The International Development Studies (IDS) collaborative specialization provides a focal point for graduate teaching and research in the area of international development. The collaborative specialization combines training in a particular discipline with exposure to a broad range of social science perspectives. Faculty expertise encompasses various aspects of development in Asia, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe and the Americas. Students wishing to pursue a Master's or PhD degree with the designation "International Development Studies" must enter the collaborative specialization in International Development through a participating department.

Administrative Staff

Director
Andrea Paras (516 MacKinnon, Ext. 53134)
aparas@uoguelph.ca​
Graduate Program Coordinator
Candace Johnson (511 MacKinnon, Ext. 52179)
cajohnso@uoguelph.ca
Graduate Program Assistant
Heather Douglas (900C MacKinnon, Ext. 54217)
ids@uoguelph.ca

Graduate Faculty

This list may include Regular Graduate Faculty, Associated Graduate Faculty and/or Graduate Faculty from other universities.

Admission Requirement

Master's Requirements

Students wishing to pursue a Master's degree with the designation "International Development Studies" must enter the collaborative specialization in International Development through a participating department or program.

Students must meet the University's general requirement a four-year Honours degree, or equivalent, from a recognized post-secondary institution with a B- average over the last two years of full-time equivalent study. Note that some departments set their admission requirement higher than B-.

Students must have completed the following:

• One undergraduate course in economics.
• One undergraduate course in a social science discipline
• One course in social science research methods or equivalent.

The collaborative specialization in International Development Studies (IDS) is a PhD program that provides an opportunity for advanced students to engage with interdisciplinary development theories and to conduct research on international development issues based on approaches of selected academic disciplines. The collaborative specialization in IDS is undertaken jointly with a discipline-based degree. Students enter IDS through a participating department or unit with a PhD program. At present these include Sociology; Plant Agriculture, Philosophy, Political Science; Population Medicine, Geography; Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Economics; History; Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Psychology (Applied Social Psychology); Critical Studies in Improvisation; and Social Practice and Transformational Change.

Based on the experience of faculty advisors in key participating departments, the program focuses on issues such as international political economy, food security, environmental dynamics and governance, gender inequality, rural development, long-term economic change, and other interdisciplinary cutting-edge topics in international development.

Doctoral Requirements

To be considered for admission, an applicant must have a recognized Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in a relevant discipline or related interdisciplinary field. Applicants to the IDS collaborative specialization must meet the specific departmental admission requirements, which vary from one department to another. For information on the admission requirements and application deadlines of your selected department, please contact the relevant department directly.

In addition to the specific departmental admission requirements, applicants are expected to have a strong background in the social sciences a demonstrable track record of experience in the course-based study of development issues, development research and/or development practice and a stated research interest relating to international development.

Program Requirements

Master's Requirements

Students complete International Development Studies core requirements and the requirements of their home department. The following are requirements for select departments; consult the IDS Graduate website for other departments.

IDS Master's Core Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
IDEV*6200	Development Theory, Issues and Process	1.00
IDEV*6300	Research and Analysis in a Development Context	0.50

Optional IDS Courses

Students in the collaborative specialization may undertake two optional interdisciplinary courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
IDEV*6000	Regional Context	0.50
IDEV*6500	Fieldwork in International Development Studies	0.50

Departmental or Program Requirements

Programs not listed below are designed by special arrangements. All departmental requirements are subject to change. Students should confirm the departmental course requirements with the respective Graduate Program Coordinator.

Capacity Development and Extension (MSc)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Three core courses:
CDE*6070	Foundations of Capacity Building and Extension	0.50
CDE*6260	Research Design	0.50
RPD*6380	Application of Quantitative Techniques in Rural Planning and Development	0.50
or EDRD*6000	Qualitative Analysis in Rural Development
Select two additional courses of the following CDE restricted electives group:
CDE*6290	Special Topics in Capacity Building and Extension	0.50
CDE*6311	Community Engagement and Public Participation	0.50
CDE*6320	Capacity Building for Sustainable Development	0.50
CDE*6330	Facilitation and Conflict Management	0.50
CDE*6410	Readings in Capacity Building and Extension	0.50
CDE*6420	Communication for Social and Environmental Change	0.50
CDE*6690	Community Environmental Leadership	0.50
One open elective (one IDS Master’s Core Course will fulfill this requirement)		0.50
CDE*6900	Major Research Paper	1.00
Or a thesis
Select two more courses from the restricted electives group (see course list above)		1.00

Economics (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ECON*6000	Microeconomic Theory I	0.50
ECON*6020	Macroeconomic Theory I	0.50
ECON*6940	Research Project	1.00
Select one of the following:
ECON*6050 & ECON*6180	Introduction to Econometric Methods and Econometric Methods	1.00
ECON*6140	Econometrics I	0.50

