Community Dev Strategies

Prerequisite: ECON 2105, ECON 2106, or AECO 2258 with a minimum grade of a C or permission of the Dean of the Stafford School of Business. This intensive course covers the concepts, methods, and strategies of community development and how it supports overall economic development through education, recreation, the arts and other sectors. The course explores application of community development practice to analyze and address issues such as asset-based development, participatory approaches, leadership development, community decision making and the community capital framework. The course will focus on theories of community definition and functioning, building and sustaining community, and the impact of societal change on community processes.