Graduate Certificate

IDS Graduate Certificate Requirements

Students seeking a UM Graduate Certificate in International Development Studies are required to complete a total of 12 credit hours. This includes at least 6 credits of Core Courses and up to 6 credits of International Development Studies Content Courses. 

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

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Core Courses

Select 2 or more of the following courses:

  • IDS 591 Social and Behavior Change Communication
  • IDS 491(UG) Program Evaluation for International Development 
  • ENST 514 Society, Economy, and Environment of the Mekong Delta (Study Abroad)
  • ENST 580 The Politics of Food [Fall 2024]
  • ENST 589 Environmental Justice Issues and Solutions [Fall 2024]
  • ENST 595: Food Justice and Sustainability [Fall 2024 - pending approval]
  • NRSM 595 Environment and International Development [Fall 2024]
  • NRSM 570 Political Ecology 
  • PSCI G 521 Globalization
  • PSCI 582 Politics of World Economy
  • PSCI 463 UG Development Administration -career preparation course
  • PTRM 528 Tourism and Protected Area Management 
  • PTRM 584 Sustainable Protected Area Management and Tourism
  • PTRM 595 Sustaining Human Societies and Natural Environment: Zambia & Botswana (Study Abroad)
  • PTRM 595 Understanding Rural Dynamics of Outdoor Recreation, Conservation, and Tourism [Fall 2024 - pending approval]

In addition to Core Curriculum, students will take no more than 2 additional IDS courses from the following list of graduate-level IDS content courses, for a total of at least 12 credits. In other words, you can take more than 2 core courses and one or none of the content courses. 

Content Courses

Select no more than 2 of the following courses:

  • ANTH 520 Seminar in Ethnology 
  • BMGT 685 International Business
  • COMX 415 UG Intercultural Communication [Fall 2024 online]
  • COMX 483 UG Hong Kong, Macau, South China: Communication, Culture, and Development (Study Abroad)
  • COUN 575 Multicultural Counseling 
  • ECNS 450 UG Economics of Global Development 
  • ECNS 431 UG  International Trade 
  • ECNS 445 UG Introduction to Environmental Economics and Climate Change
  • ENST 595 Foundamentals of  Environment Education (pending approval) [Fall 2024]
  • ENST 516 Climate Change Effects and Adaptation in the Mekong Delta (Study Abroad)
  • HSTR 435 UG Human Rights in Latin America
  • NRSM 524 Community Forestry
  • NRSM 571 International Conservation and Development [Spring 2024]
  • PUBH 560 Environmental and Rural Health 
  • PHL 523 Science and the Environment 
  • PSCI 431 UG Politics of Global Migration
  • PSCI 428 UG Sustainable Climate Policies: China and the USA 
  • PSCI 542 Seminar in Management & Policy Skills
  • PSCI 595/377 Issues of Global Public Health (contact instructor for override) 
  • PSCI 595/322 Global Environmental Politics [Fall 2024]
  • PSCI 491UG International Security [Fall 2024]
  • PSCI 595/433 International Law & Organizations (contact instructor for override)
  • PRTM 527 Global Ecology Conservation and Natural Resource Management in a Changing World    
  • SW 465 UG Social Work in a Global Context

International Internships and other courses not listed here may count toward the certificate on a petition by the student and approval by the IDS director.

IDS Graduate Certificate Registration

To register for the IDS Graduate Certificate, please contact IDS Director.