MURP Specializations: Community Development
Faculty: S. Adler, C. Abbott, K. Gibson, C. Heying, C.Ozawa, V. Shandas, G. Sussman. N. Tolan
Community development planning focuses on the economic, social and physical needs of neighborhoods and smaller cities. Local governments and nonprofit organizations usually take the lead in assessing community strengths, identifying public and private resources, and creating projects and programs to improve the everyday lives of residents. Community development specialists understand social and political dynamics and have skills in such areas as citizen organizing, housing, historic preservation, and economic development.
Required Courses:
- USP 528 Concepts of Community Development
- USP 550 Concepts of Citzen Participation
- USP 551 Community Economic Development
Choose 2:
- USP 516 Cities in the Global Economy
- USP 517 Sociology and Politics of Urban Life
- USP 523 Real Estate Development I
- USP 526 Neighborhood Conservation and Change
- USP 527 Downtown Revitalization
- USP 545 Cities and Third World Development
- USP 546 Real Estate Development II
- USP 547 Planning in Developing Countries
- USP 552 Urban Poverty in Critical Perspective
- USP 557 Information Cities
- USP 577 Urban Environment Management
- USP 580 Political Economy of Nonprofit Organizations
- USP 585 Housing Environments for the Elderly
- USP 590 Green Economics & Sustainable Development
- BST 584 African American Community Development
* If not taken as a core course.
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