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International Development and Social Change (IDSC) is an undergraduate major offered through the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE). IDCE stresses an interdisciplinary approach linking geography, anthropology, the environmental sciences, economics, government and history. Disciplines are crossed as students take advantage of courses in different programs. They develop a multidimensional perspective that is critical to tackling complex
sustainability challenges and community building policy-making.
In Clark's program in International Development and Social Change (IDSC), you learn from people who are actively engaged in vital world issues.
For example, globalization, nationalism, displacement of indigenous people in India, food scarcity in Ethiopia, black social movements in Colombia, and social justice and education in South Africa
are all topics in IDSC courses. The program begins by building a foundation to help you understand and think critically about the social, political, economic, and cultural dynamics shaping
our world. Courses provide important insights on how the developed and developing worlds are linked historically and
today. Clark University is one of the few universities in the nation to offer a liberal arts degree major in international development.
Beyond the classroom--in workshops, panels, and informal gatherings--IDSC majors learn from faculty, as well as from undergraduate and graduate students, with field experience from around the world. You have the opportunity to expand this knowledge with hands-on experience through internships and field research.
As an IDSC major, you will be part of a diverse student body and discover a program that offers intellectual excitement, insightful perspectives, and stimulating ideas. IDSC students explore strategic political action by developing an awareness of the complexities and contradictions of global power relations. You will learn the history of social change around the world from professors who have been involved with social change in Asia, South America, and Africa. At Clark, IDSC students become thinkers and doers who are prepared to tackle the challenges of development in the 21st century.
Click here to read profiles of IDSC professors in the IDCE Department.
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A commitment to activism and community development resulted in a seven month stay for Evan Wilson '06 in Windhoek, Namibia. Read more.
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Akosua Ampofo '05 (left) in Rwanda where she studied child-headed households. Read more.
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