IDS Program Changes (effective Summer 2024)

The IDS program core changes listed below will take effect in Summer 2024 for IDS students in the 23/24 or earlier calendars.

IDS Core IDEV Course Changes

The following IDEV courses will no longer be offered and are being replaced with restricted elective options:

1. IDEV*2100, Research in International Development

You will instead need to take one of these courses as a substitution:

GEOG*2260, Applied Human Geography (typically offered Winter only)

POLS*2650, Political Inquiry and Research Methods (typically offered Fall only)

SOAN*2120, Introductory Methods (typically offered Summer, Fall and Winter)

2. IDEV*3100, Sustainable Development

You will instead need to take one of these courses as a substitution:

SOAN*3380, Contemporary Issues in Culture, Society, Nature (typically offered Winter only)

GEOG*3020, Global Environmental Change  (typically offered Summer and Fall)

UNIV*2200,Towards Sustainability (typically offered Fall only)

NOTE: For students in the Environment and Sustainable Development (ESD) Area of Emphasis GEOG*3020 and UNIV*2200 can only be used towards either your core requirements or your AoE. They cannot be counted towards both.

3. IDEV*2300, Theoretical Perspectives on Development, is being replaced by IDEV*1100, Theoretical Perspectives on Development.  If you haven’t taken IDEV*2300 yet, you will need to register in IDEV*1100 in W25.

While there are other changes to the IDS core courses, they will not affect students who follow the 23/24 calendar or earlier. Only students who are registered in the 2024 (i.e. starting in first year in Fall 2024) or later calendars will be affected by the other changes to the IDS core courses. 

NOTE: UNIV*2010, Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Oppression is NOT a required course for students following the 2023 or earlier calendars and will not count towards your IDS core requirements.

IDS Area of Emphasis Changes in the 24/25 calendar

Area of Emphasis Titles

Some of the titles of the Areas of Emphasis have changed in the 24/25 calendar:

1. Development in the Canadian Context has become Inequalities and Social Justice in the Canadian Context

2. Development in Fragile Contexts has become Politics and Conflict in Development 

 Students registered in the 23/24 or earlier calendars will not be affected by this. Your Area of Emphasis title and requirements will remain the same. 

Area of Emphasis Restricted Elective Course Options:

You will notice that there are more restricted elective course options in all of the Areas of Emphasis in the 24/25 calendar. You can take any of the additional listed restricted elective courses towards your restricted elective requirements. However, you must email  idadvisor@uoguelph.ca in order for these courses to count towards your IDS AoE requirements.