Undergraduate

Major and minor

The Global Development major responds to the need for innovative and critical thinking on the concept and practice of development. It prepares students to interpret problems, clarify solutions, develop leadership and foster positive social change. Students receive comprehensive training in the key ideas, issues, and debates central to global development. All students take a breadth of interdisciplinary coursework in development scholarship and practice and gain depth in a concentration of their choice, selecting from social and economic development, agriculture and food systems or environment and development.

• Major requirements
• Engaged learning requirements
• Apply to the major
• Declare the minor by contacting Lynn Morris
• More about the Global Development major and minor

Minor

• In Community Food Systems, you'll learn to engage with critical contemporary issues relating to food security, food sovereignty, and food justice. This minor integrates interdisciplinary course work with community-based learning and research opportunities that together help students contribute to more sustainable and equitable food systems.  
• Learn more about the Community Food Systems minor.
• Minor declaration form
• Community Practicum application
• Independent Practicum application
• Requirement verification form

Minor

• Prepare for a career in teaching and lifelong learning by taking courses in education while at Cornell. This minor will not only prepare you for the classroom, but also for engaged learning at any stage in life.
• Learn more about the minor in Education.
• Application Form
• Minor handbook
• edminor-l-request [at] cornell.edu (Join the Education listserv)

Minor

• Identify and grow your strengths with Cornell's Leadership minor, which is available to all students across the university. The minor empowers students to be more actively engaged, reflective and effective citizens with a deeper understanding of the complexities, dynamics and interdependencies of life. 
• Learn more about the Leadership minor

Major

• The Development Sociology major welcomed its final class of first-year students in the Fall of 2021. We accepted sophomore transfers through the Spring of 2022 and will be accepting junior transfers through the Fall of 2022. We encourage students interested in this program to explore the new Global Development major.
• Learn more about the Development Sociology major.
• Major requirements form

Major

• The International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD) major welcomed its final class of first-year students in the Fall of 2021. We accepted sophomore transfers through the Spring of 2022 and will be accepting junior transfers through the Fall of 2022. We encourage students interested in this program to explore the new Global Development major.
• Core Requirement Details
• Economics and Development Concentration
• Agricultural and Food Systems Concentration
• Environment and Ecosystems Concentration