CERTIFICATE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (CCD)
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
This program puts community development specialists on the cutting-edge of organization planning, leadership development, and program evaluation. The program allows established and emerging professionals to broaden their perspective on urban-development programs in an inter-disciplinary learning environment by including knowledge from psychology, public service, and sociology.
Students must successfully complete a minimum of 16-quarter hours of graduate credit. Each course carries four-quarter hours. Students then must participate in a non-credit research colloquium. Each participant of the colloquium makes a presentation before a small group of students and faculty members. No more than two courses earned toward the certificate shall come from one department. Please note that the list of courses is subject to change.
Required Course
MPS 571 Metropolitan Planning
Elective Courses
Select three (3) from the following:
MPS 526 Local Government Administration
MPS 572 Urban Poverty Seminar
MPS 573 Urban and Community Analysis
MPS 574 Community Organizations and Urban Development
PSY 654 Community Psychology
PSY 680 Introduction to Industrial-Organization Psychology
SOC 426 Policies and Urban Development
SOC 422 Urban and Community Analysis
SOC 424 Sociology of Housing
Students may also enroll in the following elective courses, with permission of the program director and often the approval of the instructor. Generally, participants will be limited to one (1) of these courses:
MPS 529 Strategic Planning
PSY 495 Grant Writing
PSY 520 Principles of Diversity
PSY 567 Special Topics Seminar: Empowerment
PSY 569 Seminar in Program Evaluation
SOC 423 Urban Cultural Areas (MLS 455)
SOC 432 Social Service in Contemporary Society
SOC 444 Law Enforcement and Community Relations
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