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Course Information

Organizing for Community Change

University:

South Dakota State University

Course Number:

CD 601

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $600 per credit

Start/End Dates:

May 30, 2023 - August 04, 2023

Course Description

Students examine the role of civil society in community planning efforts and study the comparative approach to planning theories and approaches. Course content focuses on change within communities and the roles of government, planners, and citizens in reacting to or shaping change. Students explore current issues concerning planning and dealing with change by considering controversial practices such as covenants and land trusts, and students look at community responses to change. Students also study structure and implications of power, connections between social relationships and economic activity, and coalition building.

Contacts

Instructor

Candace May
Office: 605-688-4084
candace.may@sdstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Tools for Radical Democracy: How to Organize for Power in Your Community
Minieri, Joan, Paul Getsos, and Kim Klein
Edition: 2007
ISBN: 9780787997403
Publisher: Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishing

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
Garza, Alicia
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 9780525509707
Publisher: Penguin-Random House

Course Access

Desire2Learn at SDState

Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students.

Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.

If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact the SDState Support Desk at 605-688-6776 for assistance.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

University Members

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In addition to professional development and advancement, this program challenges and promotes my personal growth as I gain skills and understanding applicable to my own life and relationships. I look forward to using the lessons from each class in every segment of my life.
– – Ana Treptow, Family and Community Services Master's Graduate,
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