The Development Studies Option (DSO) is a cross-disciplinary program offered as an option within existing M.A. programs in the Departments of Geography, History, Political Science, Anthropology, Economics, and Sociology. This option is for master\'s students specializing in international development. Students must meet the Department of History\'s M.A. requirements. Students admitted to this option participate in an interdisciplinary seminar in place of three history seminar credits and a variety of graduate-level courses on international development issues. The M.A. thesis must be on a topic relating to development studies, approved by the DSO coordinating committee.
发展研究方向(DSO)是一个交叉学科的专业，它是由地理、历史、政治学、人类学、经济学和社会学等院系现有的文学硕士课程提供的一个方向。这是专为国际发展专业学生而设的。学生们必须符合历史学系文学硕士的要求。就读该方向的学生将参加一个跨学科的研讨会，代替3个历史研讨会学分和一系列关于国际发展问题的研究生课程。硕士论文必须是由DSO协调委员会批准的与发展研究相关的课题。