Areas of Emphasis – International Development
This area of emphasis is designed for students with interests in economic, social/cultural, and political change in the “so-called” Third World regions of the world. Because development issues often involve extensive government and international organization planning, this concentration requires courses in policy analysis (public administration, research design, and statistics) as well a course in political geography. Students in this track aos take four more (12 hours) courses on aspects of development in economics, sociology/anthropology, Women’s Studies, and political science (international organization) as well as further policy analysis skills (accounting) and U.S. foreign policy. This area of emphasis also requires three cross-cultural courses (9 hours) for a region of the world of primary interest: Latin America, Asia, and Africa/Middle East.
Course List
Required policy analysis courses (12 hours):
- Geography 302 (Political Geography)
- Political Science 240 (Introduction to Public Administration)
- Political Science 300 (Empirical Political Analysis) or Sociology/Anthropology (Social Science Research Methods)
- Statistics 211 (Elementary Statistical Inference)
Select 12 hours from the following: (at least 2 disciplines):
- Accounting 201 (Principles of Accounting I)
- Accounting 202 (Principles of Accounting II)
- Economics 451 (International Economics)
- Economics 454 (Comparative Economic Systems)
- Economics 455 (Economic Development)
- Geography 310 (Global Issues: Inequality & Interdependence)
- History 464 (American Diplomacy since 1941)
- Political Science 361 (International Organization)
- Political Science 364 (Conduct of American Foreign Relations)
- Political Science 368 (International Conflict)
- Sociology/Anthropology 322 (Third World Development)
- Women’s Studies 245 (Women in International Development)
Select 12 hours from the following: (at least two disciplines):
- Geography 243 (Geography of Africa)
- Geography 309 (Industrial Geography)
- Geography 411 (Rural and Regional Development)
- Geography 412 (The Geography of Gender)
- Geography 466 (Field Camp: The Caribbean)
- History 242 (Latin America: Reform & Revolution)
- History 409 (Brazil: Colony to World Power)
- History 411 (Industrial Revolution 1600?1900)
- History 425 (History Modern China)
- History 428 (East Africa Since 1895)
- History 430 (History of Africa: Dominance to Independence)
- History 433 (West Africa to 1885)
- History 434 (West Africa from 1885)
- Political Science 354 (Government of China)
- Political Science 355 (Governments of Latin America)
- Political Science 356 (Politics of the Middle East)
- Political Science 358 (Politics of Africa)
- Sociology/Anthropology 255 (Latin American Cultures)
- Sociology/Anthropology 256 (Traditional & Changing Africa)