INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Mailing Address: International Development Studies Program
c/o Faculty of Arts
University of New Brunswick,
P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N. B.,
Canada, E3B 5A3
Phone:
(506) 453-4655
Email:
IDS@unb.ca
Website:
http://www.unbf.ca/arts/IDS/Dev/
FACULTY
Coordinator: Koumari Mitra, Professor and Chair (Anthropology)
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Susan Blair, Associate Professor (Anthropology)
Christiane Paponnet-Cantat, Professor (Anthropology)
Evelyn Plaice, Associate Professor (Anthropology)
Alekhya Das, Part-time Instructor (Anthropology)
Sophie Lavoie (Culture and Language)
Weiqiu,Yu, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Economics
Constantine E. Passaris, PhD, Professor Department of Economics
Ted McDonald, Professor (Economics)
Guna, Kulasegaram, Part-time Instructor (International Development Studies)
Carolyn Bassett, Associate Professor (Political Science)
Miron Rezun, Professor (Political Science)
Gary Bowden, Associate Professor (Sociology)
Nancy Nason-Clark,Professor and Chair (Sociology
Jacqueline Low, Associate Professor (Sociology)
Vanda Rideout, Associate Professor, (Sociology)
Lucia O'Sullivan, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Pyschology)
Thom Workman, PhD, Professor, Department of Political Science
Sasha Mullally, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of History
General Information
The IDS Program is administered by the IDS Coordinator and includes faculty members from the
various Faculty of Arts departments.
Students can do a Minor, Majors or Honours. Majors or Honours must be combined with any other
discipline or program in the Faculty of Arts.
A Minor in International Development Studies may be taken by any UNB student. For information on
the Minor, Double Major and Joint Honours, see the BA General Regulations.
Admission into the Major or Honours program is open to any student who has successfully completed
60 credit hours towards the BA degree. Students considering International Development Studies as
part of a major or honours program should consult with the Coordinator r of International
Development Studies at UNB.
Inquiries about the International Development Studies Program should be directed to Dr. Koumari
Mitra, Coordinator of International Development Studies, Faculty of Arts UNBF. 458-7997. E-mail
kmitra@unb.ca
Programs of Study
A grade of C or better on each individual course is required for Minor, Majors and Honours.
Minors
For a minor in International Development Studies a student must complete IDS 2001 (3ch), IDS
3002 and 18 ch in relevant advanced-level courses.
Majors
For Majors in International Development Studies IDS 2001 and IDS 3002 as well as 24ch in relevant
advanced-level courses must be completed.
Honours
For Honours in International Development Studies IDS 2001 , IDS 3002 and IDS 4900 as well as 24ch
in relevant advanced-level courses must be completed.
1. Required Courses:
IDS 2001 Intro to International Development Studies
IDS 3002 Seminar in International Development Studies
2. Thesis
In addition to IDS 2001 and IDS 3002, Honours students must also complete an honours
thesis: (IDS 4900: Honours Thesis in International Development Studies).
After acceptance into the Honours program, the student must identify a thesis supervisor and
develop a thesis proposal. A copy of the thesis proposal must be provided to the Coordinator.
Upon completion, a copy of the thesis is to be submitted to the Coordinator by the supervisor
along with a recommended grade.
Please note that those students who are required to complete both an Honours thesis in a
departmental discipline and one in IDS cannot have the same supervisor for both thesis.
3. Elective Courses
Courses must be chosen from the list provided annually by the Coordinator. Other pertinent
courses from the UNB and STU calendars may be taken after consultation with the
coordinator.