Development Studies Courses

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DEVS Core Courses

101 Introduction to Development Studies3 credits 
201 Development and the Global South3 credits
202 Development in Canada3 credits
213 Gender, Development and Migration3 credits
302 Globalization and Development3 credits
303 Power, People, Planet and Profit3 credits
311 Development and Social Change in Practice3 credits
315 Gender and Development3 credits
321 People and Development3 credits
401 Theories of Development 3 credits 
405 Community Based Development: Strategies and Practice 3 credits
412 Internship in Development Studies3 credits
490 Thesis6 credits
499 Directed Study3 credits

Cross-listed Courses

203 Climate Change and People3 credits
211 Local and Community Development Economics3 credits
223 Local and Global Livelihoods 3 credits
257 Canada and the “Global South”: Connections and Disconnections in the 20th Century3 credits
305 Economic Development I3 credits
306 Economic Development II3 credits
352 Social Entrepreneurship3 credits
354 Global Political Economy3 credits
355 Global Issues3 credits
371 Political Economy of Development3 credits

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).