Requirements for the concentration

The International Development concentration focuses on understanding the various barriers that groups and societies face in achieving or maintaining well-being. In addition, it assesses the effectiveness of development approaches that aim to provide solutions. Key concerns are reducing poverty and inequality while enhancing sustainability and equity. The assessment of governments’ capabilities, people’s political, economic, and social opportunities, community resilience, and humanitarian needs are other dimensions of international development.

Students in the BA in international affairs program must complete at least five courses (15 credits) to fulfill their concentration requirements, as indicated below. These courses must be taken in at least two different academic departments.

Students in the BS in international affairs program must complete at least three courses (9 credits) to fulfill their specialization requirements, as indicated below. It is not required that these courses be taken in two different academic departments.

Required
ECON 2151Economic Development
IAFF 3501International Development Theory, Policy, and Practice
or ANTH 3501 Anthropology of Development
For students in the BA in international affairs program, three courses selected from the list below. If ANTH 3501 or IAFF 3501 is used to fulfill the ANTH/GEOG major requirement, four courses from the list are required.
For students in the BS in international affairs program, one course selected from the list below. If ANTH 3501 or IAFF 3501 is used to fulfill the ANTH/GEOG major requirement, two courses from the list are required.
Students who apply ECON 2151 toward the BS in international affairs program's analytical core requirement can take IAFF 3501 or ANTH 3501 plus two courses from the list below to fulfill their international development specialization requirements.
ANTH 3513Anthropology of Human Rights
or IAFF 3513 Human Rights and Ethics
ANTH 3702Anthropology of Latin America
ANTH 3707Anthropology of the Middle East
ANTH 3708Anthropology of Africa (Africa and the Contemporary Diaspora)
ANTH 3991Special Topics (Anthropology of Environmental Politics)
ANTH 3991Special Topics (Heath, Gender, and Intersectionality)
ECON 2169Introduction to the Economy of China
GEOG 2120World Regional Geography
GEOG 2127Population Geography
GEOG 2133People, Land, and Food
GEOG 2141Cities in the Developing World
GEOG 2148Economic Geography
GEOG 3143Urban Sustainability
GEOG 3154Geography of the Middle East and North Africa
GEOG 3161Geography of Latin America
GEOG 3164The Geography of Africa
GEOG 3165Geography of South Asia
GEOG 3195Special Topics in Human Geography (Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems)
GEOG 3198Special Topics (Climate Change and Social Change)
or IAFF 3190 Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Social Change)
GEOG 3275Sustainable Food Systems
GEOG 3810Planning Cities
HONR 2047Self and Society Seminar (Humanitarian Governance)
IAFF 2040Basic Topics in International Affairs (Global Organizations)
IAFF 2190Special Topics (Gender in International Affairs)
IAFF 2190WSpecial Topics (Arab Politics)
IAFF 2190WSpecial Topics (Politics and Culture in the Middle East)
IAFF 2201WWomen in Global Politics
IAFF 2202WCritical Issues in U.S.-Asia Relations
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Globalization and National Security)
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Global Energy Markets)
IAFF 3182Special Topics in Foreign Policy (China's Rise and Implications)
IAFF 3183Special Topics in Development Policy (All topics offered under IAFF 3183 are approved for the international development concentration)
IAFF 3184Special Topics in Trade and International Economic Policy (Rising Market Powers 21st Century Global)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Climate Change and Environmental Politics of Latin America)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Contemporary Issues of US-Mexican Relations)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Economic and Social Development of Latin America)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Immigration and Weak States)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Latin American Migration)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Latin America Geopolitics & Geoeconomics)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Development in Chile)
IAFF 3189Special Topics in African Studies (Africa in the Global Economy)
IAFF 3189Special Topics in African Studies (International Affairs in Africa)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Arctic Affairs)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Social Change)
or GEOG 3198 Special Topics (Climate Change and Social Change)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Developing Countries)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Global Gender Policy)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Global Mental Health Policy)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Humanitarianism. Same as HONR 2047 and PSC 2454: Humanitarianism)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (International Business and Modern Slavery)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (International Environmental Policy)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Refugee and Migrant Crisis)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Social Dimensions of Climate Change)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Strategic Management in International Affairs)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (The UN and the International System)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Women, Rights, and Gender Equality)
IAFF 3201WChina’s Rise and Its Implications
IAFF 3513Human Rights and Ethics
or ANTH 3513 Anthropology of Human Rights
IAFF 3633Gender, Conflict, and Security
IAFF 3752WEquitable Development in Southeast Asia
IAFF 3758China and the World
IAFF 4192Team-Based Applied Learning Seminar (Conflict & Stabilization Applied Research)
IAFF 4192Team-Based Applied Learning Seminar (Peacebuilding Applied Research)
IAFF 4192Team-Based Applied Learning Seminar (Applied Research on Africa)
IBUS 4403Oil: Industry, Economy, and Society
or IAFF 3402 Oil: Industry, Economy, Society
IBUS 4402Managing in Developing Countries
PHIL 2134Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 2281Philosophy of the Environment
PSC 2331Comparative Politics of Central and Eastern Europe (Politics of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe)
PSC 2336State–Society Relations in the Developing World
PSC 2339Comparative Political Economy
PSC 2367Human Rights
PSC 2368Politics in the Two Koreas
PSC 2373Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
PSC 2377Comparative Politics of the Middle East
PSC 2381Comparative Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
PSC 2383Comparative Politics of Latin America
PSC 2439International Political Economy
PSC 2442International Organizations
PSC 2454Humanitarianism (Same as HONR 2047 and IAFF 3190: Humanitarianism)
PSC 2478International Relations of the Middle East
PSC 2484International Relations of Latin America
PUBH 3133Global Health and Development
SMPA 3350Public Diplomacy
SOC 2175Sociology of Sex and Gender
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability
SUST 3002Climate Change and Policy
SUST 3093Topics in Sustainability (Gender and Sustainable Development)