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Development Studies and Social Change

Minor Only

Link to a list of faculty for this program.

Contact Information—Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota, 537 Heller Hall, 271 19th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-0832; fax 612-625-1879; macarth@umn.edu; www.icgc.umn.edu)

Curriculum—This structured interdisciplinary doctoral minor is offered in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC). By focusing on the social bases of change in the developing world, the program engages a wide range of academic disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities, and biological sciences. The minor focuses on three areas: 1) the relationships between macroscopic processes of political, economic, and social change, and the microscopic conditions of lived experience in the developing world; 2) specifically interdisciplinary perspectives (encompassing the social sciences, the biological sciences, and the humanities) on this general thematic concern; and 3) preparation of doctoral students for research on the developing world.

Prerequisites for Admission—Admission is contingent upon prior admission to a doctoral degree-granting program within the Graduate School and upon affiliation with ICGC.

Special Application Requirements—Students enrolled in a doctoral degree-granting program may apply for the minor at any time during the academic year; acceptance will take effect the following term.

Courses—Please contact the minor program office for information on relevant coursework pertaining to the program.

Use of 4xxx Courses—Courses used to fulfill minor requirements must be 5xxx or above.

Minor Only Requirements

The doctoral minor requires a sequence of three core seminars (DSSC 8111, 8211-12, 8310) for 9 credits total (8310 is taken twice). Students also take one or two courses (minimum 3 credits total) chosen from an approved list of courses from across the Graduate School curriculum that are relevant to the field of development studies and social change.

Faculty

For latest graduate faculty listings, see <www.grad.umn.edu/faculty_rosters/faculty.html>.

Key to membership categories (abbreviations after faculty names).

Regents Professor
Allen Isaacman, History, M
G. Edward Schuh, Public Affairs, M
Kathryn A. Sikkink, Political Science, M

Professor
Ronald R. Aminzade, Sociology, M
Dorothy H. Anderson, Forest Resources, M
Ragui A. Assaad, Public Affairs, M
Michael Barnett, Public Affairs, M
Rose Brewer, African American and African Studies, M
Francesca J. Cuthbert, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, M
Lisa J. Disch, Political Science, M
Raymond D. Duvall, Political Science, M
Ana Paula Ferreira, Spanish and Portuguese, M
Amy K. Kaminsky, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, M
Anne R. D. Kapuscinski, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, M
Sally Kenney, Public Affairs, M
Helga Leitner, Geography, M
John W. Mowitt, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, M
Richa Nagar, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, M
August H. Nimtz, Jr., Political Science, M
Ruth Okediji, Law School, M
James A. Perry, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, M
Terry L. Roe, Applied Economics, M
Abdi I. Samatar, Geography, M
Eric S. Sheppard, Geography, M
James L. Smith, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, M
George R. Spangler, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, M
John S. Wright, African American and African Studies, M

Associate Professor
Fernando E. Arenas, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, M
Elizabeth H. Boyle, Sociology, M
Bruce P. Braun, Geography, M
Cesare Casarino, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, M
Sarah C. Chambers, History, M
Jay S. Coggins, Applied Economics, M
Susan Craddock, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, M
Jigna Desai, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, M
Vinay Gidwani, Geography, M
Tamara Giles-Vernick, History, M
Michael Goldman, Sociology, M
Ian Greaves, Environmental Health Services, AM
Douglas R. Hartmann, Sociology, M
Qadri Ismail, English, M
Daniel Kelliher, Political Science, M
Deborah Levison, Public Affairs, M
Louis Mendoza, Chicano Studies, M
Kristen Nelson, Forest Resources, M
Joanna O'Connell, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, M
Tade Okediji, Applied Economics. M
Daniel J. Philippon, Rhetoric, M
Simona Sawhney, Asian Languages and Literatures, M
Rachel Schurman, Sociology, M
Ajay Skaria, History, M
Charles J. Sugnet, English, M

Assistant Professor
Katy Gray Brown, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, M
Barbara Frey, Human Rights Program, M
Keith Mayes, African American and African Studies, M
Helene Murray, Agronomy and Plant Genetics, M
Karen S. Oberhauser, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, M
Shaden M. Tageldin, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, M
Elizabeth J. Wilson, Public Affairs, M

Other
Karen Brown, International Center for Global Change, M

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