Programs

• 3 Year Major
• 4 Year Major
• Honours
• Area Courses

Three-year major (minimum 36 Credit hours)

Required Core Courses – 18 Credit hours

• IDS-1100/6 Introduction to International Development Studies
• IDS-2110/3 Participatory Local Development* (formerly IDS 3110/3 Poverty Focused Development)
• IDS-3111/3 An Analysis of Development Aid Policies*

A further 6 credit hours from IDS Core courses

A further 18 credit hours from IDS Area Courses In meeting the IDS Area courses requirement, a minimum of 6 credit hours from a list of approved IDS Area courses must be completed.

Four-year major (minimum 54 credit hours)

Required Core Courses – 30 Credit hours

• IDS-1100/6 Introduction to International Development Studies
• IDS-2110/3 Participatory Local Development* (formerly IDS-3110/3 Poverty Focused Development)
• IDS-2171/3 Crisis, Humanitarian Aid and Development* (formerly Crisis, Vulnerability and Development)
• IDS-3101/3 Development Ethics*
• IDS-3111/3 An Analysis of Development Aid Policies*
• IDS-3199/3 Practicum in International Development Studies*
• IDS-4100/3 Senior Seminar in International Development Studies*
• IDS-4920/3 Program Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation*
  
• IDS/CRS-4922(3) Program Evaluation in Development and Conflict Resolution

A further 3 credit hours from IDS Core Courses.

A further 24 credit hours from IDS Area Courses. In meeting the IDS Area Courses requirement, ECON-1104/3 Introduction to Economic Theory (or equivalent) must be completed, plus 6 credit hours from a list of approved IDS Area courses.

A further 18 credit hours of Cognate courses. In meeting the IDS Cognate requirement, a minimum of 9 credit hours (and maximum of 15 credit hours) must be completed from a list of approved applied research and skills related courses. Four year IDS majors must also take a minimum of 3 credit hours (and maximum 6 credit hours) of Language courses. For students whose first language is not English, an Academic Writing course may be substituted, with permission of the IDS student advisor.

Students are also encouraged to consider applied research and skills-related courses offered through the University’s Division of Continuing Education, such as Financial Management for the Not-for Profit Sector or Effective Grant and Proposal Writing, and courses offered by other institutions. To determine whether such courses or language study courses offered by other institutions are eligible for IDS cognate credit, please contact the IDS Coordinator.

Requirements for an Honours BA in International Development Studies through The University of Winnipeg

Honours BA (minimum 63 credit hours)

Required Core Courses – 36 Credit hours

• IDS-1100/6 Introduction to International Development Studies
• IDS-2110/3 Participatory Local Development* (formerly IDS 3110/3 Poverty-Focused Development)
• IDS-3101/3 Development Ethics*
• IDS-3111/3 An Analysis of Development Aid*
• IDS-3198/3 Practicum in International Development Studies*
• IDS-4100/3 Senior Seminar in International Development Studies*
• IDS-4110/6 Development Theory*
• IDS-4120/3 Honours Thesis*

A further 6 credit hours from selected IDS Core Courses

A further 27 credit hours from IDS Area Courses In meeting the IDS Area Courses requirement, ECON-1104/3 Introduction to Economic Theory, (or equivalent) must be completed. The selection of IDS Area Courses by Honours students should be done in consultation with the IDS Honours advisor.

Minimum 63 credit hours from International Development Studies: Core courses (a minimum of 36 credit hours) and Area Courses (27 credit hours) including a minimum of 6 credit hours of designated Theory Courses and a minimum of 9 credit hours of designated Research Courses, plus a minimum of 18 credit hours at the 3/4000 level, and a minimum of 12 credit hours at the 4000 level.

