Capstone Class in International Development Studies

3 credits · Undergraduate

IDS is about global change. Ideally that change is rooted in the autonomy of communities around the world, supported by networks of global governance and civic society all working to build the just, sustainable, equitable world we all deserve after hundreds of years grotesque violence and inequity despite unprecedented economic development. That this world remains unrealized is the reason why students, scholars, and practitioners of this fraught thing we call “development” continue to do what we do. Throughout your degree you have been studying the many failures and successes of global development, its historical antecedents, and its grounding in the foundations of aspirational social justice. In the IDS Capstone class, students come together one last time to leave their mark on the field, to master translating their knowledge to diverse audiences, and work together to think creatively and effectively about the many crises their generation are now tasked with addressing. PREREQUISITES: INTD 2001 and INTD 2002 FORMATS: Lecture