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Courses

All courses will be graduate-level courses which will support the programme objectives. The elective courses are drawn from existing courses in other graduate programs and are open to graduate students in a variety of programs at York, depending on availability and demand.

Core Courses:
The core courses of the program are listed below .

Course Number
and Title 		Course Description
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.
Elective Courses:

Three electives will be drawn from the list of courses below:

  • 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)

  • COCU 6321 3.0 Communication and International Development

  • DVST 5110 3.0 Development, Political Economy & Policy

  • DVST 5111 3.0 Civil Society & State in Development Discourses and Practice

  • DVST 5112 3.0 Cultural Politics of Development

  • DVST 5121 3.0 Tools & Policy Analysis for 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)
 
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