General Graduate Program Requirements

Graduate School policies and standards can be found on the Graduate School Policies page. 

The minimum GPA for any graduate program is 3.0. Individual programs may require more than a 3.0 to remain in good standing. 

The minimum grade for a course to be accepted toward any requirement is C. Individual programs may require higher grades for specific courses.

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

• At least half of the credits must be numbered 500 or above.

Course Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses
Complete two of the following courses:		6
ENST 514	Social Issues:The Mekong Delta
ENST 580	The Politics of Food
ENST 589	Environmental Justice Issues and Solutions
IDS 491	Special Topics (Program Evaluation for International Development)
IDS 591	Special Topics (Social and Behavior Change Communication)
NRSM 570	Political Ecology
NRSM 575	Environment & Development
PSCI 463	Development Administration
PSCI 521	Globalization
PSCI 582	Politics of the World Economy
PTRM 528	Tourism & Protected Area Management: Striving for Sustainability
PTRM 584	Sustainable Protected Area Management and Tourism
Content Courses
Complete two of the following courses:		6
ANTY 520	Seminar in Contemporary Ethnography
BMGT 685	International Business
COMX 415	Intercultural Communication
COUN 575	Multicultural Counseling
ECNS 431	International Trade
ECNS 445	Introduction to Environmental Economics & Climate Change
ECNS 450	Economics of Global Development
ENST 516	Climate Change: Mekong Delta
ENST 521	Foundation in Environmental Education
HSTR 435	Latin American Human Rights & Memory
NRSM 571	International Conservation & Development
PHL 523	Science and the Environment
PSCI 431	Politics of Global Migration
PSCI 428	Climate Policies: China & U.S.
PSCI 524	Management and Policy Skills
PTRM 527	Global Ecology, Conservation & Natural Resource Management in a Changing World
PUBH 560	Environmental & Rural Health
S W 465	Social Work Global Context
Total Hours		12