climate Change

Economics

• ECON 211* Local & Community Development Economics
• ECON 241 Canadian Economic Prospects and Challenges
• ECON 242 International Economic Prospects and Challenges
• ECON 281 Environmental Economics
• ECON 305* Economic Development I
• ECON 306* Economic Development II
• ECON 361 Labour Economics
• ECON 365 International Trade
• ECON 366 International Payments and Finance
• ECON 381 Natural Resource Economics

English

• ENGL 240 Literature of the Middle East
• ENGL 248 Climate Fiction and Environmental Literature
• ENGL 282 Literature of Global Justice: Human Rights, Asylum, Self Determination
• ENGL 347 The Aftermath of Slavery and the 21st Century Black Literature: Reading Africa and the African Diaspora

French

• FREN 361 Acadian Literature
• FREN 362 Acadian Language and Culture

Health

• HLTH 301 Global Health, Equity, and Innovation
• HLTH 421 Food and Nutrition for Global Health Equity

History

• HIST 223 Black and White and Colourful All Over: Africa in the World from 1800
• HIST 228 History of Maritime Provinces: Pre-Confederation
• HIST 229 History of Maritime Provinces: Post-Confederation
• HIST 233 French Imperialism
• HIST 235 Introduction to South Asia History
• HIST 255 History of Colonial Latin America
• HIST 256 History of Modern Latin America
• HIST 257 Canada and the Global South
• HIST 283 Making Britain Great
• HIST 303 The Working People and Social Justice in Early Canadian Society
• HIST 304 Capitalism and Social Justice in Modern Canada
• HIST 317 Canadian Women and Gender History: From Colony to Nation
• HIST 318 Canadian Women’s and Gender History: Modernity
• HIST 322 Canadian Immigration, Race and Ethnicity to 1896
• HIST 326 History of Cuba from Independence to the Revolution
• HIST 337 History of Modern Mexico
• HIST 347 American Social Movements, 1945-Present
• HIST 355 The Sixties: A Social History
• HIST 360 Gender & Sexuality in Modern European Empires
• HIST 374 The People’s Republic of China
• HIST 462 Topics in Latin American History

Human Nutrition

• HNU 405 Food Availability
• HNU 421 Global Health, Equity, and Innovation

Interdisciplinary Studies

• IDS 305 Immersion Service Learning
• IDS 306 Service Learning: Theory and Practice

Mi’kmaq

• MIKM 205 Mi’kmaq Language II

Nursing

• NURS 303 Indigenous Perspective of Health and Healing
• NURS 364 Social Justice and Health
• NURS 486 International Health and Development

Philosophy

• PHIL 333 Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 371 Social and Political Philosophy

Political Science

• PSCI 211 Comparative Politics of Western Democracies
• PSCI 212 Comparative Politics of Non-Western and Developing Countries
• PSCI 241 Business and Government
• PSCI 251 Foundations of Global Politics
• PSCI 252 Contemporary Global Politics
• PSCI 291 Violence, Conflict and Politics
• PSCI 306 Theory and Politics of Human Rights
• PSCI 308 Global Justice
• PSCI 315 Democratization around the World
• PSCI 316 Dictatorships
• PSCI 322 Atlantic Canada
• PSCI 325 Indigenous Politics in Canada
• PSCI 335 Human Rights and International Justice
• PSCI 344 Citizenship, Identity and Diversity
• PSCI 345 Women and Politics
• PSCI 353 International Organizations
• PSCI 354* Global Political Economy
• PSCI 355* Global Issues
• PSCI 358 International Security
• PSCI 363 International Relations of East Asia
• PSCI 371* Political Economy of Development
• PSCI 372 Politics in the Muslim World
• PSCI 391 Latin American Politics and Government
• PSCI 395 Mexican Politics

Public Policy and Governance

• PGOV 201 Public Policy Analysis
• PGOV 305 Gender and Public Policy
• PGOV 307 Science and Public Policy
• PGOV 355 Learning from Disaster

Sociology

• SOCI 203 Gender
• SOCI 207 Health Justice
• SOCI 212 Social Dissent
• SOCI 217 Race and Identities
• SOCI 218 Social Inequality in Canada
• SOCI 237 Social Justice
• SOCI 242 Technology and Society
• SOCI 243 Consumer Society
• SOCI 247 Environmental Social Science I: Problems & Paradigms
• SOCI 254 Experiencing Social Class
• SOCI 309 Power and the State
• SOCI 341 Sociology of Agriculture
• SOCI 356 Power, Culture, and Identity
• SOCI 364 Food and Society
• SOCI 366 Coastal Communities

Spanish

• SPAN 255 Cultural Production & Human Rights in Latin America
• SPAN 315 Hispanic Civilization to 1800
• SPAN 325 Hispanic Civilization, 1800 to Present
• SPAN 427 Spanish and Latin-American Literature and Cinema
• SPAN 431 Topics in Latin American Literature

Women’s and Gender Studies

• WMGS 203 Gender
• WMGS 217 Race and Identities
• WMGS 345 Women and Politics
• WMGS 364 Social Justice and Health

Please Note

Cross-listed as DEVS courses. Other courses, not listed here, may be considered designated courses with permission of the development studies co-ordinator (selected topics courses or on a development theme or issue).