INTL DV 1Introduction to International Development Studies
International Development Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Exploration of historical and contemporary context of socioeconomic inequalities between Global South and Global North. Focus on cultural, political, and economic realities of developing world, which includes countries of Asia, eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
INTL DV 1
- INTL DV 110Culture, Power, and Development
- INTL DV 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies—Senior Seminar
- INTL DV 198AHonors Research in International Development Studies
- INTL DV M120Political Economy of Development
- INTL DV 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies—Senior Seminaranother path to it
- INTL DV 130Theory and History in International Development
- INTL DV 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies—Senior Seminaranother path to it
- INTL DV 140Decolonizing Political Economy: Colonialism and Development
- INTL DV 191Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies—Senior Seminaranother path to it
- INTL DV M150Political Economy of Climate Change
5 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 13 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.