Engineering (MEng in Environmental Engineering or Water Resources Engineering)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Select six courses from the list of required graduate courses in Engineering (to be selected in consultation with advisor)
ENGG*6950	Final Project in Environmental Engineering	1.00
or ENGG*6900	Final Project in Water Resources Engineering

Engineering (MASc in Environmental Engineering or Water Resources Engineering)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Select three courses from the list of required graduate courses in Engineering (to be selected in consultation with advisor)
Thesis

English (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Select one of the following:
Four English courses and a thesis
Or
ENGL*6803	Major Research Project	1.00
Six English courses

Environmental Sciences (MSc)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ENVS*6900	Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences	0.50
Two other courses in consultation with the department.
Thesis

Family Relations and Applied Nutrition (MSc)

Applied Human Nutrition

For all students in the MSc program in the field of Applied Human Nutrition, a minimum of 2.25 graduate credits will be chosen in consultation with the student's advisor and advisory committee including:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FRAN*6000	Quantitative Research Methods	0.50
FRAN*6010	Applied Statistics	0.50
FRAN*6020	Qualitative Research Methods	0.50
FRAN*6550	PhD Research Seminar	0.25
Select one additional graduate elective course 1		0.50

¹

Such as FRAN*6610 Advances in Clinical Nutrition, FRAN*6510 Nutrition in the Community or another graduate level elective course related to the student’s research specialization. It can be taken within Family Relations and Applied Nutrition or in other academic units of the university.

Students who enter the MSc-AHN program from a non-nutrition undergraduate program will also be required to take those undergraduate and/or graduate courses necessary to meet foundational knowledge in applied human nutrition. In addition, students must complete a research thesis.

Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (MSc OR MFARE)

Thesis based MSc

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FARE*6380	Applied Microeconomics for Agricultural Economists	0.50
FARE*6970	Applied Quantitative Methods for Agricultural Economists	0.50
FARE*6910	Applied Policy Analysis I	0.50
FARE*6100	The Methodologies of Economics	0.50
FARE*6600	Food Security and the Economics of Agri-Food Systems in Developing Countries	0.50
FARE*6800	Seminar in Agricultural Economics	0.00
One additional course
Thesis

Course Work and Major Research Paper MFARE

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FARE*6380	Applied Microeconomics for Agricultural Economists	0.50
FARE*6910	Applied Policy Analysis I	0.50
FARE*6970	Applied Quantitative Methods for Agricultural Economists	0.50
FARE*6100	The Methodologies of Economics	0.50
FARE*6600	Food Security and the Economics of Agri-Food Systems in Developing Countries	0.50
FARE*6400	Advanced Topics in Agricultural Economics	0.50
FARE*6800	Seminar in Agricultural Economics	0.00
FARE*6140	Major Paper in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics	1.00
One additional course

Course Work MFARE

In order to satisfy the degree requirements of the course work option, students will complete successfully the following courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FARE*6380	Applied Microeconomics for Agricultural Economists	0.50
FARE*6910	Applied Policy Analysis I	0.50
FARE*6970	Applied Quantitative Methods for Agricultural Economists	0.50
FARE*6100	The Methodologies of Economics	0.50
FARE*6600	Food Security and the Economics of Agri-Food Systems in Developing Countries	0.50
FARE*6800	Seminar in Agricultural Economics	0.00
Select three additional graduate courses approved by the student’s advisory committee. 2

²

Students in this option are restricted from taking FARE*6140 Major Paper in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Geography (MA or MSc)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
GEOG*6090	Geographical Research Methods I	0.50
GEOG*6091	Geographical Research Methods II	0.50
Select one other Geography course (which can be taken from the IDS core)
GEOG*6180	Research Project in Geography (or a thesis)	1.00
Select one other Geography course not taken as part of the IDS core

History (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Three 0.50 credit History courses at the 6000 level
HIST*6400	Major Paper (or Thesis)	1.00

Latin American and Caribbean Studies (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
LACS*6010	Latin American Identity and Culture	0.50
LACS*6020	Re-Imagining Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Communities	0.50
LACS*6030	Globalization and Insecurity in the Americas	0.50
LACS*6100	Research Project (or Thesis)	1.00
Select one other LACS course

Management (MSc)

Course Work Major Research Project Requirements (Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Common core courses		1.00
Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship field specific courses		1.50
One qualitative or quantitative research methods course		0.50
Electives		1.00
MGMT*6000	Management Seminar Series	0.00
MGMT*6500	Major Research Project	1.00

Thesis-based Requirements (Management Research)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Common core courses		1.00
Management Research field specific courses, chosen in consultation with Advisor		1.50
One qualitative or quantitative research methods course, chosen in consultation with Advisor		0.50
MGMT*6000	Management Seminar Series (Fall and Winter Semester)	0.00
Thesis		0.00

Philosophy (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
PHIL*6950	MA Seminar	0.50
Additional philosophy courses in consultation with the department
Either a thesis or research paper (in conjunction with)
PHIL*6990	Major Research Project	1.00

Political Science (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
IDS Requirements
POLS*6900	Communications	0.25
POLS*6940	Research Design and Methods	0.75
POLS*6730	Development and Global Justice	0.50
POLS*6970	Major Paper	1.00
Or a thesis
One additional course from the Political Science Department (elective)

Population Medicine (MSc Course Work)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
POPM*6200	Epidemiology I	0.50
POPM*6210	Epidemiology II	0.50
POPM*6250	Project in Population Medicine	1.00

Note: A student's Population Medicine advisor may require a student to take POPM*6100 Seminar.