IDS Core Courses (see course descriptions)

• IDS-1100/6 Introduction to International Development Studies
• IDS-2110/3 Participatory Local Development*
• IDS/HIST-2130/6 A History of the Developing World*
• IDS-2131/3 Rural Development*
• IDS/ANTH-2160/3 Indigenous People and the Industrial State*
• IDS-2171/3 Crisis, Humanitarian Aid and Development*
• IDS-2183/3 African Development Issues*
• IDS-2184/3 Asia/Pacific Development Issues*
• IDS-2185/3 Latin America/Caribbean Development Issues*
• IDS/CRS-2443/3 Conflict and Development Issues in Indigenous Communities*
• IDS/ENV-2521/3 Study of Voluntary Simplicity*
• IDS-3101/3 Development Ethics*
• IDS-3111/3 An Analysis of Development Aid Policies*
• IDS-3141/3 The Participatory Community Economy*
• IDS/MENN-3150/3 Mennonite Community and Development*
• IDS/ANTH-3160/3 Cultural Perspectives on Global Processes*
• IDS-3182/3 Selected Topics in International Development Studies*
• IDS-3193/3 Directed Readings in International Development Studies*
• IDS-3198/6 Practicum in International Development Studies
• IDS-3199/3 Practicum in International Development Studies
• IDS/CRS-3901/3 Humanitarian Aid and Conflict*
• IDS/CRS-3920/3 Action Research Methods*
• IDS-4100/3 Senior Seminar in International Development Studies*
• IDS-4110/6 Development Theory
• IDS-4120/3 Honours Thesis
• IDS-4182/3 Selected Topics in IDS
• IDS-4193/3 Directed Readings in IDS
• IDS/CRS-4920/3 Program Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation*

IDS Area Courses

Please note that some IDS Area courses have course prerequisites. IDS students are expected to complete these prerequisites or make alternative arrangements with the particular department or program. Prerequisites: Students are advised that certain courses have prerequisites as indicated by an asterisk (*).

