2008-09 Undergraduate Catalog
International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
Hours: 15 credits
This interdisciplinary minor provides UF students with foundational skills and knowledge necessary to contribute productively in nonprofit organizations, private businesses and public-sector organizations involved with international development and humanitarian assistance.
Core coursework focuses on international development policy and nonprofit organizations. Students may choose electives in agriculture, ecology, conservation, economic policy and regulations, contemporary international issues and foreign policy.
Other electives may be proposed and are subject to adviser approval. Students are strongly encouraged to complete an approved study abroad or international internship experience.
The minor is open to all students. The Department of Food and Resource Economics will provide advising. A cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 is necessary for admission to the minor. Students must earn a B or higher in AEB 4283, International Developmental Policy, or AEB 4282, International Humanitarian Assistance, to continue in the minor. For more information, call 352-392-1826.
Required Courses: take 6 credits
| AEB 4282 International Humanitarian Assistance or AEB 4283 International Development Policy | 3 |
| FYC 4409 Working with Nonprofit Organizations in Community Settings | 3 |
Electives: take 9 hours minimum with at least one course from each category
| Economic Perspectives | |
| AEB 4242 International Trade Policy in Agriculture | 3 |
| AFS 4905 Individual Work | 3 |
| ANT 4266 Economic Anthropology | 3 |
| ECO 4934 Special Topics | 3 |
| ECS 3403 Economic Development of Latin America | 4 |
| GEO 3502 Economic Geography | 3 |
| Contemporary International Issues and Foreign Policy | |
| AFS 4932 Children in Developing Countries | 3 |
| AFS 4935 African Studies Interdisciplinary Seminar | 3 |
| ALS 4404 International Studies (pre-approved study abroad experience) | 1-4 |
| ALS 4941 Full-time Practical Work Experience in Agriculture (pre-approved international internship experience)) | 1-4 |
| CPO 4034 Politics in Developing Nations | 3 |
| GEO 3430 Population Geography | 3 |
| HSC 4624 Trends in International Health | 3 |
| LAH 3300 Contemporary Latin America | 3 |
| SYO 4530 Social Inequality | 3 |
| WOH 4254 Nations and Nationalism | 3 |
| WST 3930 Gender and Development | 1-4 |
| Agriculture, Ecology and Conservation | |
| AEB 3671 Comparative World Agriculture | 3 |
| AGG 3501 Environment, Food and Society | 3 |
| ALS 5932 Ethnoecology | 3 |
| EES 3000 Environmental Science and Humanity | 3 |
| FOR 4854 Agroforestry | 3 |
| INR 4350 International Environmental Relations | 3 |
| PUP 3204 Politics and Ecology | 3 |
| SYD 4510 Environment and Society | 3 |