School of Liberal Arts: International Development
2008-2009 Academic Year
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International Development
Office:
The Payson Center for International Development and Technology
Transfer 300 Hebert Hall
Phone:
504-865-5240
Fax:
504-865-5241
Website:
www.payson.tulane.edu/
Program Administrator
Eamon Kelly, Ph.D., Payson Center, Executive Director
The major in International Development must be coordinated with a separate
major in a traditional discipline. This traditional discipline is the primary major
which determines whether a student earns a B.A. or a B.S. degree. The coordinate
major in International Development provides students with an education firmly
rooted in the liberal arts tradition, while also providing them with a focused and
international framework for analysis of current international events. A student in
the ID program will graduate with a sophisticated understanding of contemporary
global issues, especially as they pertain to the developing world.
International Development is a social science that embraces the theory and
practice of improving the quality of life of people in the developing world. The
program emphasizes a comprehensive approach to standard international
development analysis by incorporating not just economic, but social,
environmental, and cultural dimensions as well. ID, as a field of study, is
relatively new. It emerged from critiques of post-World War II programs designed
to alleviate poverty and promote economic, democratic and social development in
second and third world countries after independence. ID studies, therefore,
promote a cross-disciplinary understanding of economics, sociology, political
science, anthropology and language, among others. Courses will be taken in
various departments in the Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as in at the Payson
Center for International Development and Technology Transfer.
Students will declare the major with a member of the faculty. Faculty will meet
with students in the program at least once a semester to discuss their degree status
in order to ensure progress toward the completion of the degree. Students will
then have the option of choosing from one of several thematic tracks listed below.
The core curriculum will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of
world issues and the appropriate foundation to design the rest of their program.
(minimum 33 credit hours)
18 credits required from the International Development curriculum