Courses

DVST 5100 3.0 Conceptual Foundations for Development I
This course examines the problematique of conceptualising development as a critical paradigm and assesses the competing paradigms in development in light of their epistemological and normative theoretic foundations.

DVST 5101 3.0 Conceptual Foundations for Development II
Following on from Conceptual F oundations of Development I, this course explores the historical foundations and evolution of development theory and practice. Specifically, the course examines the origins, emergence, and convergence of development ideas and practices through a number of key institutions, states, agencies and actors.

DVST 5120 3.0 Research Methods for Development
This interdisciplinary course will provide a basis for research on and in developing countries, giving students an appreciation of the range of competing theoretical and methodological frameworks which inform research in international development.

DVST 5122 0.0 Critical Reflections on Field Work
Drawing from participatory action research models, this course aims to help class-members critically review the data collected and/or experiences gathered from the field. It highlights the potential contradiction between a researcher's agenda and findings and the lack of usefulness or relevance the information/data/insights have for primary beneficiaries, stakeholders, and local people.

DVST 5110 3.0  Development, Political Economy & Policy
The course explores major contributions to the study of global political economy in order to account for the political determinants, and also the consequences, of international economic relations. The focus is on the origins and evolution of the modern world system, including globalization and its impact on structures of power.

DVST 5111 3.0  Civil Society & State in Development Discourses and Practice
This course will explore practices of development which reflect efforts of civil society groups; the values they espouse; the constraints they face, and their interactions with the institutional approaches and actors; the debate on participation and resistance; the inherently conflictual nature of development.

DVST 5112 3.0 Cultural Politics of  Development (Not Offered)
This course brings together cultural theory and development theory and Practice to explore the ways that development processes have changed the social and cultural makeup of countries and communities, and to investigate the salience of the connections between representation, power and culture in development practice.  The course also examines the changing uses to which culture has been put by development institutions as an instrument of and for development.

DVST 5121 3.0 Tools & Policy Analysis for Development
This course offers a comprehensive, yet critical overview of the ways in which development is delivered by official aid agencies, government organizations and NGOs.  By exploring selected case studies, it aims to provide a balanced analysis of the effectiveness of commonly used tools that aim to promote people-centered development in different parts of the world.  The course creates an opportunity for students to break new intellectual ground in the delivery of development in the new millennium.

DVST 5123 3.0 Forced Migration and Refugee Issues (Offered in the Summer)

This course examines contemporary issues related to refugee and forced migration movements from a critical development studies perspective. Drawing on Canadian and international academic and field-based experts, the course explores political, economic, social and cultural contexts of forced migration.

DVST 5124 3.0The Global Sex Trade (Same as Women’s Studies 6211 3.0)

This course introduces the main theories and perspectives on the sex trade, and reviews historical and contemporary debates surrounding cross-border movements that have been identified as  ' the traffic in women' and 'sex trafficking.'

DVST 5125 3.0 Feminism in Black Africa (Same as Women’s Studies 6255 3.0)

This course investigates the emergence and elaboration of African Feminism in postcolonial Black Africa.  It analyzes what is currently called as African Feminism.  The postcolonial feminist discourse and black feminist discourse are being used as the tools of analysis.

ANTH 5190 3.0 Cultural Politics of Environment and Development II: Environment and Justice
(cross listed to GEOG 5325 3.0 and SOCI 6315 3.0)

CMCT 6321 3.0 Communication and International Development

EDUC 5464 3.0 Issues in Globalization and Education

GEOG 5330 3.0 Feminist Geographies of Space and Place
(cross listed to WMST 6901 3.0)

GEOG 5325 3.0 Cultural Politics of Environment and Development II: Environment and Justice
(cross listed to ANTH 5190 3.0 and SOCI 6315 3.0)

GEOG 5360 3.0 Geographies of Globalization and Development

GEOG 5375 3.0 Place, Space and Capitalism: Themes in the Historical Geography of Materialism

POLS 5590 3.0 Political Development in South Asia

POLS 5575 3.0 The Politics of Southern Africa

POLS 6566 3.0 Advanced Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Responses to Neo-liberalism
(cross listed to SPT6305 3.0)

SOCI 6315 3.0 Cultural Politics of Environment and Development II: Environment and Justice
(cross listed to ANTH 5190 3.0 and GEOG 5325 3.0 )

SOCI 6660 3.0 Sociology of Global Development 

SPTH 6305 3.0 Advanced Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies:  Responses to Neo-liberalism
(cross listed to POLS 6566 3.0)

WMST 6901 3.0 Feminist Geographies of Space and Place
(cross listed to GEOG 5330 3.0)