• ANTH-1002(3) Introductory Cultural Anthropology
  ANTH-2100(3) Cultural/Social Anthropology*
  ANTH-2103(3) Ethnography of North American First
  Peoples
  ANTH/IDS-2160(3) Indigenous People and the Industrial
  State*
  ANTH-3103(3) Applied Anthropology*
  BIOL-1106(3) Environmental Biology
  CRS-1200(6) Introduction to Conflict Resolution
  Studies
  CRS-2241(3) Conflict and Culture*
  CRS/IDS-3910(3) Peace, Theory and Practice*
  CRS/IDS-4910(3) Conflict and Construction of the Other*
  ECON-1102(3) Introduction to Economics: Micro
  ECON-1103(3) Introduction to Economics: Macro
  ECON-1104(3) Introduction to Economic Theory
  ECON-1106(3) Introduction to Economic
  Development
  ECON-2317(3) Environmental Economics*
  ECON-3301(3) International Trade*
  ECON-3302(3) International Finance*
  ECON-3305(3) Economic Development*
  ECON-3306(3) International Aspects of Economic
  Development*
  ECON-3317(3) Asia Pacific Economics*
  ENV-1600(3) Human Environmental Interactions
  ENV-2603(3) Environmental Sustainability: A
  Global Dilemma*
  ENV-3609(3) Research Methods and Design
  ENV-3610(3) Research Projects*
  ENV-4611(6) Environmental Impact Assessment*
  GEOG-2204(3) Human Impact on the Environment*
  GEOG-2212(3) Natural Hazards*
  GEOG-2401(3) Agricultural Geography
  GEOG-2411(3) Geography of Globalization*
  GEOG-2417(3) Introduction to Economic Geography*
  GEOG-3217(3) Tropical Environments*
  GEOG-3401(3) Population Geography*
  GEOG-3402(3) Urbanization in Dev World*
  GEOG-3413(3) Geography of Urban Revitalization*
  GEOG-3508(3) Geographical Issues in the
  Developing World*
  HIST-2110(6) Twentieth Century World
  HIST-2116(6) Survey History of Latin America
  HIST-2506(3) History of the Canadian North
  HIST-2509(6) History of the Aboriginal Peoples of
  Canada
  HIST-2700(6) History of Africa
  HIST-2701(6) History of Asia Since 1500
  HIST-2703(3) South Asia Since 1500
  HIST-2704(3) History of East Asia Since 1500
  HIST/MENN-3114(3) Latin America and the Mennonites
  HIST-3115(6) History of Spanish American Political
  Culture
  HIST-3116(3) Mennonites and World Issues
  HIST-3701(6) Modern Africa
  HIST-3703(3) South Africa in the Modern World
  HIST-3704(3) West Africa in the 20th Century
  HIST-4701(6) Studies in Modern African History
  HIST-4702(6) Southern Africa
  PHIL-2233(3) Environmental Ethics
  POL-2100(6) Global Politics
  POL-2510(6) Community Politics
  POL-3105(6) Global Political Economy
  POL-3110(3) International Organization
  POL-3115(3) Gender and Global Politics
  POL-3125(3) International Relations of the Middle
  East*
  POL-3135(6) Human Security Issues
  POL-3400(3) Aboriginal Politics in Canada
  POL-3405(3) Aboriginal Politics in Manitoba
  POL-3411(3) Aboriginal People and the Law I
  POL-3415(3) Aboriginal People and the Law II
  POL-3500(6) Globalization and City Politics
  POL-3510(3) Interest Groups and New Social
  Movements
  POL-4105(3) Seminar in Global Political Economy*
  POL-4110(3) Seminar in International Organization*
  PSYC-3450(3) Organizational Leadership and Decision
  Making*
  REL-1002(6) Exploring Religion: The World’s
  Religions
  REL-2402(3) Fundamentalism in Global Perspective
  REL-2703(3) Religions of India
  REL-2704(3) Buddhist Traditions in India and
  Southeast Asia
  REL-2707(3) Chinese Religions
  REL-2711(3) Contemporary Islam
  REL-2715(3) African Religions
  REL-2801(3) Introduction to Aboriginal Spirituality
  REL-2802(3) Aboriginal and Christian Encounter
  REL-2804(3) Global Perspectives on Aboriginal
  Societies, Spiritualities and the
  Environment
  REL-3551(3)/4551(3) Religion and Social Change
  RHET-2131(3) Professional Style and Editing*
  RHET-3151(3) Critical Studies of Discourse*
  RHET-3340(3) Strategies for Technical and
  Professional Communication*
  SOC-2105(6) Race, Ethnic and Aboriginal Relations*
  SOC-2114(6) Sociological Theory*
  SOC-2125(3) Introduction to Quantitative Methods*
  SOC-2126(3) Introduction to Research Design and
  Qualitative Research*
  SOC-2404(3) Sociology of Development and Under
  Development*
  SOC-3104(6) Globalization and Societies in the World
  System*
  SOC-3116(6) Applied Research Methods*
  SOC-3204(3) Economic Sociology*
  SOC-4116(6) Seminar in Quantitative Research
  Methods*
  SOC-4126(6) Seminar in Qualitative Research
  Methods*
  STAT-1201(6) Introduction to Statistical Analysis
  WGS-3200(6) Feminist Research Methodologies
  Seminar

* Requires prerequisite

University of Winnipeg Department Codes

• (ANTH) Anthropology
• (BUS) Business and Administration
• (CLAS) Classics
• (CRS) Conflict Resolution Studies
• (CJ) Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
• (ECON) Economics
• (EDU) Education
• (ENGL) English
• (FREN) French Studies
• (GEOG) Geography
• (GERM) German Studies
• (HIST) History
• (IDS) International Development Studies
• (MENN) Mennonite Studies
• (PHIL) Philosophy
• (POL) Political Science
• (PSYC) Psychology
• (REL) Religious Studies
• (RHET) Rhetoric, Writing & Communications
• (SOC) Sociology
• (WGS) Women & Gender Studies