<p>First, I think relatively few schools have development studies undergrad and truthfully I wouldn’t specialize that early, your interests might change or you might discover that the job you want requires a different emphasis. </p>
<p>Second, development is things like global poverty, globalization, post-
colonialism, immigration, environmental policy, health policy, state and market formation and economic development. There are certainly jobs in this field both with NGOs and the UN. In fact, I have a relative who works for the UN in Africa doing this kind of stuff. But beware if you want to work abroad in this field that means the Third World and that is not for everyone. Again I think this sort of study is best done at the graduate level. Not all such jobs require a masters but many do and it certainly never hurts. Most of the good IR schools will have a program in development so finding one isn’t really an issue.</p>
<p>IR more generally can cover a range of things from conceptual concentrations to regional ones. This isn’t exclusive to development, which is a concentration within IR at the grad level. Some schools (for instance, GW) offer some concentration undergrad but usually specialization is done later. I think it is a good idea to have a broad knowledge of IR stuff prior to doing something narrow, it is an overall knowledge asset and also a job asset because it will offer more flexibility. (And I believe the UN requires a test as part of the consideration process for jobs and having a good background will help with this.) There are lots of good IR schools but beware many require economics background so do it undergrad if you want persue a masters.</p>