Master's Degree - Community Development

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Summer 2023 Course Information

Grantwriting

University:

South Dakota State University

Course Number:

CD 642

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $600 per credit

Start/End Dates:

May 30, 2023 - August 04, 2023

Course Description

This is a basic grant development and management course that introduces students to the grant-getting process and provides an overview of what happens after a project is funded. The following topics are part of the course: researching funding sources, generating cutting edge ideas, assessing needs, planning a project, establishing credibility, formulating a sustainable budget, designing an evaluation plan, managing the funded project, and disseminating project results. Course objectives are to establish grant development basics, to identify sources of funding information, examine the essential components of a proposal, increase comfort with grant proposal writing, and explore best practices for program management.

Contacts

Instructor

Amber Jensen
amber.l.jensen@sdstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

Writing Proposals
Richard Johnson-Sheehan
Edition: Second Edition
ISBN: 978-0-205-58314-0
Publisher: Pearson Longman

Course Access

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Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

University Members

Members of the Great Plains IDEA are universities accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member universities recruit, admit and graduate students, teach in an academic program and contribute to the leadership and maintenance of the alliance. Membership in the alliance is a selective process that engages institutional leadership at all levels.

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Getting a master's degree is an opportunity I never thought I would take part in since I lost 65% of my vision in the fall of 2017. I spent over 2 years in occupational therapy to ensure that I could continue working in the transit industry that I love. The chance to attend graduate school and work towards a degree is what I needed to begin feeling “alive” again.

Starting graduate school in the middle of the pandemic, with my husband having lost his employment due to the pandemic, and with the various health issues I have regarding my vision, I found the GP IDEA experience to be what I mentally needed to motivate me not only in my career but also in my personal life. It gave me a challenge and a purpose during the dark pandemic, and this type of motivation is what I needed to feel constructive again.
– – Sarah Hidalgo Cook, Community Development Master's Graduate,
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