Psychology (MA)

Applied Social Psychology

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
PSYC*6060	Research Design and Statistics	0.50
or PSYC*6940	Discrete-Variable Research Design and Statistics
(upon consultation with Advisor as to which is most appropriate)
PSYC*6471	Practicum I	0.50
PSYC*6880	Ethical Issues in Psychology	0.25
At least 2 of the following 3 core AS courses:
PSYC*6910	Critical Approaches to Applied Social Psychology	0.50
PSYC*6920	Applied Social Psychology and Intervention	0.50
PSYC*6930	Community, Culture and Global Citizenship	0.50
At least 1 elective, which may be fulfilled through completion of one of the IDS Master's Core Courses
And MA Thesis.

Public Health (MPH)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
PABI*6500	Infectious Diseases and Public Health	0.50
POPM*6200	Epidemiology I	0.50
POPM*6510	Health Promotion	0.50
POPM*6520	Introduction to Epidemiological and Statistical Methods	0.50
POPM*6530	Health Communication	0.50
POPM*6540	Concepts in Environmental Public Health	0.50
POPM*6550	Public Health Policy and Systems	0.50
POPM*6560	Public Health Practicum	1.00
POPM*6570	Public Health Capstone	0.00
POPM*6580	Public Health Leadership and Administration	0.50

Public Issues in Anthropology (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
IDS Requirements
ANTH*6080	Anthropological Theory	0.50
ANTH*6140	Qualitative Research Methods	0.50
ANTH*6000	Public Issues Anthropology	0.50
ANTH*6600	Reading Course (or a Thesis and one additional course)	0.50
Three additional courses

Rural Planning and Development (MSc Planning)

Departmental Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
RPD*6030	International Rural Development Planning: Principles and Practices	0.50
RPD*6170	Rural Research Methods	0.50
RPD*6240	Planning and Development Theory	0.50
RPD*6291	Rural Development Administration	0.50
RPD*6380	Application of Quantitative Techniques in Rural Planning and Development	0.50
RPD*6360	Major Research Paper	1.00
Or a thesis and one additional RPD course
Three additional RPD courses

Sociology (MA)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
SOC*6070	Sociological Theory	0.50
SOC*6700	Pro-seminar	0.00
SOC*6130	Quantitative Research Methods	0.50
or SOC*6140	Qualitative Research Methods
SOC*6600	Reading Course	0.50
Or a thesis and one additional Sociology course
Three additional Sociology courses

Doctoral Requirements

The collaborative specialization in International Development Studies (IDS) provides an opportunity for advanced students to engage with interdisciplinary development theories and to conduct research on international development issues based on approaches of selected academic disciplines. The collaborative specialization in IDS is undertaken jointly with a discipline-based degree. Students enter IDS through a participating department or unit with a PhD program. At present these include Sociology; Plant Agriculture, Philosophy, Political Science; Population Medicine, Geography; Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Economics; History; Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Psychology (Applied Social Psychology); Critical Studies in Improvisation; and Social Practice and Transformational Change.

Based on the experience of faculty advisors in key participating departments, the program focuses on issues such as international political economy, food security, environmental dynamics and governance, gender inequality, rural development, long-term economic change, and other interdisciplinary cutting-edge topics in international development.

Students complete requirements for the departmental degree as well as the IDS components which consist of two core courses, including an interdisciplinary course on theories and debates in development and a course on development research and practice. Students must obtain a minimum final grade of 75% in each of the two IDS PhD core courses to remain in the IDS collaborative specialization. While the students have to successfully complete these courses to remain in the IDS collaborative specialization, they do not have to pass a separate qualifying examination in addition to the departmental qualifying exam. Furthermore, the expectation is that the IDS students’ PhD research will bridge two or more disciplines in a way that relates to the field of IDS. The departmental supervisor must have knowledge and understanding of International Development Studies as it relates to the requirements of the IDS collaborative specialization. One of the members on the student’s advisory committee needs to be an appointed IDS affiliated faculty member approved by the IDS Admissions Committee.

For further information regarding course offering, please contact the IDS Graduate Program Assistant.

IDS PhD Core Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
IDEV*6800	Theories and Debates in Development	0.50
IDEV*6850	Development Research and Practice	0.50

Departmental PhD Requirements

Departmental requirements are assigned in collaboration with the student's home department. See respective departmental web pages.

Courses