Name:_________________________________________Student Number: 260__________________________________
Expected Graduation Term:
Fall 20 _ _
Winter 20 _ _
Summer 20 _ _
Honours in International Development Studies (57 Credits)
Stream II: States and Governance
Other Programs: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Program Rules & Policies: READ & FOLLOW VERY CAREFULLY (These rules apply to the entire 57 credits for the
Honours in IDS Stream II)
 GPA Rule: Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in their program courses and, according to
Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
 Discipline Rule: In their complete program (57 credits) students MUST take at least 12 credits in at least
one discipline, but cannot take more than 18 credits in any one discipline.
 Level Rule: In their complete program, at least 30 of the 57 credits must be at the 300 level or above; 9
credits of these (30 credits) must be at the 400 level or above.
 In the final year (U3), no program courses may be taken below the 300 level.
 Students MAY complete an Honours Thesis, or an Honours Thesis with Field research (INTD 490 or 491 or
492) as part of the 400 level requirements of their stream. INTD 499 will not normally fulfill program
requirements for seminar or 400-level courses.
 Substitution Options: Are courses that are found to have relevant content applicable to the IDS program
and particular theme of the Stream; and that are not currently listed in the IDS program but that are
currently being reviewed by the Faculty for official addition to the program/stream. A current list of the
Stream's Substitutions can be found under Substitutions below.
Required Courses: (15 credits)
ECON 208
Microeconomics Analysis and
/15
INTD 200
Applications
ECON 313
Economic Development 1
Introduction to International
Development
INTD 497
Research Seminar on Intl.
Development
ECON 314
Economic Development 2
Introductory Complementary Courses: (6 credits): Only one course from each discipline can be counted.
ANTH 202
Socio-Cultural Anthropology or
POLI 227
Developing Areas/Introduction
ANTH 212
Anthropology of Development
GEOG 210
Global Places and Peoples
SOCI 254
Development and
GEOG 216
Geography of the World Economy
Underdevelopment
/6
Methods and Language Courses: (12 credits total between Methods and Languages)
/12
Method Requirement: (3 to 6 credits)
/3
/6
ANTH 344
Quantitative Approaches to
SOCI 350
Statistics in Social Research
Anthropology
ECON
Economic Statistics
SOCI 461
Quantitative Data Analysis
227D1& D2 Economic Statistics
POLI 311
Techniques of Empirical Research
SOCI 477
Qualitative Methods in Sociology
Language Requirement: (6 to 9 credits)
/6
/9
Students are required to master a language appropriate to an area of the developing world in which they have a particular int erest. Among
the languages that are included are: Arabic, Chinese, French as a Second Language, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahil i and Urdu. Other
language options can be approved by the Adviser. Students who already have second language capability have the option to do: 6-9 credits of
another language; or additional courses taught in that language.
Language/Course Number Title:
Credits:
Grade:
Stream Complementary Courses: (24 credits)
ANTH 342
Gender, Inequality and the State
ANTH 512
Political Ecology
ECON 223
Political Economy of Trade Policy
INTD 397
Topics in International
Development
INTD 490^
Development Research Project
INTD 491^
INTD 492^
INTD 499^
INTD 597
ISLA 360
ISLA 383
POLI 319
POLI 322
POLI 324
POLI 340
POLI 345
Honours Thesis
Honours Thesis with Field Research
Internship: International
Development Studies
Seminar in International
Development
Islam and Politics
Central Questions in Islamic Law
Politics of Latin America
Political Change in South Asia
Developing Areas/Africa
Developing Areas/Middle East
International Organizations
/24
POLI 347
POLI 349
POLI 369
POLI 423
Arab-Israel Conflict, Crises, Peace
Foreign Policy: Asia
Politics of Southeast Asia
Politics of Ethno-Nationalism
POLI 445
POLI 450
POLI 473
POLI 474
International Political Economy:
Monetary Relations
Peacebuilding
Democracy and the Market
Inequality and Development
POLI 522
Seminar: Developing Areas
SOCI 265
SOCI 484
SOCI 550
SWRK 400
War, States and Social Change
Emerging Democratic States
Developing Societies
Policy and Practice for Refugees
*Courses outside faculties of Arts and of Science. Students in the Faculty of Arts cannot exceed 12 credits TOTAL for their entire BA
degree. Refer to: http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2014-2015/faculties/arts/undergraduate/ug_arts_faculty_of_arts_course_reqs
^Project and NOT lecture courses. Special Approval Required. Refer to:
http://www.mcgill.ca/isid/teaching-programs/undergraduate/intd/courses
Substitution Options: Approved for 2014 – 2015 Academic Year
COMS 355
Media Governance
POLI 422
Developing Areas/Topics 2 (Topic
“Postcolonial Perspectives: Women
& the State in India”)
COMS 435
Advanced Issues in Media
POLI 441
IPE: Trade
Governance
POLI 341
Foreign Policy: The Middle East
POLI 435
Identity and Inequality
POLI 359
Topics in International Politics 1
LACS 497
Research Seminar: Latin American &
(Topic “Human Rights and
the Caribbean
International Justice”)
Approved Transfer Credits: (from Study Away /Exchange/IUT/University Transfer)
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