The Development Studies Option (DSO) is a cross-disciplinary M.A. program that is unique in Canada, because it is designed to provide students with a strong practical and theoretical foundation for engaging in genuinely cross-disciplinary research. The option is offered within existing M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the departments of Geography, History, Political Science, Anthropology, Economics, and Sociology. This thesis option is open to master's students specializing in development studies. Students enter through one of the participating departments and must meet the M.A. or Ph.D. requirements of that unit. Students will take an interdisciplinary seminar and a variety of graduate-level courses on international development issues. The M.A. or Ph.D. thesis must be on a topic relating to development studies, approved by the DSO coordinating committee.
发展研究方向(DSO)是一门跨学科的硕士专业，它在加拿大是独一无二的，因为它的是为学生提供一个强大的实践和理论基础而设的，使他们能够进行真正的跨学科研究。这个方向是由地理、历史、政治学、人类学、经济学和社会学等学科的现有硕士和博士学位课程提供的。论文方向则是开放给专攻发展研究的硕士生的。学生通过教学部门入学，必须达到该系的硕士或博士学位要求。学生们将参加一个跨学科的研讨会和各种关于国际发展问题的研究生课程。硕士或博士论文必须是由DSO协调委员会批准的与发展研究相关的课题。