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Program Overview
International Development Studies is a challenging program intended for bright and self-motivated students who are interested in both excelling academically and actively engaging themselves in the pursuit of social justice around such issues as poverty, inequality, and oppression. The Specialist program provides students with a critical understanding of international development issues through exposure to a variety of academic disciplines and cultures. Students will not only learn the complex dynamics of development theory, but will have the opportunity for practical experience that is essential to professional development.
Complementary Programs: Minor Programs in Anthropology, Economics, Human Geography, Media Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies
Check out future career opportunities and skills acquired from completing this program:
1. Competencies & Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the connections among issues such as inequality, poverty, and oppression
- Ability to identify the roles of historical, sociocultural, economic, and political power in social and economic difference among countries
- Analytical writing and communication
- Research design
- Project management and evaluation
2. Careers for Graduates
- International Development Consultant
- Communications Officer
- Gender & Equity Expert
- Development Associate/Grant Writer
- Knowledge Translation
- Community Development Officer
- Governance Officer
- Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
- Policy Advisor
- Impact Investor
- Law/Legal Services
- Start-ups, Social Innovation
- Medical Practitioners
3. Further Education
- International Development
- Public Policy/Global Affairs
- Geography/Urban Planning
- Environmental Science
- Public Health
- Law
- Medicine
- Teacher Education
Program Pathway
Year 1 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 2 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY | |
DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 3 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 4 or Final Year | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS | |
APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Contacts
- Departmental Contact: Marishka Pereira, 416-208-4811, https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dgds/
- International Development Studies Librarian: Sarah Fedko sarah.fedko@utoronto.ca 416-208-4881
- Academic Advising & Career Centre: Room AC213 | 416-287-7561
- Department of Student Life: Room SL157 | 416-208-4760
- International Development Studies Student Association