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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CFC 1000C - Community Development

Credits: 4

This course explores the theory and practice of community development, from both the macro perspective of structural, institutional, and governmental policies and practices and the micro perspective of individual, group, and neighborhood perspectives. The course will address key issues such as neighborhood revitalization, community engagement and organizing, systemic and structural inequities, models of community change, and strategies of citizen empowerment. Emphasis will be placed on a strengths-based approach, valuing the role of individuals and community-based organizations in the process of community development in the context of the social, economic, historical, and political aspects of development.