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Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology
School of Humanities and Social Studies
Advisor: M. Abdelrahman (Sociology)
The purpose of the development studies minor is to offer students an introduction to the various social, political, economic, and cultural factors related to the process of development. The approach is interdisciplinary and comparative, with primary emphasis upon development-related issues.
Academic advising is provided through the Anthropology and Sociology units of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Egyptology on behalf of an interdisciplinary group of faculty.
Minor
Requirements (15 credits): from the following lists of approved courses, three "development courses" from at least two disciplines other than the major, one "area studies course" not included in the major, and the Development Studies Seminar to be taken after or concurrent with the completion of other courses in the minor:
Approved Development Courses: |
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POLS/ANTH/
ECON/SOC |
460 |
Development Studies Seminar, 3 cr. |
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POLS/SOC |
304 |
Bureaucracy and Development, 3 cr. |
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POLS |
310 |
Introduction to Development, 3 cr. |
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323 |
Comparative Government and Politics: Developing Systems, 3 cr. |
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ECON |
224 |
Economic History, 3 cr. |
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310 |
Public Finance, 3 cr. |
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312 |
Economic Development, 3 cr. |
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SOC/ANTH |
303 |
Social Movements, 3 cr. |
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321 |
Urban Society in Transition, 3 cr. |
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450 |
Third World Development, 3 cr. |
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SOC |
322 |
Rural Sociology, 3 cr. |
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323 |
Fundamentals of Population Studies, 3 cr. |
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431 |
Political Sociology, 3 cr. |
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ANTH |
320 |
Peasant Societies, 3 cr. |
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360 |
Gender, Society, and Social Change, 3 cr. |
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372 |
Applied Anthropology, 3 cr. |
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462 |
Economic Anthropology, 3 cr. |
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492 |
Political Anthropology, 3 cr. |
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Approved Area-Studies Courses:
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POLS |
308 |
Comparative Politics of the Middle East, 3 cr. |
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324 |
Comparative Government and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe and Russia, 3 cr. |
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354 |
Political and Social Thought in the Modern Arab World, 3 cr. |
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420 |
Issues in Middle East Politics, 3 cr. |
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439 |
Government and Politics in the Modern Caucasus and Central Asia, 3 cr. |
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ECON |
239 |
Economic History of the Modern Middle East, 3 cr. |
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414 |
Economics of Egypt, 3 cr. |
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415 |
Economic Development in the Middle East, 3 cr. |
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ANTH |
312 |
Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, 3 cr. |
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382 |
Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa, 3 cr. |
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384 |
Cultures of Latin America, 3 cr. |
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386 |
Cultures of Asia, 3 cr. |
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SOC |
203 |
Social Problems of the Middle East, 3 cr. |
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POLS/HIST |
206 |
Global Politics in the Twentieth Century, 3 cr. |
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HIST |
410 |
Modern European Imperialism, 3 cr. |
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Selected special topics courses may be accepted as part of "development courses" or "area-studies courses" by the approval of the Advisor: |
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POLS |
402 |
Seminar: Special Topics in Development |
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ECON |
412 |
Seminar: Special Topics in Development Economics |
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SOC/ANTH |
400 |
Seminar: Topics on Development Issues |
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See appropriate departments for course descriptions. |
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