BACHELOR OF
International Development, Innovation and Sustainability (IDIS)
The Bachelor of International Development, Innovation, and Sustainability (IDIS) prepares you to address the pressing global challenges of our generation — climate change, inequality, conflict, and injustice. By weaving together gender, peace, and environmental studies, the program challenges you to think boldly, act ethically, and design innovative solutions that transform systems and create lasting impact.
Why take up International Development, Innovation and Sustainability (IDIS) at MC?
DEVELOP A GLOBAL MINDSET: Understand how international systems shape local realities and global change.
LEAD SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS: Examine climate change, inequality, and resource challenges through systems-driven strategies.
STRENGTHEN CRITICAL AND INNOVATION THINKING: Build the analytical skills needed to navigate and transform complex global issues.
GROW AS A CROSS-CULTURAL LEADER: Collaborate confidently across sectors and international contexts.
BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR LAW AND GLOBAL POLICY CAREERS: Rigorous training in research and policy analysis prepares you for law school and influential careers advancing human rights, environmental justice, gender equality, and peace.
What Will I Study?
This program provides students with the global perspectives, innovation skills, policy influence, communication and advocacy skills, peacebuilding competencies, sustainability expertise, cultural competence, leadership and collaboration, gender analysis and advocacy, environmental systems thinking. Subjects include:
Understand the big ideas shaping global systems, inequality, and justice.
Address urgent climate and sustainability challenges through policy and innovation.
Break down complex global problems and prototype bold, human-centered solutions.
Examine how international institutions shape global politics and development.
Apply feminist and rights-based frameworks to design inclusive policies and reforms.
Lead real-world programs with strategic, gender-responsive, and sustainability-driven approaches.
Develop innovative, context-sensitive solutions for climate resilience.
Reimagine just and resilient systems that advance equity and planetary well-being.
Total Program Units: 170 units
Core Courses: 60 units
Major Courses: 39 units
Electives: 9 units
Career Paths
- Gender Specialist, Environmental Policy Advisor, Peacebuilding Officer, Human Rights Officer, Program Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
International Organizations and Development Agencies (UNDP, UN Women, UNEP), World Bank, USAID, GIZ, DFID) - Advocacy Officer, Project Coordinator, Research Analyst, Community Development Officer
NGOs (Oxfam, CARE International, Amnesty
International, WWF, Green Climate Fund - Policy Advisor, Gender and Environment Consultant, Peacebuilding Strategist
Government and Public Sector
- Sustainability Consultant, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor
Corporate sector - Researcher, Lecturer, Policy Analyst
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