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A PhD with a Difference
The Case for Interdisciplinary Training in Development
Admissions
Course Requirements
Non-Course Requirements
Sequencing and Time to Completion
Financial Awards
Faculty with Research Interests in Development
Courses Currently Offered
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Course Requirements
GPD provides graduate students in traditional departments
with multidisciplinary training, which gives them unique qualifications
with respect to their peers in other universities. To achieve this advantage,
they complete five courses, including four outside the Fellow's home department:
- 1 disciplinary foundational course
A course on development within the fellow’s home department
- 2-semester interdisciplinary core course
DS 200-201: Theory and Research in Development
DS 200 explores the range of theoretical perspectives on development
across the four disciplines. DS 201 examines substantive debates in
development and is organized around a comprehensive selection of cross-disciplinary
research traditions and techniques. DS 201 is designed to assist fellows
in preparing preliminary dissertation proposals (or, in the case of
Economics students, a research agenda).
- 1 economics course
Economic development, international economics, or other relevant course
(Note: EC 111 or 121 is usually a prerequisite)
- 1 elective from outside the home department (examples
listed in the following table)
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Sociology
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Political Science
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Anthopology
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Economics
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Soc 215: Socio-Economic Analysis of Development
Soc 297-02:
Democracy and Civil Society in the Developing World
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PS 209: Readings in Comparative Politics
PS213: Proseminar in International Relations Theory
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AN 204: Ideology of Development
AN 237: Colonialism and Neocolonialism
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EC 251: Development Economics |
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