Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants must:

• Meet the admission requirements of both the home graduate unit and the collaborative specialization.

• Be enrolled in, or applying to, a participating master's degree program.

• Submit a copy of their CV/resumé.

• Submit a one-page essay describing why and how their interests coincide with the Collaborative Specialization in Development Policy and Power.

Optional Preparation

• The Department of Global Development Studies will provide students interested in the collaborative specialization with a Summer Reading list of key background readings. Students with no critical development studies exposure through their undergraduate studies, a placement or internship, or relevant work experience are strongly encouraged to review the material identified in the list. Students with a critical development background are encouraged to review texts to which they have not been exposed.

Completion Requirements

MA and MSc in Anthropology;
MA in Geography;
MA in Political Science (Fields: Political Economy of International Development; Political Science);
Master of Public Health (Field: Social and Behavioural Health Sciences);
Social Justice Education (MA; MEd Coursework Plus Major Research Paper Option; MEd Coursework Plus Thesis Option);
MA in Sociology (Research Paper Option);
MA in Women and Gender Studies

• Students must meet all the respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit.

• Students must meet the requirements of the collaborative specialization as follows:

  • IDS1000H Development Policy and Power: a core course meeting every other week throughout the academic year involving a mix of classes covering a substantive theme.

  • Participate regularly and actively in SRM3333H Master's Seminar Series.

  • The major research paper, thesis, or practicum placement in the participating degree program will be on a topic in critical development studies, approved by the collaborative specialization committee.

• Collaborative specialization courses may be taken as electives for the purpose of satisfying home program requirements.

MEd in Social Justice Education (Coursework Only Option)

• Students must meet all the respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit.

• Students must meet the requirements of the collaborative specialization as follows:

  • IDS1000H Development Policy and Power: a core course meeting every other week throughout the academic year involving a mix of classes covering a substantive theme.

  • Participate regularly and actively in the SRM3333H Master's Seminar Series.

  • 1.0 elective FCE related to development policy and power.

• Collaborative specialization courses may be taken as electives for the purpose of satisfying home program requirements.

MA in Sociology (Coursework Only Option)

• Students must meet all the respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit.

• Students must meet the requirements of the collaborative specialization as follows:

  • IDS1000H Development Policy and Power: a core course meeting every other week throughout the academic year involving a mix of classes covering a substantive theme.

  • Participate regularly and actively in SRM3333H Master's Seminar Series.

  • 0.5 elective FCE related to development policy and power.

• Collaborative specialization courses may be taken as electives for the purpose of satisfying home program requirements.

Master of Environmental Science (Research Paper Option)

• Students must meet all the respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit.

• Students must meet the requirements of the collaborative specialization as follows:

  • IDS1000H Development Policy and Power: a core course meeting every other week throughout the academic year involving a mix of classes covering a substantive theme. This course must be taken in addition to the 5.5 FCEs required for the MEnvSc program.

  • Participate regularly and actively in the SRM3333H Master's Seminar Series.

  • The major research paper in the participating degree program will be on a topic in critical development studies, approved by the collaborative specialization committee.

• Collaborative specialization courses may be taken as electives for the purpose of satisfying home program requirements.

Master of Environmental Science (Internship Option)

• Students must meet all the respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit.

• Students must meet the requirements of the collaborative specialization as follows:

  • IDS1000H Development Policy and Power: a core course meeting every other week throughout the academic year involving a mix of classes covering a substantive theme. This course must be taken in addition to the 5.5 FCEs required for the MEnvSc program.

  • Participate regularly and actively in the SRM3333H Master's Seminar Series.

  • 1.5 elective FCEs from the following: EES1122H Global Environmental Security and Sustainable Development, EES1134H Climate Change Policy, EES1135H Environmental Change and Human Health, EES3002H Conservation Policy.

• Collaborative specialization courses may be taken as electives for the purpose of satisfying home program requirements.