OL 4343 — Community Development
This course covers the basic principles and issues in community development in the United States. Topics include: the definition of community; community assessment; methods of planning and problem solving; community needs; community assets; and community activism; and evaluating community based organizations. Students will work individually and in groups to design a non-profit organization based on a community needs assessment. The focus will be on assessment, planning, leadership, financing, and evaluating a community-based organization.
Part of
- Health and Exercise Science, Bachelor of Science - Public Health Option
- Organizational Leadership - Agriculture Business Option, Bachelor of Arts
- Organizational Leadership - Child Development Option, Bachelor of Arts
- Organizational Leadership - Criminal Justice Option, Bachelor of Arts
- Organizational Leadership - Emergency Management Concentration, Bachelor of Arts
- Organizational Leadership - Inter-College Option, Bachelor of Arts
- Leadership Minor
- Organizational Leadership - Military Leadership Option, Bachelor of Arts
- Nonprofit Leadership, Certificate of Proficiency
- Professional Leadership, Certificate of Proficiency
- Organizational Leadership - Psychology Option, Bachelor of Arts
- Organizational Leadership - Public Relations Option, Bachelor of Arts