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International Development Studies
• General Information
• Programs of Study
Mailing Address:
Phone:
Email:
Website:
International Development Studies Program
c/o Faculty of Arts
University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N.B.,
Canada, E3B 5A3
(506) 453-4655
IDS@unb.ca
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
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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 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 (3 ch), 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 24 ch 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 24 ch 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
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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.
Elective Courses
Courses must be chosen from the list provided
annually by the Coordinator. Other pertinent courses from the UNB and
STU calendar may be taken after consultation with the coordinator.