荣誉国际发展研究理学学士学位-士嘉堡

国际发展研究是UTSC上最独特，最有活力的计划之一，它是关于国家如何以及为什么国家彼此不同发展的多学科研究。它把地理，政治学，人类学，环境科学，经济与发展研究等领域联系在一起，使其成为一门真正独特的学术学科。学生不仅将研究有助于国家发展的众多学科，而且还将学习如何将各个学科联系在一起，以分析，规定和参与诸如贫困，不平等，环境恶化，治理和城市化等发展问题。学生不仅将学习发展理论的复杂动力，还将获得对专业发展必不可少的实践经验。
The International Development Studies (IDS) programs provide students with a critical understanding of international development issues through exposure to a variety of academic disciplines, cultures, and, in the case of the Specialist Co-op program options, overseas work experience in the field of international development. The IDS programs are challenging and intended for bright and self-motivated students who are interested in both excelling academically and actively engaging themselves in the pursuit of social justice around such issues as poverty, inequality, and oppression. Students in the IDS programs take initiatives, seek empowerment, are driven to solve social and environmental problems, understand the importance of teamwork and coordination, and are responsible and accountable. They have diverse interests that span the social sciences, humanities, and environmental science, all of which are underpinned by a strong sense of social responsibility.<br><br>The IDS programs provide students with a critical understanding of international development issues through exposure to a variety of academic disciplines, cultures, and, in the case of the Specialist Co-op programs, overseas work experience in the field of international development. The specific academic objectives of our IDS programs are to: <br>1. Introduce students to the broad and interconnected range of issues and disciplinary approaches within the field of critical development studies.<br>2. Provide students with a critical understanding of development theories - their origins and purposes for addressing problems of power, inequality and oppression.<br>3. Stress the crucial importance of context and power - historical, social-cultural, economic, and political - when critically analyzing development theory and development practice.