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Interdepartmental (Collaborative) ProgramsThe Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Collaborative Master's in International Development Studies (IDS) [MSC.FARE.IDEV]The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics participates in the International Development Studies (IDS) program. The IDS Program provides a focal point for graduate teaching and research in the area of international development. The program combines training in a particular discipline with exposure to a broad range of social-science perspectives. Faculty expertise encompasses various aspects of development in Asia, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe and the Americas.
Admission Requirements
General Course Requirements Students following the IDS program within the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics will follow either a thesis-based or course-based MSc program. Requirements within the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics are listed below. Thesis-Based MSc:
Course-Based MSc:
Master's Thesis Students following thethesis-based IDS program in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics are required to complete a thesis in the same manner as students following the MSc in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. See sections on MSc student supervision and Master's thesis.
To provide guidance to students, previous thesis topics of Master's students in the Department are available on the Departmental website:
http://fare.uoguelph.ca/research/student.html
For further information please check the IDS Program Website.
Collaborative PhD in International Development Studies (IDS) [PHD.FARE.IDEV]
The Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics participates in the collaborative International Development Studies (IDS) program. The collaborative PhD program in International Development Studies (IDS) provides an opportunity for advanced students to engage with interdisciplinary development theories and to conduct research on international development issues based on approaches of selected academic disciplines. The PhD program in IDS is undertaken jointly with a discipline-based degree. Students enter IDS through a collaborating department with a PhD program. At present these include Sociology; Political Science, Geography; Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Economics; History; Engineering; Environmental Biology; and Land Resource Science.
Based on the experience of faculty advisors in key collaborating departments, the program focuses on issues such as international political economy, food security, environmental dynamics and governance, gender inequality, rural development, long-term economic change, and other interdisciplinary cutting-edge topics in international development.
Admission Requirements All students entering the collaborative Doctoral of Philosophy program in International Development Studies (IDS) must have achieved the University requirements for a Doctoral program which include 1) having completed a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline or related interdisciplinary field from a recognized post-secondary institution and 2) must have achieved a minimum B average in their Master’s program. Applicants must also have demonstrated strong potential for research. Students wishing to pursue the PhD degree with the designation “International Development Studies” must enter the IDS program through a participating department. Students must first meet the admission requirements of the department of their choice and demonstrate familiarity with conceptual frameworks employed in social sciences. In addition to the specific departmental admission requirements, applicants are expected to have a strong background in the social sciences a demonstrable track record of experience in the course-based study of development issues, development research and/or development practice and a stated research interest relating to international development. Students are admitted to the collaborative IDS/PhD program in the fall of each year and must meet the specific departmental admission requirements. Students entering the IDS/PhD program are expected to have satisfied the requirements, or their equivalents, of the department’s PhD degree in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. Degree Requirements Students complete requirements for the departmental degree as well as the IDS components which consist of two courses, including an interdisciplinary course on theories and debates (IDEV*6800) and a course to enable students to link their particular disciplinary or multidisciplinary research to the wider fields of development studies and development practice (IDEV*6850).
General Course Requirements The general requirements for the IDS program are as follows: · IDEV*6800: Theories and Debates in Development · IDEV*6850: Development Research and Practice In addition, students following the IDS program within the Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics are required to complete the following courses: Microeconomic Theory: · ECON*6000: Microeconomic Theory I · ECON*6010: Microeconomic Theory II Economic Research Methods: · ECON*6140: Econometrics I · ECON*6016: Econometrics II · FARE*6970 Applied Quantitative Methods for Agricultural Economics · FARE*6100 The Methodologies of Economics Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics: · FARE*6920: Applied Policy Analysis II · FARE*6400: Advanced Topics in Agricultural Economics • Plus ONE from: • FARE*6940 Food Firms, Consumers and Markets II • FARE*6960 Natural Resource Economics II Plus ONE other graduate course (which can be one of the two IDS core courses) approved by the student's advisory committee Second IDS core course Qualifying Exam Students in the IDS PhD program in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics must satisfy the Department’s Qualification Examination in the same manner as PhD students in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. There are no IDS qualifying exam separate from the departmental one. However, students will have to pass the taught PhD-level IDEV courses, and in particular the research paper presentation as part of IDEV*6850, in order to remain in, and complete, the collaborative program. The IDS core courses are designated in a way that they can contribute to the students' preparation for the departmental qualifying exam (for instance, the term papers may be related to one or two fields covered in the departmental qualifying exam). Doctoral Research IDS students are expected to bridge two or more disciplines in their PhD research in a way that relates to the field of international development. IDEV*6850 ensures both the interdisciplinary orientation and the development relevance of the doctoral research.
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