Community Development Theory, Practice and Ethics
General
Prefix
CMTY
Course Number
350
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
Herberger Business School
Description
Common planning methods, programs, and ethical considerations framing the practice of importance to planners and development practitioners.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Cite, discuss, compare and contrast the main theoretical perspectives and approaches to Community Development.
Outcome
Compare and contrast the fields of community development and planning; discuss and analyze the contribution of each area to urban planning and development.
Outcome
Recite and discuss the professional planning code of ethics and apply it to analyze planning practice case studies.
Outcome
Compile a community asset inventory, and conduct an asset-based community assessment.
Outcome
Identify, describe the profit, non-profit, and public actors for community development at the local/regional, state and national levels.
Outcome
Identify, describe, discuss, and analyze various local, regional, state, and national programs, initiative for community development and describe their application to the local context.
Outcome
Write small position papers on specific topics of community development and prepare a literature review on a pertinent community development topic.
Dependencies
Programs
CMTY350
is a
completion requirement
for: