The request to create INTL 2121 / GEOG 2121

Date: April 23, 2015
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: April 8, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Spring 2015

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INTL 2121. Introduction to Development Studies. (3) Cross-listed as GEOG 2121. This course reviews the history of development as a discourse and the different economic and political models that have shaped it. Historical models and contexts of development are addressed in order to understand the evolution of development practice. Different agents and institutional architectures of development are examined as are current issues of debate in global development such as: gender and microloans; climate change politics; and the impacts of migration. (Yearly)

GEOG 2121. Introduction to Development Studies. (3) Cross-listed as INTL 2121. This course reviews the history of development as a discourse and the different economic and political models that have shaped it. Historical models and contexts of development are addressed in order to understand the evolution of development practice. Different agents and institutional architectures of development are examined as are current issues of debate in global development such as: gender and microloans; climate change politics; and the impacts of migration. (Yearly)