Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota, 537 Heller Hall, 271 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-0832; fax: 612-625-1879)

This structured interdisciplinary doctoral minor is offered in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC). By focusing on the social bases of change in the global south, the program engages a wide range of academic disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities, and biological sciences. The minor focuses on three areas: 1) the relationships between macroscopic processes of political, economic, and social change, and the microscopic conditions of lived experience in the global south; 2) specifically interdisciplinary perspectives (encompassing the social sciences, the biological sciences, and the humanities) on this general thematic concern; and 3) preparation of doctoral students for research on the global south.

Other requirements to be completed before admission:

Admission is contingent upon prior admission to a doctoral degree-granting program at the University and upon affiliation with ICGC.

Students enrolled in a doctoral degree-granting program may apply for the minor at any time during the academic year; acceptance will take effect the following term.

The doctoral minor requires a sequence of four core seminars (DSSC 8111, 8112, 8211-12, 8310) for 9 credits total (8310 is taken twice). Students also take one or two courses (minimum 3 credits total) chosen from an approved list of courses from across the graduate education curriculum that are relevant to the field of development studies and social change.