International Development Studies Major Concentration (B.A.)
36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Required Courses (12 credits)
- ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis and Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- ECON 313 Economic Development 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- INTD 200 Introduction to International Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- INTD 497 Advanced Topics in International Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
Complementary Courses (24 credits)
6 credits from the following two Introductory Categories.
Culture, Populations and Development (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
- ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ANTH 207 Ethnography Through Film (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 217 Cities in the Modern World (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- INTD 350 Culture and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Politics, Society and Development (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
- POLI 227 Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 243 International Politics of Economic Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
- POLI 244 International Politics: State Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- POLI 245 Introduction aux relationsinternationales (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- SOCI 254 Development and Underdevelopment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Methods (3–6 credits)
3-6 credits from the following:
Anthropology
- ANTH 358 The Process of Anthropological Research (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Economics
- ECON 227D1 Economic Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ECON 227D2 Economic Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ECON 437 Methods for Causal Inference (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
International Development Studies
Political Science
- POLI 210 Political Science Research Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Sociology
Thematic (12–15 credits)
12-15 credits from the following:
African Studies
- AFRI 200 Introduction to African Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Agriculture
Agricultural Economics
Anthropology
- ANTH 206 Environment and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 214 Violence, Warfare, Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ANTH 302 New Horizons in Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ANTH 304 Chinese Culture in Ethnography and Film (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 343 Anthropology and the Animal (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 355 Theories of Culture and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 418 Environment and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ANTH 438 Topics in Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ANTH 512 Political Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ANTH 575 Concepts of Race (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Canadian Studies
- CANS 315 Indigenous Art and Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
East Asian Studies
- EAST 211 Introduction: East Asian Culture: China (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- EAST 213 Introduction: East Asian Culture: Korea (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- EAST 388 Asian Migrations and Diasporas (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- EAST 515 Seminar: Beyond Orientalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Economics
- ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- ECON 223 Political Economy of Trade Policy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ECON 314 Economic Development 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ECON 326 Ecological Economics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ECON 416 Topics in Economic Development 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ECON 473 Income Distribution (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
English
Geography
- GEOG 221 Environment and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 303 Health Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 311 Economic Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 360 Analyzing Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 403 Global Health and Environmental Change (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 408 Geography of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 409 Geographies of Developing Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 418 Geographies of Race (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 425 Southeast Asia Urban Field Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 510 Humid Tropical Environments (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
History
- HIST 200 Introduction to African History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 201 Modern African History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 206 Indian Ocean World History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 208 Introduction to East Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 209 Introduction to South Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 210 Introduction to Latin American History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 213 World History, 600-2000 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- HIST 218 Modern East Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 240 Modern History of Islamic Movements (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 317 Themes in Indian Ocean World History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 326 History of the Soviet Union (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 328 Themes in Modern Chinese History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 333 Indigenous Peoples and French (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 340 History of Modern Egypt (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 341 Themes in South Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 361 Topics in Canadian Regional History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 366 Themes in Latin American History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- HIST 382 History of South Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 389 Topics: African Country Survey (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 408 Selected Topics in Indigenous History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 409 Topics in Latin American History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- HIST 439 History of Women in China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Indigenous Studies
International Development Studies
- INTD 250 History of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- INTD 350 Culture and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- INTD 352 Disasters and Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- INTD 354 Civil Society and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- INTD 360 Environmental Challenges in Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- INTD 362 Political Ecologies of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- INTD 364 Climate Change, Culture and Power (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- INTD 397 Topics in International Development (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- INTD 398 Topics in Conflict and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- INTD 490 Development Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- INTD 499 Internship: International Development Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Islamic Studies
- ISLA 200 Islamic Civilization (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ISLA 210 Muslim Societies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- ISLA 305 Topics in Islamic History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 310 Women in Islam (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 311 History of the City-Islamic World (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ISLA 325 Introduction to Shi'i Islam (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ISLA 330 Islamic Mysticism: Sufism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ISLA 355 Modern History of the Middle East (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 360 Islam and Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ISLA 365 Middle East Since the 1970's (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 370 The Qur’an: History and Interpretation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 383 Central Questions in Islamic Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 385 Poetics and Politics in Arabic Literature (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ISLA 388 Persian Literature (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ISLA 390 Islamic Reform and Radicalism: Middle East (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 392 Arabic Literature as World Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 411 History: Middle-East 1918-1945 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ISLA 415 Modern Iran: Anthropological Approach (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 421 Islamic Culture - Indian Subcontinent (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- ISLA 430 Islamdom: Baghdad to Cordoba (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- LACS 497 Research Seminar: Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Management Core
- MGCR 382 International Business (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
Management, Organizational Behaviour
- ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
Management Policy
- MGPO 435 The Origins of Capitalism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MGPO 469 Managing Globalization (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MGPO 475 Strategies for Developing Countries (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MSUS 402 Systems Thinking and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Nutrition
- NUTR 501 Nutrition in the Majority World (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Political Science
- POLI 319 Politics of Latin America (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 322 Political Change in South Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- POLI 324 Comparative Politics of Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- POLI 338 Topics in Comparative Politics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
- POLI 340 Comparative Politics of the Middle East (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- POLI 341 Foreign Policy: The Middle East (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- POLI 345 International Organizations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 347 Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 352 International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 359 Topics in International Politics 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 372 Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 381 Politics in Japan and South Korea (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 422 Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 435 Identity and Inequality (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 441 International Political Economy: Trade (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 442 International Relations of Ethnic Conflict (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- POLI 445 International Political Economy: Monetary Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 476 Religion and Politics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Population and Global Health
- GPHL 500 Critical Perspectives in Global Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Religious Studies
- RELG 253 Religions of East Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RELG 309 World Religions and Cultures They Create (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RELG 331 Religion and Globalization (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RELG 353 Gandhi: His Life and Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RELG 375 Religion, Politics and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Sociology
- SOCI 212 International Migration (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- SOCI 234 Population and Society (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- SOCI 307 Globalization (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- SOCI 309 Health and Illness (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- SOCI 400 Comparative Migration and Citizenship (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- SOCI 446 Colonialism and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- SOCI 550 Developing Societies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Social Work
Urban Planning
- URBP 530 Urban Infrastructure and Services in International Context (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
At least 18 of the 36 credits must be at the 300 level or above. At least 9 credits must be from INTD courses. Students cannot take more than 12 credits in any one discipline other than the INTD discipline. Students who are pursuing a Field Studies program can have a portion of their Field Studies courses count towards their IDS program. See Adviser in office for details.
Related programs
- International Development Studies Honours (B.A.)
- International Development Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)
- International Development Studies Minor Concentration (B.A.)
- International Development Studies Major Concentration (B.A. & Sc.)
- International Development Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A. & Sc.)
- International Development Studies Minor Concentration (B.A. & Sc.)
Source: McGill Course Catalogue. myDegree is an independent student project, not affiliated with McGill University.